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As NZ oil refining ends, govt weighs strategic implications
The Marsden Point Refinery has struggled in recent years to compete with more efficient refineries.
Policy
Helen Kelly’s posthumous win: Fair Pay Agreements
This extract from the biography of trade union leader Helen Kelly describes how FPAs grew from work Kelly began a decade ago.
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Gas market crisis averted as Methanex cuts production
Pressure from major gas user Oji Fibre Solutions for political intervention is believed to have spurred Methanex to free up gas for Genesis Energy and the wider gas market.
Policy
Wake Up Call: Melbourne quarantine facility coming
Australia is likely to press ahead with building a 500-bed quarantine facility about 30km from Melbourne.
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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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