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Sound Steps But No Step Change in Budget
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The government deserves credit for correcting some of the economic mistakes of its predecessor but is still well away from putting the economy on a strong and balanced growth path”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, ... More >>
Alcohol Report a Public Policy Fiasco
Friday, 7 May 2010, 9:40 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
As an example of poor quality public policy analysis, the Law Commission’s report on alcohol regulation will be a landmark for years to come. More >>
Figures Highlight NZ's Productivity Crisis
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:22 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Last week Statistics New Zealand delivered a damning verdict on the economic stewardship of the Clark-Cullen government. More >>
$1000 cash prize for Business Roundtable debate
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The New Zealand Business Roundtable is tonight hosting the grand final of the Big Social Issues Debates. The debate will be held at the Academy Galleries in Wellington at 5.30pm and involve the top debaters from Victoria and Canterbury universities ... More >>
Latest Figures Highlight Productivity Challenge
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“Today’s productivity data from Statistics New Zealand dramatically highlight the damaging consequences of the economic mismanagement of recent years”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. The ... More >>
NZ’s Top University Debaters Go Head to Head
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The New Zealand Business Roundtable is hosting the Big Social Issues Debates , a national university debating tournament beginning in secondary schools on March 15 and finishing with a grand final to be hosted by Minister for Social Development ... More >>
Tax Working Group Report Over-Hyped
Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 1:11 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Last week’s Tax Working Group report states that the current tax system is “incoherent, unfair, lacks integrity, unduly discourages work participation and biases investment decisions.” What happened in the course of a decade? The answer can be summed up ... More >>
Former Business Roundtable Chair Honoured
Thursday, 31 December 2009, 9:13 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
New Zealand Business Roundtable chairman Rob McLeod today congratulated former Business Roundtable chairman Sir Douglas Myers on being made Knight Companion of the Order of New Zealand for services to business and the community. More >>
The 2025 Taskforce Report and the Media
Friday, 18 December 2009, 11:59 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Public understanding about what constitutes good economic policy will ultimately dictate the economic performance of New Zealand. Overwhelmingly, the quality of a country’s institutions and policies, which are largely chosen through the political ... More >>
Taskforce Report Challenges Politicians and Voters
Monday, 30 November 2009, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“The Taskforce report on closing the income gap with Australia offers a realistic assessment of New Zealand’s major economic challenges and a substantial programme for achieving the 2025 goal”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand ... More >>
Former Business Roundtable Chair Honoured
Friday, 27 November 2009, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
New Zealand Business Roundtable chairman Rob McLeod today congratulated Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive and former Business Roundtable chairman Sir Ralph Norris on being named Executive of the Decade at last night’s Deloitte/Management ... More >>
Business Roundtable Hosts Liquor Debate
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The New Zealand Business Roundtable is hosting an evening of debate and discussion on the current review of the liquor laws on Wednesday, 2 December. The event will be held at the Academy Galleries, in Wellington from 5.30pm to 7.00pm to an audience ... More >>
Report of Regulatory Responsibility Taskforce
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 10:05 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
“On a first examination, the Regulatory Responsibility Taskforce appears to have produced an outstanding and robust report that deserves the support of the government and parliament”, the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, ... More >>
Updated Fact File of Economic Statistics Released
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 10:03 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The New Zealand Business Roundtable has updated the data in the attached file of key statistics complied for economic journalists and others interested in the New Zealand economy. The file was first released on 31 October 2008. The data are primarily ... More >>
ACC Monopoly an Idea Whose Time has Passed
Monday, 2 November 2009, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
In a speech about New Zealand’s accident compensation scheme in 1996 I said, “The country was sold a pup which has turned into a pitbull terrier that mauls everyone it comes in contact with – accident victims, employers and politicians alike.” ... More >>
The 2010 Budget: Rough Water Ahead
Friday, 23 October 2009, 11:22 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Preparations for the 2010 budget will be underway in government circles. The 2010 Budget Policy Statement, which sets out the broad parameters, is due in December. More >>
Does a Bad Start Make for Failure at School
Friday, 9 October 2009, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
At an Easter hat parade at Bellfield Primary School in Melbourne, a child’s mother got into a punch-up with another mother and head-butted her unconscious in front of 250 children. Did anyone bat an eyelid? No, says the then principal, John Fleming. ... More >>
NZ Business Roundtable Perspectives No. 287
Friday, 31 July 2009, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Miliband’s citing of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech in support of his policy of subsidising the construction of many thousands of otherwise uneconomic wind turbines might appear grotesque, even comical; but not if you genuinely believe ... More >>
Cool Heads Still Needed on Global Warming
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
This year a cooler approach to climate change policy has gradually taken shape. For a time, it looked as though the government might make the same mistakes as its predecessor and take rushed, flawed decisions. More >>
Record in Catching Australia Will Define Key Govt
Monday, 20 July 2009, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Shortly the government is expected to set up an advisory group to report on how to achieve its goal of lifting New Zealand’s per capita income levels to those of Australia by 2025. More >>
