Fears the Government has only increased uncertainty for councils with delays to amalgamation plans. 

The Government won't evaluate council's proposals until next year, despite giving them a tight timeline to put the plans forward. 

Local Government New Zealand Regional Chair, Deon Swiggs tells Ryan Bridge pushing back the date is disappointing because a lot of time and money has been put into the plans.

He says there's just one silver lining. 

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Fears the Government has only increased uncertainty for councils with delays to amalgamation plans.&nbsp;
The Government won't evaluate council's proposals until next year, despite giving them a tight timeline to put the plans forward.&nbsp;
Local Government New Zealand Regional Chair, Deon Swiggs tells Ryan Bridge pushing back the date is disappointing because a lot of time and money has been put into the plans.
He says there's just one silver lining.&nbsp;
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Deon Swiggs: Local Government New Zealand Regional Chair on Government delaying amalgamation plans

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Another positive annual result for Fonterra despite challenging weather conditions and global volatility. 

The dairy co-op's confirmed a total cash return to shareholders of $19.6 billion. 

The final Farmgate Milk Price payout for dairy farmers is $9.69, down from a record-high payout of $10.16 last year. 

DairyNZ CEO Campbell Parker told Ryan Bridge the results reflect not only strong strategy, but strong execution. 

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Another positive annual result for Fonterra despite challenging weather conditions and global volatility.&nbsp;
The dairy co-op's confirmed a total cash return to shareholders of $19.6 billion.&nbsp;
The final Farmgate Milk Price payout for dairy farmers is $9.69, down from a record-high payout of $10.16 last year.&nbsp;
DairyNZ CEO Campbell Parker told Ryan Bridge the results reflect not only strong strategy, but strong execution.&nbsp;
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Campbell Parker: DairyNZ CEO on Fonterra's positive annual result

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Taiwanese independence remains a sticking point in the US-China relationship despite Donald Trump describing a 'great meeting' with Xi Jinping.  

Washington has pulled out all the stops for the Chinese leader's three-day visit, but neither side is expecting any significant breakthroughs. 

Former US Ambassador Christopher R Hill told Ryan Bridge a multi-billion-dollar military package for Taiwan is awaiting Trump's signature.  

Hill suspects Trump will continue to hold off approving the arms sale as China's made clear it's a core issue. 

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Taiwanese independence remains a sticking point in the US-China relationship despite Donald Trump describing a 'great meeting' with Xi Jinping. &nbsp;
Washington has pulled out all the stops for the Chinese leader's three-day visit, but neither side is expecting any significant breakthroughs.&nbsp;
Former US Ambassador Christopher R Hill told Ryan Bridge a multi-billion-dollar military package for Taiwan is awaiting Trump's signature. &nbsp;
Hill suspects Trump will continue to hold off approving the arms sale as China's made clear it's a core issue.&nbsp;
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Christopher R Hill: Former US Ambassador on the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping

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The North Korean who tricked their way into a job with Kiwi company to make Kim Jong Un some cash was so yesterday's news.  

The nerds and cyber cops are now worried about yet another AI hack.  

The Aussies' Health NZ-equivalent was breached a few months back. 

The culprit? An OpenAI robot.  

Albanese announced the breach at the UN in NYC. 

In doing so, he revealed that OpenAI (Sam Altman) sat on this information for months without telling Canberra.  

Two red flags immediately leap out of this story.  

First: how did the Australians not know somebody had leapt over the castle gates to snoop around on public and non-public information? And if they didn't know this had happened, what hope is there for the rest of us? If our friends can do this and we only find out because they tell us, what about our enemies? 

Which brings us to the second point... Altman and Co. are supposed to be the good guys. They set up OpenAI as a non-profit to benefit humanity.  

They've since been commercialised.  

But if this is how the well-intentioned behave, what do we expect from the bad guys? 

The North Korean who tricked their way into a job with Kiwi company to make Kim Jong Un some cash was so yesterday's news. &nbsp;
The nerds and cyber cops are now worried about yet another AI hack. &nbsp;
The Aussies' Health NZ-equivalent was breached a few months back.&nbsp;
The culprit? An OpenAI robot. &nbsp;
Albanese announced the breach at the UN in NYC.&nbsp;
In doing so, he revealed that OpenAI (Sam Altman) sat on this information for months without telling Canberra. &nbsp;
Two red flags immediately leap out of this story. &nbsp;
First: how did the Australians not know somebody had leapt over the castle gates to snoop around on public and non-public information? And if they didn't know this had happened, what hope is there for the rest of us? If our friends can do this and we only find out because they tell us, what about our enemies?&nbsp;
Which brings us to the second point... Altman and Co. are supposed to be the good guys. They set up OpenAI as a non-profit to benefit humanity. &nbsp;
They've since been commercialised. &nbsp;
But if this is how the well-intentioned behave, what do we expect from the bad guys?&nbsp;

Ryan Bridge: Can we trust the AI bosses?

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Deon Swiggs: Local Government New Zealand Regional Chair on Government delaying amalgamation plans

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