Business of Government: is infrastructure funding really sorted, AI lessons from across the Tasman, and more ...

Business of Government: is infrastructure funding really sorted, AI lessons from across the Tasman, and more ...
Has Chris Bishop knocked local infrastructure funding issues for a six? (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
Fourth pillar needed?The Government has announced what it says will be “the biggest change to infrastructure funding and financing since the early 2000s”, but according to a Melbourne-based sovereign debt analyst, this is just “piecemeal” stuff.S&P Global’s Anthony Walker told BusinessDesk that New Zealand’s councils had a financial “structural” imbalance that only a “comprehensive review” could fix.When added to the back and forth between Labour and National on policies such...

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