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Goldsmith replaces Adams as Nat's shadow finance minister
By Pattrick Smellie June 25 (BusinessDesk) - National Party list MP Paul Goldsmith has replaced Amy Adams as the Opposition's shadow finance minister in a swiftly executed reshuffle of portfolio responsibilities announced by party leader Simon Bridges. A former press secret...
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OECD joins KiwiBuild critics as 'reset' looms
By Pattrick Smellie June 25 (BusinessDesk) - The government should reallocate KiwiBuild funding to social and rental housing rather than take on higher levels of financial risk than housing policies of other countries to assist KiwiBuild buyers who are "sufficiently well off t...
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Global trade crisis 'bad news' for open economies like NZ - OECD
By Rebecca Howard June 25 (BusinessDesk) - Shrinking global trade and a crisis in the multilateral system is "bad news" for the likes of New Zealand, which relies on open access to foreign markets, says OECD Deputy Secretary-General Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen. International...
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Australian named first woman to lead NZ Treasury
By Pattrick Smellie June 25 (BusinessDesk) - The head New South Wales' training agency, TAFE, has been appointed secretary to the New Zealand Treasury. Caralee McLiesh will replace Gabriel Makhlouf, who leaves at the end of this month after eight years at the helm of the co...
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