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Ian Powell: Distracted health leadership means leadership neglect
Four crises have been inherited from preceding governments, but will they be addressed by changes to the health system that have been rushed and inadequately thought out?
Politics
$350 cost of living payments a 'poor mechanism'
Treasury and Inland Revenue were less than enthusiastic about the more than $800 million package.
Policy
Energy security and cost concerns prompt caution over gas
Ministers are concerned about energy security and costs, so they're taking a more careful approach to removing gas from the system while they think about alternatives.
Economy
Concrete: govt eyes carbon border tax
The government is examining the complex idea of border carbon taxes in the context of the concrete sector.
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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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