National campaigned on them, Nicola Willis said she’d quit if she didn’t deliver them, and in the May Budget we finally got the details on the Government’s tax cuts. Tomorrow they finally kick in. Who better to talk us through the implications than Infometrics principal economist and friend of Newsable Brad Olsen. How much better off will you be?

Plus, drama on day one of the Polkinghorne trial, why vegans are on the right side of new research about life expectancy and hard news on the beds in the Olympic village.

Warning: The details of the Polkinghorne case may be upsetting for some readers.

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