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Immigration – getting past knee-jerk reactions
Immigration policy needs more long-term thinking – but don't hold your breath.
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Opinion
Pattrick Smellie: Why Project Onslow is a bad idea
There are 10 reasons not to do the Lake Onslow project. And none of them have to do with flooding a wetland.
Economy
Savers still running backwards in term deposits
Interest rates are normalising but inflation means real returns are still negative.
Economy
Call for care in pricing emissions
There are warnings that the price placed on farm emissions such as methane should reflect the costs they will place on farmers and the economy.
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Pattrick Smellie
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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