
<i>Mirko Bagaric:</i> Coalition pact likely with Labor in wilderness
Professor Mirko Bagaric writes that the trio who hold the balance of power in Australia represent strongly conservative areas.
Professor Mirko Bagaric writes that the trio who hold the balance of power in Australia represent strongly conservative areas.
Caretaker Prime Minister Julia Gillard has moved to shore up her claim for power.
President Barack Obama has brought down the curtain on the seven-year conflict in Iraq.
The Govt yesterday paid $1.775bn - or $405 for every person in NZ - to take control of failed moneylender South Canterbury Finance's assets.
Watching John Key and Bill English dispose of South Canterbury Finance was a bit like watching a python swallowing an antelope.
Allan Hubbard is blaming Government regulations for the failure of South Canterbury Finance.
Finance Minister Bill English says its quick payout to cover losses by South Canterbury Finance investors will mean "minimal disruption" to the wider economy.
The Government has this morning paid out $1.7 billion to cover investor losses from the collapse of South Canterbury Finance.
The Govt has already made a $1.7bn payment to the trustees of South Canterbury Finance, which today called in the receivers.
Sth Canterbury Finance chief executive Sandy Maier says an announcement that will have "good and bad" in it is due sometime after 9.30am today.
The 300,000 people who attended a rally in Washington were told not to bring political placards.
Rest homes are refusing to comply with a demand to find old people's birth certificates to prove they are eligible for care subsidies.
Bill English cancelled an overseas trip and John Key last night refused to rule out an injection of taxpayer funds as the Govt grappled with the fate of South Canterbury Finance.
John Armstrong writes that John Key must reassure investors that their cash is safe, while minimising the taxpayers' burden.