Politics

Govt clamps down on web service providers after data breach
Policy

Govt clamps down on web service providers after data breach

By Pattrick Smellie Aug. 26 (BusinessDesk) - A swathe of government departments have been ordered not to use web and information communications technology service providers not on an approved list following disclosure of a major data privacy breach over the weekend. The Tre...

Pattrick Smellie 26 Aug 2019
Balanced consenting framework needed for renewables - Meridian
Policy

Balanced consenting framework needed for renewables - Meridian

By Gavin Evans Aug. 26 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand requires a “significant uplift” in renewable generation investment if the country is to get anywhere close to its 2050 net-zero carbon target, Meridian Energy says. The company, which hopes to make an investment decision b...

Gavin Evans 26 Aug 2019
National floats company tax cut, recommits to higher pension age
Economy

National floats company tax cut, recommits to higher pension age

By Pattrick Smellie Aug. 26 (BusinessDesk) - The National Party is floating a cut to New Zealand's 28 percent company tax rate among a suite of possible tax changes it would promise going into the 2020 election. "New Zealand has one of the highest company tax rates in the O...

Pattrick Smellie 25 Aug 2019
Fasten seatbelts for the Trump twitter-storm fallout
Finance

Fasten seatbelts for the Trump twitter-storm fallout

By Jenny Ruth Aug. 26 (BusinessDesk) - It will be a case of fasten your seat belts and expect turbulence as markets across Asia open today after the escalation of the US-China trade war, US President Donald Trump's tweets labelling his own Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell a...

Jenny Ruth 25 Aug 2019


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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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