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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hunter’s Corner
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The Electricity Authority’s decade of failure

Political intervention in smelter closure speaks volumes about regulator’s performance.

Tim Hunter Fri, 02 Oct 2020

There is a glass case in a room at Rio Tinto’s Melbourne HQ, it is said, containing a shiny aluminium ingot.

Inscribed on the metal are the words: There is nothing like an election for maximising leverage.

The axiom has been consistently applied by the mining giant, most recently on July 9,

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Tim Hunter Fri, 02 Oct 2020
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