That was Then, This is Now #29 – Joyce’s $11.7 billion hole – goneburger!

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“Billions of dollars extra cash that are there that they could dip into“, eh?

It would appear that Ms Kaye has inadvertently ‘sunk’ Steven Joyce’s claims of Labour’s $11.7 billion “hole” made during last year’s election campaign.

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References

National Party: Labour must explain where the money is (alt-link: Scoop media)

Radio NZ:  Govt’s tertiary fees free policy wrong priority – Nikki Kaye (alt-link)

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That was Then, This is Now #28 – John Key on transparency

Dollars and sense – Joyce’s hypocrisy

St. Steven and the Holy Grail of Fiscal Responsibility

National’s $11.7 billion hole is right where they left it

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This blogpost was first published on The Daily Blog on 4 October 2018.

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That was Then, This is Now #27 – John Key on GST

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References

Fairfax media: Key ‘no GST rise’ video emerges

NZ Herald: Budget 2010 – Income tax slashed, GST to 15 pc

TV3 News: Adding GST to online shopping ‘inevitable’ – Key

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That was Then, This is Now #26 – John Key will let slip the dogs of war

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That was Then, this is Now #2 – GST

That was Then, This is Now #23 – Bolger breaks election promise AND predicts the future!

 

 

 

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This blogpost was first published on The Daily Blog on 22 March 2015.

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That was Then, This is Now #26 – John Key will let slip the dogs of war

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References

Fairfax Media: No New Zealand forces to Iraq, says Key

NZ Herald: ‘Sending our forces to Iraq is not an easy decision’ – John Key’s full speech

Previous in this series

That was Then, This is Now #25 – Keeping the buggers “honest”

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Letter to the editor – The New Vietnam; who is first?

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This blogpost was first published on The Daily Blog on 26 February 2015.

 

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That was Then, This is Now #25 – Keeping the buggers “honest”

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Pretty hard to “keep the buggers honest” when the media are muzzled.

Or is Slater going to take on the role instead of media watchdog?

Yeah, because this guy has had such success with the MSM…

 

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Why stop at closing down just one newspaper, eh Cam?

So many media…

So little time to crush them all…

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References

Radio NZ: Slater taking media companies to court

NBR: ‘Truth gig is over’ – Slater

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That was Then, This is Now #24 – Key challenges Cunliffe – then doesn’t!

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This blogpost was first published on The Daily Blog on 6 September 2014

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That was Then, This is Now #13

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References

National Party  Tax Policy 2008

John Key:   Address to the CEO Summit, APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)

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That was Then, this is Now #12

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That was Then, this is Now #12

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National Government

August, 1999

That was then…

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National Government

February, 2010

This is now…

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That was Then, this is Now #11

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That was Then, this is Now #11

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Sources

Peters unacceptable in a National-led Government

Key stands by embattled Banks

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That was Then, this is Now #10

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That was Then, this is Now #10

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Source

Investors should not have to live here, Key says

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That was Then, this is Now #9

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That was Then, this is Now #9

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Reference

John Key:  2008 – A Fresh Start for New Zealand

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That was Then, this is Now #8

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