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<i> Michael Weatheral:</i> Infrastructure investment: is change in the wind?
Legislative roadblocks hindering the efficient operation of public-private partnerships are being removed, writes Michael Weatherall.
Fund gets ready for PPP projects
Fund manager Peter Coman says the PIP Fund is interested in investing in the new Wiri prison public-private partnership but not if it includes managing prisoners as part of the package.
Government's advisory board keeps a watching brief
New Zealanders are yet to support infrastructure development to meet future demand, National Infrastructure Advisory Board chairman Dr Rod Carr says.
Economic outlook bad, but not as bad as expected last year
Updated long-range projections for Government debt are less unnerving than last year's but still unsustainable, the Treasury says.
Govt finances better than expected
Tax revenue was bigger than forecast and spending lower in the 11 months to the end of May, says Treasury.
House prices will fall: economists
Westpac economists expect house prices to fall about 2 per cent this year and another 2 per cent next year.
Joyce widens broadband tender scope
Bidders for the government's $1.5b ultra-fast broadband fund will now be invited to supply plans for "lit" fibre.
<i>Media</i>: Change of climate for key TV player
New Zealand's top broadcasting bureaucrat is tuning out of the sector to be Climate Change Ambassador.
<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Winners and losers in ETS wealth shift
Over the next two and a half years the emissions trading scheme will effect a substantial transfer of wealth.
IRD may hit commercial fit-outs
The Government has embarked on a path to abolish building depreciation on virtually every building type and could hit depreciation claims on commercial building fit-outs in future, says Bayleys Valuations director John Freeman.