30 May 2024
The black market for cigarettes has exploded in plain sight, costing Australia billions in revenue. Some experts say the high price of cigarettes is to blame.
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30 May: Vast uncertainty surrounds the final death toll from last week's catastrophic landslide in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province with a local official saying he believes 162 people have been killed in the natural disaster — far fewer than estimated by the United Nations or the country's government.... more
29 May: Spikes in inflation are often blamed on government borrowing to deliver cash handouts. But it’s more complicated than that. The real issue lies in borrowing without a plan to balance the books.... more
29 May: Finance minister Nicola Willis is promising to chart a ‘middle course’ in her first budget. Her bigger challenge is to bring middle New Zealand along with her.... more
28 May: The Papua New Guinea government says more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive in a landslide. But the remains of only six people have been recovered so far.... more
28 May: The Foreign Minister has called Te Pati Maori a disgrace to Maori leadership - after it's supported a tangata whenua strike on Budget Thursday... more
28 May: The growing loss of support for the governing ANC raises the possibility of South Africa having its first national coalition government since 1994.... more
