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Finance
Banks' covid-related provisions likely much smaller in June qtr
Provisioning by banks for the impact of the coronavirus crisis is likely to have been considerably smaller in the June quarter than the huge provisions they made in March. That's according to a graph presented by Reserve Bank deputy governor Geoff Bascand during a speech to ba...
Policy
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RMA Reform Proposals: What You Need to Know
Passed in 1991, the Resource Management Act was revolutionary at the time and the creature of a pioneering legislator, Geoffrey Palmer. It placed ‘sustainable development’ at the heart of new law that was intended to govern land use, resource development and environmental prot...
Economy
Cross-party and business support for RMA shake-up proposals
A major report recommending splitting the Resource Management Act into two pieces of law to streamline planning and resource consenting is winning support across the political spectrum. National Party leader Judith Collins described the key recommendation of the 'New Direction...
Finance
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The 'cunning' plan that could see Mark Bryers in jail
“I want to get to a point that, if anybody gets asked about who owns, ultimately, this group of companies, that the Federals, the ATO, the such and such, can’t get to the f***** truth.” That's what former Blue Chip principal Mark Bryers told Sydney construction boss George Ale...
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With a professional career spanning New Zealand, Singapore, and London, Victoria Young has been with BusinessDesk since 2019, initially as a senior reporter before taking on the role of investigations editor in 2022, then editor in 2024.
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She has been instrumental in growing BusinessDesk as this country’s premium business news brand.
She was the 2023 recipient of a Brian Gaynor initiative grant.
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