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Speaker defends MPs' $14,800 allowance
Speaker Lockwood Smith has defended a $14,800 allowance that all MPs get, and can spend on almost anything.
<i>John Armstrong</i>: Report gives MPs licence to booze
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.
Heatley didn't intend to deceive, says Key
Phil Heatley says he will be more careful in future after being told he was back in the Cabinet.
Heatley to return to Cabinet after being cleared by audit
Phil Heatley will return to Cabinet on Thursday after the Auditor-General found no intentional wrongdoing on his part.
Totting up Labour's spending 'mammoth task'
Govt staff are not yet halfway through the "mammoth task" of compiling the previous Government's credit card records for public release.
Financial markets now 'back to normal' says English
New Zealand's financial markets are "back to normal", says Finance Minister Bill English.