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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Wendy Petree and this is your afternoon
news fix for Monday, the second of September. The government's
earmarked some thirty three billion dollars for road maintenance, new
cycle ways and the rail network through its National Land
Transport Program. It includes a record five point five billion
dollars set aside specifically for pothole prevention on state highways
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and local roads. Transformanister Simeon Brown says implementing sensible and
reliable transport options was a key reason Key we was
voted for his government.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
They're sick of the potholes plaguing our roads. They'll fed
up with the phantom projects that cost a fortune but
never got off the ground, and they're tied to the
speed bumps, planner boxes and cycleways that may going about
their day to day lives all the more difficult.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Shane Jones has revealed Attorney General Judith Collins has spoken
to him about his comments on the judiciary. The New
Zealand first MP has come under fire for calling a
High Court judge a communist and claiming some Judah decisions
had elements of totalitarianism. Jones says Collins has sent him
a clear message that comments about judges don't reflect well
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on cabinet. He says Colin sought to school him on
the principles of mutual respect.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
To make remarks about the personality of a judge or
the judge's history which was reported from a meeting is
treacherous territory for a minister to be on our group.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Determined to tackle the numbers of bottle shops, says has
been a flurry of licensing bids ahead of stiffer new rules.
Auckland's local alcohol policy comes into force this month, with
an immediate two year freeze on new off licenses in
the city center and certain suburbs. Darnika Maclain has more.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
According to Local Democracy Reporting Communities Against Alcohol Harms Grant
Hewison says they've noticed a rush of applications in the
past three to four months. Auckland Council says between May
and August there were one hundred and thirty nine new
liquor license applications, twenty two for off licenses.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Falkland Doctor's Clinic says it's battling understaffing and underfunding as
patients queue up for hours before opening time. Autara, local
doctors and Urgent Care opens for walkins about eight am,
but lines start building outside from six. Chief executive Lloyd
McCain says the government's proposed four percent increase on a
GP's per patient payment is not enough. He told The Herald,
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this is a crisis.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Primary care is absolutely on its knees.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
We're seeing a number of clinics clothes throughout the country.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
We're seeing a number of general practitioners, you know, just
call it quits.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Sea lords considering turning fish waste into organic fertilizer and
pet food. The government's putting two million dollars into the
program over four years. General Manager Stu Yatson says, oh
look at developing commercial fertilizers to replace synthetics.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
Pet food globally is a mass of growth, and we
think there's an opportunity to use sustainably caught fish that
we currently send a fish meal into a pet food.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
To sport Now and defending champion Coco Golf's pointing to
a lack of execution as the reason behind her fourth
round exit from the US Tennis Open. Another record in
the storied career of Kiwi IndyCar driver Scott Dixon, the
six time champions A second place finish in race two
at the Milwaukee Mile was his one hundred and forty
second podium finish, moving him past Mario Andretti in for
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the most in series history. And retiring Warriors playmaker Shawn
Johnson's planning to launch a mentoring program for the next
generation of rugby league players, saying a after he takes
a long awaited break, and that's your latest news fix.
We'll be back for the next update tomorrow morning. From
the News Talk zed B newsroom.