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Announced in a pre-Budget speech to business leaders, the early July visit will be New Zealand’s first overseas delegation visit since the emergence of Covid-19.
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Those delegation visits were not contingent on the completion of the New Zealand vaccination rollout, she said. “But it would almost certainly be after the general rollout begins, so it will be post July.” She said she intended to pursue an enhanced trade relationship with the US over the coming term seeing as there was a change of administration, and a deepening relationship with President Joe Biden across a range of issues. Trade Minister Damien O’Connor would also travel to London and Brussels in June to progress negotiations for New Zealand’s free trade agreements with the UK and EU, she said.
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If Warriors players were forced to pay more tax by being based in Australia, they would have been able to ask the club for more money.
The Warriors have been saved from having to pay out $5.5 million in taxes thanks to the latest Australian federal budget. Because the club’s players and staff have been based in Australia for longer than an 183-day threshold, they became liable to pay tax in that country at the highest rate. Legally, players and staff would then have been able to claim that money back from the Warriors, which would have not only had a huge impact on the club’s finances, but also get them into salary cap problems.