Politics
Politics
Contractor or not? New law aims to clarify
Brooke Van Velden unveils solution for the line between a worker and a contractor.
Primary Sector
Draft critical minerals list released
Government to look at strategies for developing specific minerals.
Politics
Treasury opposed $1b transport top-up
Officials said they only had an hour to review advice on the Budget 2024 initiative.
Politics
Public service struggled to meet $1.5b savings target
With only four months to Budget Day, $885m in savings looked 'unachievable'.
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Pattrick Smellie
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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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