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A presenter on a UK gardening programme says he’s gained “a bit of street cred” after his jeans were blurred out on North Korean TV. According to the BBC, An episode of Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets from 2010 was aired on the secretive country’s state-run Central TV for its morning…

Australian consumers continue to funnel their cash into one-off events such as Taylor Swift concerts while scrimping elsewhere.Retail sales were up a lacklustre 0.3 per cent in February, with the Eras tour boosting spending on clothing, merchandise, accessories and dining out while sales contracted across other categories.The result was below…

The Otago Regional Council is asking Port Otago to pay nearly $60 million in dividends over the next three years to offset rates. The council has also outlined a couple of priority areas for when the 100% council-owned port company presents the council its statement of corporate intent. Decarbonisation and…

Lifting the minimum wage will help chip away at the pay gap between men and women in Australian workplaces, the federal government says.In its formal submission to the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) annual review of minimum and award wages, the Labor government said women were disproportionately represented in low-paid and…

Tax cuts and getting the Government’s finances “back on a sustainable track” will be the priorities of the upcoming Budget.The coalition Government’s priorities for the May Budget were outlined in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), released to the public today at 1pm.Treasury’s forecast scenario – provided alongside the Government’s BPS…

Snow has started to fall on Cardrona, exciting ski resort operators as the season fast approaches. Photos from the mountain this morning showed the resort’s base area under a light layer of snow. “We woke up to a dusting of snow across the mountain, and it’s very cold up here…

Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr says the tide is turning on inflation around the world and there was a clear feeling among central bank leaders he had spoken to recently that interest rates have peaked and cuts are getting closer. “We’re now in a much happier space, where most central…