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Author: Mark Quinlivan

Skyrocketing inflation will still wipe out some retirees' pay rises despite superannuation being adjusted to the consumer price index (CPI), according to experts.

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New Zealand authorities have seized more than $500 million worth of cocaine in what police say is one of the biggest-ever drug hauls in the country.

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Author: Jenna Lynch

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has begun chucking policies on the bonfire in an effort to refocus his Government on the cost of living crisis.

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The discovery of 81 bales of cocaine will land a "major financial blow" to illegal drug market, the police commissioner says.

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The Government this afternoon announced the hourly minimum wage will go up to $22.70 from this April - a 7% increase.

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New Zealand authorities have intercepted 3.2 tonnes of cocaine that was found floating adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

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In what comes as one of the biggest stashes of contraband confiscated, the New Zealand authorities on Wednesday said they had recovered cocaine worth $300 million, weighing 3.3 tonnes floating in international waters. 

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Author: Reuters

Ukraine is set to replace Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov with the chief of its military spy agency, in a reshuffle at the forefront of Ukraine's war campaign.

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