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Geof Nightingale: Selective GST use noble but foolish
Someone once said for every tax problem there is a solution that is straightforward, uncomplicated and wrong.
Someone once said for every tax problem there is a solution that is straightforward, uncomplicated and wrong.
When it comes to Twitter, Facebook, anonymous bloggers and other manifestations of cyberspace, count Winston Peters out.
The political graffiti are now writ large on the wall for Rodney Hide's leadership of Act after the apparent Easter rising within the party. Hide has to go.
Govt departments and agencies could save $236m a year in efficiencies on backroom administrative and support service, a Treasury report released today says.
Hesitation is death in Parliament. And - for once - John Key was lost for words.
Phil Goff almost seemed amused by Damien O'Connor's remarks, writes Audrey Young.
The Prime Minister says it's "disappointing" the Pike River Coal receivers have asked the Government for aid and that it is unlikely to pay their legal bill during the Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Cash-strapped company Pike River Coal Ltd says it can only afford a limited role in the Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Phil Goff's assertion that he has emerged from the Darren Hughes crisis with his grip on the Labour leadership having been strengthened has an element of truth.