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Midday Report · September 27 · 27 min

MIdday Report Essentials for 28 September 2026

Labour's opened its election campaign with a promise to wipe off ten percent of student loan debt ... Guyon Espiner heard from Victoria University Student Association President Aidan Donaghue. New Westpac data shows nearly half of us feel worse off than ten years ago: huge spikes for basics like butter and mince but communications clothing and cars show only modest rises: Westpac senior economist Satish Ranchhod joined Guyon to talk through the numbers. And we have a special series on what the political parties are promising on AI policy: Labour is first up - Guyon speaks to Reuben Davidson.

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Labour's opened its election campaign with a promise to wipe off ten percent of student loan debt ... Guyon Espiner heard from Victoria University Student Association President Aidan Donaghue. New Westpac data shows nearly half of us feel worse off than ten years ago: huge spikes for basics like butter and mince but communications clothing and cars show only modest rises: Westpac senior economist Satish Ranchhod joined Guyon to talk through the numbers. And we have a special series on what the political parties are promising on AI policy: Labour is first up - Guyon speaks to Reuben Davidson.