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On today's episode, the government is toughening up its new Three Strikes law in order to capture more of what it calls the worst of the worst, serious violent and sexual offenders. The first strike… Audio

Australian drivers are spending billions on toll roads, with one company, Transurban, operating 18 of the country's 22 toll roads. As toll prices are pegged to inflation, costs are increasing, leaving… Audio

We often hear about people striving to be the best, the most successful or the wealthiest. But what if you just want to be average? What's average these days, anyway, and what does that really mean… Audio

Blood cancer patients in their 40s and 50s are backing calls for Pharmac to overhaul its funding model and consider the wider costs of disease in funding decisions. Ellen O'Dwyer reports. Audio

Young people on the job seeker benefit say they're barely surviving as they struggle to find work while dealing with threat of losing their only source of income. In August, the government introduced… Audio

In today's episode, Tory Whanau met with the Local Government Minister Simeon Brown in the Beehive this morning after the government raised concerns this week about council dysfunction, an ACC… Audio

An ACC researcher is warning the Accident Compensation Corporation not to manufacture a crisis, after it recorded a $7.2 billion loss this year. Researcher and barrister specialising in ACC law Warren… Audio

On today's episode, a whistleblower is warning that thousands of at-risk students enrolled at Te Kura, the Correspondence School are sitting at home doing nothing, the Accident Compensation… Audio

The Accident Compensation Corporation's latest annual report has revealed a $7.2 billion deficit. ACC chief executive Megan Main spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

In today's episode, inflation has slowed to its lowest level in three and a half years, with the annual inflation rate now at 2.2 percent and Wellington City Councillors are holding an urgent meeting… Audio

Inflation has slowed to its lowest level in three and a half years, with the annual inflation rate now at 2.2 percent - falling within the Reserve Bank's target band of one to three percent for the… Audio