Act's Brooke van Velden defends tweet about public service staff cuts
Van Velden said redundancies also happened in the private sector all the time.
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Landlord tax break cost rose by $800m to $2.9b
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Number plate surveillance: How many private CCTV cameras can police access?
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Debate on scrapping GST on kai heads to Parliament
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Government’s $3b landlord tax cut would be retrospective, trigger refunds
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