Transtasman Political Letter – 24 May Digest
Transtasman Political Letter – 24 May Digest
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May 24 2007
Helen Clark reckons it was a “defining”
Budget, perhaps the biggest since her Govt came to
office...
But opponents, both on the left and right,
don’t think it’s so great...
And employers may be
tearing their hair out over KiwiSaver in the next few
weeks...
Govt thinks it’s sewn up Auckland, delivering
rapid rail...
Dairy industry may rescue the NZ
economy...
And will coal become king on the West Coast
again?
Clark Rates It As Labour’s ‘Defining” Budget
The Clark Govt has nailed its colours to
KiwiSaver’s mast. Helen Clark says it is about Labour
setting a visionary path for the future.
Contrast In Major Party Philosophies
Sharpens
The KiwiSaver project sharpens the contrast
in the philosophies Labour and National will take into the
election.
Labour Examines Strategies For
Electoral Survival
John Key’s virtuoso performance in the House on the Budget debate wowed his backbenchers (and even such left-wing commentators as Chris Trotter), and left some glum faces among his opponents.
Key Points In Treasury Forecasts
Treasury is forecasting
corporate tax revenue will decline by 1.5% to June 2008,
despite forecast profit growth of 4.7%.
CAPITAL TALK
Rodney Hide likes his new Winston joke so much he shared it with Parliament during the budget debate.
Play Of The Week: The Wheels Are Spinning, But Where’s It Going?
There’re a lot of things driving the moral panic over boy racers and the like and quite a bit of it has very little to do with the scale of the problem.
Transtasman is a subscriber newsletter published weekly and read widely in New Zealand and abroad. The above is a summary of this week's edition. To subscribe and read the full newsletter see.. http://Transtasman.co.nz