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Yesterday's Budget is pivotal in the evolution of Government policy:

1. As a basis for on-going business confidence 2. In the management of the Asian crisis and the current account

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this afternoon.

By now you should have had time to digest not only your meals but several interpretations of the Government's 1998 Budget.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

The Budget combines progress towards the fiscal objectives of the Government with substantial advances in economic and social well-being for New Zealanders, Finance Minister Bill Birch said.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

Tonight's proposed amendments to the Farm and Fishing Vessel Ownership Savings Acts would free up vital funds for people with accounts under those schemes, Finance Minister Bill Birch said today.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

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Thank you for this opportunity to talk to you today about the key decisions in the Budget and why they were made.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder welcomed the modernisation of the Fire Service announced by the Fire Service Commission today.

  • Bill Birch
  • Internal Affairs

Terms of Reference for the scoping study of the Crown's ownership interest in Television New Zealand (TVNZ) were released today by Treasurer Winston Peters, Finance Minister Bill Birch and SOE Mini

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

I am delighted to be able to speak to you this morning about the outlook for the economy and business in New Zealand.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

The Taranaki/King Country by-election is the reason Labour and the Alliance are musing about not raising taxes quite as much, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

The Coalition Government has decided in principle to split ECNZ into three competing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the Treasurer and Ministers of Finance, Energy and State-Owned Enterprises said

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

Lower prices for consumers should result from the Coalition Government's electricity reform package, the Treasurer and Ministers of Finance and Energy said today.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

Labour's backtrack on high taxes shows Dr Cullen has learned something about politics - but he still has no understanding of economics, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

I move that the Taxation (Tax Credits, Trading Stock and Other Remedial Matters) Bill be now read a second time.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

The Government today introduced tax credit legislation allowing investment income earned by superannuation funds and life office schemes to be taxed at the saver's personal tax rates.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

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.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

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.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

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.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

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

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

Hon Deborah Morris today in Auckland congratulated the graduates of the Peer Sexuality Support Programme.

  • Bill Birch
  • Youth Affairs

Revenue Minister Bill Birch and Forestry Minister Lockwood Smith have announced they will look into changing legislation to make it possible for a person to grant themselves a forestry right.

  • Bill Birch
  • Revenue

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

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

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

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

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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  • Bill Birch
  • Finance