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On the Money: Don Braid, Fletcher, Steve Newman and more

Victoria Young
Sat, 25 Jun 2022

On the Money: Don Braid, Fletcher, Steve Newman and more

Mainfreight's Don Braid makes a fashion statement. (Image: NZME)

Victoria Young
Sat, 25 Jun 2022

Photo opWith some rather breathless reporting flying around at the moment about “cash for access” events that put businesspeople in the same room as politicians for a fee, it’s almost heartening that some corporates see so little harm in it that they publicise their attendance.All the more so when said corporate is also currently pursuing a major health ministry contract for ongoing covid testing.However, the Melbourne-based CEO of Asia Pacific Healthcare Group, Anoop Singh, apparently had no such qualms about posting a p...

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