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            Jane Clifton: JANE CLIFTON: Soaking the rich – a taxing issue
The government has again disappointed its core constituency by declining to soak the rich. It has opted merely to dampen the hems of their garments.
 
        
                            
                    
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    Jane Clifton: JANE CLIFTON: Blame the Babylonians
One might need to look to the stars for a rational explanation for Green co-leader James Shaw’s calamitous decision to start behaving like Winston Peters.
 
        
     
        
                            
                    
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    Jane Clifton: JANE CLIFTON: An extra month is a long time in politics
Few would dare to question the prime minister’s now globally-admired kindness.
 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                