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Treasurer Bill English said today papers from Treasury showed that the Government needed to keep a careful control over new spending.

Treasurer Bill English said Labour's claim that its industry and competition policies would encourage the country's brightest and best to stay defied logic when Labour also planned to increase taxe

Treasurer Bill English said today National's calculations of the cost of Labour's promises had flushed out Dr Cullen's clever distinctions on spending.

Treasurer Bill English said today Labour now needed to explain whether it had abandoned debt repayment as a key plank of economic policy.

Treasurer Bill English questioned today whether Labour leader Helen Clark was at odds with her finance spokesman over economic issues.

Treasurer Bill English said today that Helen Clark's comments on changing the Reserve Bank's Policy Targets Agreement (PTA) created uncertainty over monetary policy and could unsettle the financial

Treasurer Bill English welcomed today's announcement of changes to Trans-Tasman investment rules, and said New Zealand businesses would benefit by being able to invest more freely in Australia.

Treasurer Bill English today released figures showing projected changes to Vote: Police over the next five years.

Treasurer Bill English announced today that a long-standing debt of $14 million owed by Peru had been forgiven.

Treasurer Bill English said today the Labour Party's 'say nothing, be nothing' approach did not constitute an election debate.

Treasurer Bill English said today the Government's position on the sale of assets had not changed.

Legislation Today Sets New Regulatory Environment

Treasurer Bill English said Labour was showing its true colours with its determination to move backwards on ACC.

The substantial reduction in unemployment from 7.7% to 7.2% for the March quarter confirms the rapid turnaround in the New Zealand economy, Treasurer Bill Birch said today.

The Labour Party's announcement today that it would impose a take-overs code is consistent with Labour's intention to re-regulate the New Zealand economy, Treasurer Bill Birch said tonight.

Cabinet yesterday gave an Ad Hoc Ministerial Group power to act on the INCIS contract with IBM, advised and assisted by a top team of Government officials, Treasurer Bill Birch and Police Minister

"Dr Cullen as usual has no idea what he is talking about, because he hasn't bothered to do his homework," Treasurer Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

The Treasury paper on Monetary Union reported in the Dominion this morning is a Treasury think piece, not advice prepared for Government Mr Birch said this morning

Demand for Contact shares from retail investors has been very strong, Treasurer Bill Birch, SOE Minister Tony Ryall and the Minister Responsible for Contact Energy, Lockwood Smith, said today.

Winston Peters was misinformed in alleging that a company headed by former National Party leader Jim McLay will be paid $12-24 million in commission on the Contact Energy sale, Treasurer Bill Birch

The current account deficit reflects a continuing trend of New Zealand not having enough savings to finance the levels of investment being made here, Treasurer Bill Birch and Finance Minister Bill

Edison Mission Energy has successfully bid $1.208 billion for a 40 percent cornerstone shareholding in Contact Energy, Treasurer Bill Birch, SOE Minister Tony Ryall and Minister Responsible for Con

More than 175,000 New Zealanders had registered interest in purchasing shares in Contact Energy by 4 pm this afternoon, Treasurer Bill Birch, SOE Minister Tony Ryall and Minister responsible for Co

Treasurer Bill Birch and the Minister in charge of the Public Trust Office, Tuariki Delamere, said today the Court of Appeal's ruling on the ownership of the Office's reserves has all but removed t