"We can respond to fuel shortages from the Iran war without committing the knee-jerk mistakes made during Covid," he says.
In a gentle rebuke to too much fast-tracking, Westpac’s Catherine McGrath warns decisions made without consensus may not last or provide security to investors.
The next step is ‘providing personal income tax relief in the May Budget’.
The organisation defended its handling of prosecutions after the Whakaari/White Island eruption.
Brooke van Velden continues her clinical execution of employment law change.
The ETS cannot be relied upon as a steady source of income.
Only about 49,000 trusts – out of 400,000 -– will have to pay the 39% rate.
A tax debate has to also be part of a wider discussion on economic and fiscal policy.
But the announcement does not include claiming interest deductibility this year.
Swarbrick repeats the need for a ‘fair’ tax system.