It's far from the most professional writing or reporting I've ever read. It's poorly written, poorly edited, 'internally inconsistent', as a colleague would say, and at times misguided.
My first thought was 'okay, but what does the AFR think?' and I'd suggest, given the AFR hasn't run an article in quite the same terms as this one, that this supports Yusef's response. I also don't buy the line about NZ selling out to finance its own spending, that certainly wasn't my impression. Anyway, I think things ain't great for VA, but the real story isn't as bad as this article suggests.
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