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.
Tuition reform is bold. Paying for it will be bolder
Abolishing fees is the easy applause line. The levy that funds it will test every employer, every minister and every promise in the act.
The central bank is right to hold its nerve
Markets want the cut now. Governor Andor’s patience is not timidity — it is the whole point of having a central bank.
Football’s new money must reach the grassroots
The $40m schools fund is a start — and a test of whether the game’s broadcast riches build anything below the first division.
Coastal Shield is a decade late — and still worth every dollar
Infrastructure is the rare policy where the bill for doing nothing always arrives, with interest, and usually in winter.