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![Beneficiaries and pensioners lose $430m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Beneficiaries and pensioners lose $430m
The Govt has cancelled pumping $430m into superannuation, tax credits and benefits that would have, in effect, been compensation for higher tobacco taxes.
![Samoan ruler asked for help - accused scammer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Samoan ruler asked for help - accused scammer
Passport scam accused Gerard Otimi says the Government is "neglecting" the 140,000 overstayers he claims are in New Zealand
![One financial regulator to rule them all](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
One financial regulator to rule them all
NZ's rag-tag pack of financial market watchdogs will be replaced by a "super regulator" in a move to restore confidence after the finance company meltdown.
![South Asia becomes centre of violence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
South Asia becomes centre of violence
Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year.
![Govt may ditch emissions trading scheme](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Govt may ditch emissions trading scheme
The Government is unlikely to follow through with the ETS as scheduled beyond 2013 unless its major trading partners do the same.
![$17 a packet: Parliament socks smokers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
$17 a packet: Parliament socks smokers
A typical pack of 25 cigarettes will cost now $17 after tax hikes were bulldozed through Parliament last night.
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Tobacco tax to jump 10pc at midnight
Tobacco tax will jump 10 per cent from midnight, raising the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes by about a dollar to around $11.
!['Bad batch' of flu vaccine now ruled out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Bad batch' of flu vaccine now ruled out
The maker of the flu vaccine now implicated in a rash of child sickness across Australia has ruled out a "bad batch" is involved.
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Rudd does a flip on climate change plans
Australia has dumped plans for a greenhouse emissions trading scheme.