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Policy
‘Not fit for purpose’: how govt plans to fix aged care
As the sector sinks, seniors minister Costello wants to ensure commercial viability.
Politics
Dileepa Fonseka: The industrial policy debate never seems to go away
Industrial policy is getting a second hearing around the world, including in NZ.
Public sector
JobWatch 2024
Is the Public Service Commission too top heavy?
More than one in five at the commission are considered to be 'senior leaders'.
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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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