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Christchurch five years on: have politicians helped or hindered the earthquake recovery?

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The Canterbury earthquakes of 2010-11 required a momentous recovery undertaking by the City of Christchurch in New Zealand. Thousands of tremors have been recorded since the February 22 earthquake that killed 185 people, injured thousands, destroyed more than 50% of the CBD and damaged tens of thousands of homes.

Five years on, what insight can we...

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Morrison ruffles Abbott feathers on tax

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Treasurer Scott Morrison, already under fire for not having tax policy out, has got into a stoush with former prime minister Tony Abbott over how much work was done before the leadership change.

Morrison said the government only started the process of looking at a plethora of new tax measures in September, when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and...

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Fairfax Media holds steady on digital strategy

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The somewhat surprising departure of The Age’s editor-in-chief, Andrew Holden, the unveiling of further editorial restructures and news of 70 sub-editor redundancies in New Zealand, were significant lead-up events for the company’s half year financial results.

All reinforce the company message that Fairfax is a media company continuing...

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