A guest post from the Finance Minister We live in tough economic times, but the New Zealand public can be assured that this government is leaving no stone unturned in dealing with the challenges caused by the global economic downturn. You will appreciate, I hope, that I can’t speak too much today about the contents of next…
National Party leader John Key has angrily denied that his leadership is in trouble. Rumours that his deputy, Bill English, may be planning to oust him, have been doing the rounds in Wellington in recent days. But both John Key and Bill English say there is no plot, and that claims of a potential challenge…
The Finance Minister has confirmed that Treasury is yet again revising its budgetary estimates. Bill English has long predicted that the government’s books will be in surplus by the 2014/15 financial year. However, a predicted massive hike in legal costs to the Crown has forced Treasury to take another look at the Government’s accounts. In particular, the…
The Finance Minister said this morning that the asteroid speeding towards the country presented opportunities for New Zealand. Scientists yesterday announced that a giant asteroid is on a collision course with the Earth. They predict that the huge rock will hit the southern part of the North Island tomorrow, destroying most of Wellington and leaving hundreds of…
I’m pleased to hear the Government is going to appoint someone to manage the money of those irresponsible folk who suck off the public teat.and can’t budget properly. It’s about time someone took the finance portfolio off Bill English.
Below is the transcript of a short speech given to business leaders yesterday by Finance Minister Bill English Good morning. I want to talk to you today about National’s plans to grow the economy. We are in an election year and our opponents have accused National of not having a plan. But National has a…
The media are reporting that the National Finance boss has been jailed for six years. I know Bill English has been a pretty useless finance minister, but still that’s harsh.
Finance minister Bill English today released the National Party’s plan to grow the economy and stimulate economic growth. Opponents of National have criticised the party for failing the address the problems of sluggish economic growth, rising unemployment and a volatile dollar. But Mr English today answered his critics with a bold series of initiatives to…
Conservative columnist Dr. Frank Shizenhausen has something powerful to say about politicians’ use of social media When the revolution comes they’ll announce it on the internet first. The socialists have even set up a site called Red Alert, so that they’ll all know when its time for them to rise up and eat our babies.…
Finance Minister Bill English is not ruling out making changes to Working for Families or the student loans scheme in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake. As the full financial impact of last week’s quake becomes clearer, the Government is looking at a bill to the taxpayer of up to five billion dollars. The effects…
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