Politics
Policy
Electricity Authority urged to test privacy status of meter data
By Gavin Evans June 18 (BusinessDesk) - The Electricity Authority has been urged to clarify the status of consumers’ meter data under the Privacy Act and how third-parties should be given access to it. The regulator wants to streamline access to consumers’ historic usage da...
Finance
Farm debt mediation will ensure fair process - O'Connor
By Gavin Evans June 17 (BusinessDesk) - Mandatory mediation before enforcement is taken against farmers struggling to meet their loan commitments will ensure a fair process and take some of the pressure off rural families during times of stress, Agriculture Minister Damien O’C...
Economy
Productivity Commission appointments bolster labour, health, environment credentials
By Paul McBeth June 17 (BusinessDesk) - Finance Minister Grant Robertson's two newest appointments to the board of the Productivity Commission will beef up its credentials in the economics of labour and health issues, and environmental policy. Former Department of Prime Mi...
Finance
Very real chance monetary policy will run out of ammo - ANZ
By Rebecca Howard June 17 (BusinessDesk) - ANZ Bank says there is a “very real” chance that New Zealand's monetary policy will run out of conventional ammunition and suggested the central bank look at a series of unconventional measures, including quantitative easing. With...
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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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