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Greece agrees to savage cuts
Greece and the wider eurozone scrambled back from the brink of disaster again on Friday as the outline of an IMF/eurozone rescue package emerged.
Greece and the wider eurozone scrambled back from the brink of disaster again on Friday as the outline of an IMF/eurozone rescue package emerged.
The Labour Party says the Government "seems determined" to eliminate the staff who make public services work.
Taxpayers could be left liable for loans that South Canterbury Finance will not give details about.
The Government's bank balance is better than forecast ahead of next month's Budget, but its income from tax has taken a hit.
The taxpayer has so far unwittingly chipped in at least $320,000 for MPs embroiled in lawsuits.
Metiria Turei is backing a plan to expand MPs' travel perks which could open the way for MPs to claim for taking their children on holiday.
Speaker Lockwood Smith has defended a $14,800 allowance that all MPs get, and can spend on almost anything.
The Auditor-General's report effectively gives MPs licence to use their expenses allowance to splash out on wine for their mates at any party meeting.
Phil Heatley says he will be more careful in future after being told he was back in the Cabinet.
Phil Heatley will return to Cabinet on Thursday after the Auditor-General found no intentional wrongdoing on his part.