On The Money: ‘Oprah’ O’Sullivan, Jones, Luxon, and more

On The Money: ‘Oprah’ O’Sullivan, Jones, Luxon, and more
On the Money: ‘Oprah’ O’Sullivan, Smellie’s Lunch, Shane Jones’ Oil, and more. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
On The Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was in his element on Friday afternoon at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch hosted at Westpac’s Auckland office, where he was invited to have a post-Budget fireside chat with NZME Head of Business Fran O’Sullivan. Luxon told the audience that being interviewed by O’Sullivan was “like being interviewed by the Oprah of the business world”. As is often th...

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