Morning Report Essentials for Friday 15th August

In today's episode, former police negotiator Lance Burdett says the officer who shot and killed a woman threatening them with a knife would have had a split second to respond; The Ministerial Advisory Group on Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime says bold action on data-sharing is needed to rein in the rapidly evolving threat of organised crime; The country's main energy producers say they will be able to build new power plants faster thanks to changes to the Resource Management Act; We have our weekly sports chat: We cross the Tasman to get the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh.