Law & Regulation
Explore the latest legal news by BusinessDesk, covering legal rulings, important court cases, and more.
Pursue individuals 'harshly' in cartel cases, ComCom told
By Gavin Evans July 26 (BusinessDesk) - The Commerce Commission should pursue cartel prosecutions against individuals “harshly” if it wants to achieve the greatest deterrence using new powers coming into effect in 2021, a visiting regulator says. Brent Snyder, previously he...
Policy
Forest & Bird says greenhouse gas targets require significant land use change
By Rebecca Howard July 25 (BusinessDesk) - The Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society told the parliamentary environment select committee significant changes to land use are essential to reach proposed emission reduction targets. Forest & Bird argued the targets contained i...
Primary Sector
DairyNZ calls for achievable methane target
By Rebecca Howard July 25 (BusinessDesk) - DairyNZ says a planned methane reduction target will set farmers up to fail and that the proposals need robust economic analysis. The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill proposes that gross emissions of biogenic methane be cut...
Infrastructure
Govt opts for sweeping review of 'underperforming' RMA
By Pattrick Smellie July 24 (BusinessDesk) - A sweeping review of the Resource Management Act opens the way to splitting the law relating to environmental protection and urban development back into two separate pieces of legislation as Environment Minister David Parker concede...
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Victoria Young
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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.
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.
Victoria holds law and arts degrees from Victoria University of Wellington.
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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.
Victoria holds law and arts degrees from Victoria University of Wellington.
You can follow her on Twitter @victoriayoung03 or connect with her on LinkedIn here.
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