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Finance Minister and Acting Treasurer Rt Hon Bill Birch said the increase in total overseas debt would be addressed by improving economic growth and by increased saving in the private sector.

Finance Minister Bill Birch tonight announced changes in income tax collection that eliminate 1.2 million IR5 income tax returns, save taxpayers up to $60m a year in compliance costs, and create an

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The gas industry, along with the whole energy sector, has been through huge changes since I entered Parliament in 1972.

The outlook for tourism and exports over the next three years is very positive, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

Finance Minister and Acting Treasurer Rt Hon Bill Birch said today that the report out of the Australian National University (ANU) about the risk to the New Zealand economy was grossly misleading.

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

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

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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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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

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