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About-face lets 23 MPs keep travel perks
A ruling days before last year's election restored lucrative travel perks to 23 MPs, 12 of whom were not re-elected.
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Bombshell plan for reform has Ryall squirming
Health Minister Tony Ryall is distancing himself from a controversial recommendation that would in effect resurrect part of National's '90s health system.
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Govt holds fire on school therapy cuts
Education Minister Anne Tolley has given a stay of execution for a $2.5m scheme that provides therapy at school for disabled children.
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Sir Douglas Graham: Travel perks part of the deal
Sir Douglas Graham explains why he has a clear conscience about the subsidised travel he is entitled to as a former Cabinet minister.
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Ex-MP: Give me the cash ... once I'm too old to fly
Sir Douglas Graham says he would give up his international travel subsidy in exchange for a pension increase - but only when he is too old to fly.
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Govt fast-tracking PPPs to make up 'lost decade'
NZ is a decade behind other countries in using public-private partnerships for national infrastructure investments, English says.
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Key softens on holiday perks
National and Labour party leaders say they will not stand in the way of an inquiry into MPs' travel perks - but neither make the first move.