Politics
Policy
Neil Holdom: NEIL HOLDOM: Labour's costly, puzzling energy policy
Dragon's Den approach needed on long-term decarbonisation options.
Policy
ELECTION 2020: Bipartisan approach needed on EVs - Drive Electric
New Zealand risks becoming a dumping ground for the world’s fossil-fuelled cars if it doesn’t move quicker to phase them out in favour of electric vehicles, lobby group Drive Electric says. The National Party policy announced today to exempt EVs from fringe-benefit tax until 2...
Policy
ELECTION 2020: ‘Don’t stuff the country’ – minor leaders make their pitch
The minor party leaders all acknowledged next month’s election will have long-ranging consequences for generations with the mountain of debt piling up.
Economy
Thousands lose more generous unemployment benefit
Wage subsidies are ending, and so is the covid payment for the newly unemployed.
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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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