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The Government today introduced legislation to ensure that wrongfully obtained money will continue to remain taxable, Revenue Minister Bill Birch and Treasurer Winston Peters said this afternoon.

Finance Minister Bill English said today the latest regional trend reports for the second half of last year showed surprisingly strong growth in the provinces.

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this afternoon. I will be covering three broad areas: the economic outlook, the progress of the Budget, and a topic close to your hearts, superannuation.

The current track of the Government's operating surplus confirms that prospects for future tax cuts remain intact, the Minister of Finance, Rt Hon Bill Birch said tonight.

Dr Michael Cullen looked like a silly ostrich when he put his head in the sand today and tried to deny that tax reform in Australia will give them improved competitive advantage, Finance Minister S

A group of up to 15 soldiers from the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery will serve with the British part of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia (SFOR) in early 1998, Defence Minister Paul East

The Crowns financial results for the first half of the 1996-97 year, in line with other recent fiscal out-turns, came in slightly ahead of expectation, Treasurer Winston Peters and Finance Minister

The Coalition Government does not intend to privatise of the core assets of ECNZ or Contact Energy.

The Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the six months ended 31 December 1996 will be tabled in Parliament at 2.00 pm on Thursday 27 February.

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The National Party has a strong commitment to the maintenance of the Multiparty Accord on Retirement Income, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch and Social Welfare Minister Hon Roger Sowry said toda