Opinion

Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
Are budget deficits back for longer?
Opinion

Cameron Bagrie: Are budget deficits back for longer?

Is the fiscal worm the next to show signs of a clear turn?

Cameron Bagrie 15 May 2023
The winter plan that isn't really a plan at all
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Ian Powell: The winter plan that isn't really a plan at all

The pressure on hospitals is already intense, even before winter flu or an omicron surge.

Ian Powell 15 May 2023
We’re paying three more days’ worth of taxes than last year
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Spencer Smith: We’re paying three more days’ worth of taxes than last year

The tax burden has to be fairer but fairness means different things to different people.

Spencer Smith 13 May 2023
Australia is lucky, lucky, lucky. But us, not so much
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Warren Couillault: Australia is lucky, lucky, lucky. But us, not so much

"Luck” is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.