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Treasurer Bill English said he was pleased to have been involved in the music initiative announced today because of the potential economic as well as cultural benefits from a stronger music industr

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Treasurer Bill English said business should not allow the June quarter GDP figure to damage the strength of its confidence in the growth prospects of the New Zealand economy for the three years ahe

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Treasurer Bill English said today that the current account deficit of 6.3% of GDP in the year to June was in line with market expectations.

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Treasurer Bill English said today speculation that the Government planned to  introduce tax legislation before the election was incorrect.

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Treasurer Bill English said today the Government remained firmly committed to bringing down the company tax rate to match Australian moves to lower its company tax rate to 30%.

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Treasurer Bill English said that Labour's failure to rule out the Alliance's land tax proposal opened the way for new taxes on top of the personal tax rate increase promised in the first term of a

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Treasurer Bill English said the land tax promised today by the Alliance proved that a Labour-Alliance government would not simply be putting taxes up, but introducing new ones as well.

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Treasurer Bill English and Revenue Minister Sir William Birch got in the driving seat today to speed up moves to make tax simpler for business.

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Treasurer Bill English said a report on New Zealand's economy released today by the IMF confirmed that the economic changes of the last 15 years meant New Zealand had a sound foundation for future

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Treasurer Bill English said today the two biggest risks to the country's growth potential was New Zealanders' lack of confidence in their capacity to succeed and changing policies that had laid the

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The Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the year ended 30 June 1999 were released by the Treasury today.

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The 1999 Crown Financial Statements released today show that the Crown's finances are in a strong and positive position, Treasurer Bill English and Finance Minister Sir William Birch said in a join

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Treasurer Bill English said today the hostile reception given to Dr Cullen on the West Coast yesterday had overshadowed a significant shift in Labour's economic policy.

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Treasurer Bill English said today President Clinton's positive comments about growth amongst APEC economies applied as much to New Zealand as anywhere else in the region.

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Treasurer and Clutha-Southland MP Bill English said Labour's plan to shut down indigenous forestry operations on Crown land showed that Labour would always let left-wing ideology overrule common s

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New Zealand Treasurer Bill English today reported a return to economic growth in the APEC region and reinforced the importance of continued strengthening of markets to maintain this progress.

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Treasurer and Clutha-Southland MP Bill English said today that economic growth was the best way to deliver more jobs in Southland, with 100,000 new jobs predicted nationwide over the next three yea

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Thank you for inviting me here today.

I've got some good news for you. New Zealand is going to grow faster than the Australia and the United States next year.

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Treasurer Bill English predicted today that the country would see more examples over coming weeks of unions starting to flex their muscles in anticipation of a return to their place in the sun.

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Treasurer Bill English said today he had been discussing roads with Local Bodies and others in Auckland, who were keen to see the Government take action.

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Treasurer Bill English said today support for the Government's tax legislation was clearly conditional, based on discussions he had had with the MPs concerned.

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Treasurer Bill English today challenged Labour's finance spokesman Dr Cullen to explain his comments regarding giving workers new rights to strike.

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Next year, around 50,000 low-to-middle income working families will pay no tax, Treasurer Bill English said today.

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