#NEWZEALAND: Voters Elect A Conservative Gov't, Reject Labour

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After an election campaign of fits and starts, in which neither major party appeared to offer much solace to a weary nation, voters in New Zealand on Saturday were projected to oust the party once led by Left-leaning Jacinda Ardern and elect the country’s most conservative government in a generation, handing victory to a coalition of two conservative parties.

New Zealand’s next prime minister will be Christopher Luxon, a former chief executive of Air New Zealand, whose center-right National Party will lead a coalition with Act, a smaller libertarian party.

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#NEWZEALAND: Parliament Will Get A Vote On Euthanasia Bill

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MPs will be forced to vote on whether or not euthanasia should be legal, after the End of Life Choice bill was drawn from Parliament's ballot. The euthanasia bill, by ACT leader David Seymour, has laid dormant in the House's infamous biscuit tin since 2015. Since then, the Government has batted away a number of calls to put the issue on its own work program.

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#NEWZEALAND: ACT MP John Banks to Resign After Campaign Donation Conviction

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ACT Party Leader John Banks Won't Seek Re-Election in 2014 [world politics news]