Opinion
The Government will soon launch a Productivity Commission designed to run its ruler over key sectors in the NZ economy and advise on initiatives that might ultimately help bridge the income gap with Australia.
The proposal for a Productivity Commission has grown out of the post-election agreement National and Act made for a "high quality advisory group" which would be tasked with the challenge of investigating how NZ would close the income gap with Australia by 2025.
Should the NZ economy be tied closer to the Australian economy?