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Fiona Cooper: Making trans-Tasman travel safe again
The Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted the tourism sectors in New Zealand and Australia and worldwide. Travel underpins the highly …
Read More »Alex Duncan: Government needs a wide net to promote recovery
Government should take short-term equity stakes in Covid-19 afflicted companies – rather than free money, says Alex Duncan. Before the …
Read More »Ian Powell: Let’s not over glorify Government’s performance fighting Covid
In assessing the effectiveness of the Government’s response to the Covid-19 threat it is important to distinguish between responsiveness and …
Read More »Why a trans-Tasman bubble makes sense for Australia & New Zealand
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia and James Higham, University of Otago We are hearing increasing talk about a trans-Tasman …
Read More »Trans-Tasman bubble opportunity for Australia & NZ to reduce China dependence
Hongzhi Gao, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Monica Ren, Macquarie University When it comes to our …
Read More »3 times Michael Moore’s film Planet of the Humans gets facts wrong (and 3 times it gets them right)
Ian Lowe, Griffith University Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on …
Read More »Past pandemics show how coronavirus budgets can drive faster economic recovery
Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington With New Zealand’s May 14 budget expected to chart the …
Read More »A snapshot of business confidence in Asia
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s no such thing as business as usual. To find out how businesses on the ground …
Read More »Auckland’s infrastructure projects must go on: Phil Goff Q&A
Phil Goff speaks with Tim McCready about the impact of Covid-19 on Auckland’s infrastructure plans. In February this year, …
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