Industry reacts after Marama Davidson tells mining companies ‘Your fast-track consents are not safe’.
Minister Melissa Lee says attracting more foreign direct investment would help.
Nicola Willis will want to demonstrate a robust tax plan and a credible path back to surplus.
But Reserve Bank says impact of tax cuts still to be assessed.
Draft strategy says production growth will not come at the expense of the environment.
Federated Farmers says the issue needs to be addressed urgently.
Helen Clark Foundation and engineering consultants WSP suggest using new financing tools but says debt will fund most infrastructure.
Commerce Minister Andrew Bayly: ‘When people have a choice that creates the opportunity for competition.’
'These decisions will not be easy, but failure to confront land use issues will not make them disappear. It will simply commit us further to degrading our environment. This may, in fact, be the direction we choose to take,' report says.
NZ Green Investment Finance reckons big emitters such as Fonterra would have more incentive to invest in decarbonisation if there was a price to pay.