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Labour and National government spending

Written By: notices and features

Date published: 9:27 am, July 6th, 2017 - 3 comments

Wallowing in extravagance

Written By: Anthony R0bins

Date published: 10:22 am, October 23rd, 2015 - 16 comments

“Wallowing in extravagance” is how Labour described the latest news of extreme spending from Steven Joyce’s MBIE.

The cost of Joyce’s vanity

Written By: Natwatch

Date published: 10:47 am, August 25th, 2015 - 21 comments

Another entry in the ongoing story of Steven Joyce’s ego-ministry – $600K for a web site.

Hopeless

Written By: all_your_base

Date published: 2:31 pm, May 11th, 2009 - 25 comments

Anyone remember Helen Clark’s announcement during Labour’s election campaign that there would be no new significant spending promises: “We have judged it not prudent […]