The Assembly found consensus — keeping it is the hard part
Two landmark acts in one week looks like a new politics. The autumn budget will reveal whether it survives contact with arithmetic.
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Assembly passes $9bn Coastal Shield infrastructure bill after 14-hour session
Central bank holds key rate at 3.25% and signals autumn review
Flood warnings issued for the lower Aldenne Valley as river levels peak
Auriga-3 launch puts first Coravian weather satellite into orbit
Columns and analysis from Rhea Callum, Samir Odell, Tomas Verek and the Montlior News writers. Opinion writers speak for themselves.
Two landmark acts in one week looks like a new politics. The autumn budget will reveal whether it survives contact with arithmetic.
Abolishing fees is the easy applause line. The levy that funds it will test every employer, every minister and every promise in the act.
Markets want the cut now. Governor Andor's patience is not timidity — it is the whole point of having a central bank.
The $40m schools fund is a start — and a test of whether the game's broadcast riches build anything below the first division.
Infrastructure is the rare policy where the bill for doing nothing always arrives, with interest, and usually in winter.