Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
LATEST
Personal Debt Worries Hit 6-Year High as More Aussies Find Themselves on Struggle Street
The National Debt Helpline received a record number of calls in the last financial year.
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NZ Ardern Government Warned to Curb COVID Spending, Report Reveals
It said the government’s $66 billion COVID response exceeded what was needed.
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Social Media Exposing Australians to Wider Array of News Sources: Study
A new study reveals how Facebook reshaped Australia’s news diet, just as Meta threatens to pull the plug on it.
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New Zealand to Drop Petrol Taxes in Favour of Road User Charges
This marks the biggest change to road funding in New Zealand in 50 years.
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15 Diplomats Pen Letter to PM Calling for Recognition of Palestinian State
15 former diplomats have written to the prime minister, urging him to immediately recognise a Palestinian state.
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Tribunal Rejects eSafety Commission’s 3rd Attempt to Avoid Review of Informal Takedowns
The Administrative Review Tribunal has again ruled that Julie Inman Grant ‘informal’ notices to tech companies are still subject to scrutiny.
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Cost of NSW Renewable Zone Blows Out to $5.5 Billion Before Single Watt of Power Is Generated
Expected to produce an extra 4.5 gigawatts, the Central West Orana renewable energy zone will now cost New South Wales energy consumers $5.5 billion.
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Internet Regulator Says Apple and YouTube Not Bothering to Track Volume of Child Sexual Abuse Reports
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says none of the major global tech companies are following the procedures she wants them to, despite ‘pressure’ from her.
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15 Buyers Circle Australia’s Whyalla Steelworks, Seemingly Assuring Its Future
The major steel manufacturing plant, which was bailed out by the federal and state governments, looks like it will sell to a private buyer.
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A Big Stick Discovered in Queensland Is Australia’s Heaviest Insect
Researchers have found a huge stick insect in a remote area of high-altitude rainforest. It weighs about the same as a golf ball.
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Personal Debt Worries Hit 6-Year High as More Aussies Find Themselves on Struggle Street
The National Debt Helpline received a record number of calls in the last financial year.
|
NZ Ardern Government Warned to Curb COVID Spending, Report Reveals
It said the government’s $66 billion COVID response exceeded what was needed.
|
Social Media Exposing Australians to Wider Array of News Sources: Study
A new study reveals how Facebook reshaped Australia’s news diet, just as Meta threatens to pull the plug on it.
|
New Zealand to Drop Petrol Taxes in Favour of Road User Charges
This marks the biggest change to road funding in New Zealand in 50 years.
|
15 Diplomats Pen Letter to PM Calling for Recognition of Palestinian State
15 former diplomats have written to the prime minister, urging him to immediately recognise a Palestinian state.
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Tribunal Rejects eSafety Commission’s 3rd Attempt to Avoid Review of Informal Takedowns
The Administrative Review Tribunal has again ruled that Julie Inman Grant ‘informal’ notices to tech companies are still subject to scrutiny.
|
Cost of NSW Renewable Zone Blows Out to $5.5 Billion Before Single Watt of Power Is Generated
Expected to produce an extra 4.5 gigawatts, the Central West Orana renewable energy zone will now cost New South Wales energy consumers $5.5 billion.
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Internet Regulator Says Apple and YouTube Not Bothering to Track Volume of Child Sexual Abuse Reports
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says none of the major global tech companies are following the procedures she wants them to, despite ‘pressure’ from her.
|
15 Buyers Circle Australia’s Whyalla Steelworks, Seemingly Assuring Its Future
The major steel manufacturing plant, which was bailed out by the federal and state governments, looks like it will sell to a private buyer.
|
A Big Stick Discovered in Queensland Is Australia’s Heaviest Insect
Researchers have found a huge stick insect in a remote area of high-altitude rainforest. It weighs about the same as a golf ball.
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