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Finance Minister Bill English said today he was still waiting to see the 'pile of papers' that Labour's Trevor Mallard claimed to have on him.

  • Bill English
  • Finance

The Crown Financial Statements for the six months to December 1998 were released by the Treasury today.

The key results were as follows:

  • Bill English
  • Revenue

Half-year Crown Financial Statement results tabled in Parliament today are tracking ahead of Treasury's December 1998 Economic and Fiscal Update forecasts, Treasurer Bill Birch and Finance Minister

  • Bill English
  • Revenue

Finance Minister Bill English today challenged Helen Clark and Trevor Mallard to produce the 'pile of paper' they said they had on him.

  • Bill English
  • Revenue

Released With Initial Proposals For Government Action

  • Bill English
  • Revenue

Revenue Minister Bill English said today an advertising campaign launched last week by the Inland Revenue Department was aimed at 150,000 low to middle income working families eligible for tax help

  • Bill English
  • Revenue

Finance Minister Bill English welcomed today's release of Statistics New Zealand's "New Zealand Now" report into incomes and said it would encourage a more honest debate about income disparity in N

  • Bill English
  • Revenue

Revenue Minister Bill English said today he would be interested in hearing more on the intentions of the Finance and Expenditure Committee regarding a proposed review into Inland Revenue Department

  • Bill English
  • Revenue

Revenue Minister Bill English said today that the use of money interest rates payable on underpayments and overpayments of tax and duties had been reduced.

  • Bill English
  • Revenue

Revenue Minister Bill English said today the Inland Revenue Department had to find the right balance between the need to collect taxes and the need to maintain the goodwill and confidence of taxpay

  • Bill English
  • Revenue

Finance and Revenue Minister Bill English said today Labour's undertakings in its high tax package were not credible.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the Government had formally approved a $1.5 million project to develop a superward at Wairau Hospital in Blenheim.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the Government had approved a $7.5 million plan from Hutt Valley Health to make improvements to the Hutt Hospital site.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today he was sorry that the chief executive of the Health Funding Authority, Phil Pryke, had resigned, but pleased to see talented people in the health service bei

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today he was ordering a review of maternity services which would look at whether services were high quality and meeting the needs of women.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today the Government was planning the first national survey to look at the eating habits and diets of children.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English today released a second report on the proposed new hospital for Wellington.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English announced today that more people would be eligible to receive free vaccination against influenza this year because the criteria had been extended to include people with

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English announced today that he had approved funding of more than $1.8 million to community health providers.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Greater consumer confidence in food safety is among the Government's aims in creating a single food agency by the middle of next year, Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control Minister John Luxt

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said a business case presented today by Auckland Healthcare for a new hospital in central Auckland would be given careful consideration by the Government over the next

  • Bill English
  • Health

Minister of Health Bill English said New Zealanders' tendency to take a casual approach towards cooking over Christmas and the summer holidays could put people at risk of food poisoning.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today Otago Medical School's decision to offer specialised rural health training showed there was a bright future for Balclutha's community hospital and others lik

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today Otago Medical School's decision to offer specialised rural health training showed there was a bright future for Balclutha's community hospital and others lik

  • Bill English
  • Health