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Julia Gillard

Gillard to upstage Key with China currency plan

Julia Gillard is also on a China mission
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Nevil Gibson | Tuesday April 02, 2013 | 2 comments

"Convertibility won't be a problem for the NZ dollar if the dreaded prospect of a Green/Labour coalition becomes the government after the 2014 election."

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PM plays high-stakes game by accepting Aussie boat people

Cosying up to Julia Gillard
Rod Vaughan | Tuesday February 12, 2013 | 22 comments

Decision to allow 150 boat people a year into New Zealand may go down as one of John Key's biggest political gambles.

"Would much prefer plane people who can be fast-tracked through customs in order to use their cash in our casinos."

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Iraqi linked to 353 people smuggling deaths calls NZ home

Caleb Allison | Tuesday February 12, 2013 | 10 comments

While New Zealand makes a deal to accept more refugees from Australian detention centres, the High Court has refused to extradite a man allegedly involved in the Siev X tragedy which killed 353 people.

"A crime has to be committed inside a specific jurisdiction for that jurisdiction's laws to apply. It didn't, so he shouldn't be extradited."

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Key, Gillard play down transTasman double tax grab

John Key
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Rob Hosking | Tuesday February 12, 2013 | 3 comments

"Another thing the CER could assist with in terms of transTasman tax is the ability for workers to work on secondment in either country without all the compliance nightmares."

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Doha to administer last rites to Kyoto

Nick Smith: Keen to see Kyoto extended
Matthew Hooton | WEEKEND REVIEW | 27 comments

OPENING SALVO Allowing Julia Gillard’s disgraced, dishonest government to set NZ's climate change policy would be absurd – but that is what Nick Smith is agitating for.

Gillard gone before next election - iPredict

Julia Gillard
Caleb Allison | Tuesday June 12, 2012 | 9 comments

Users of the trading website think there is an 80% probability of a Liberal prime minister in Australia after the next federal election.