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Scoop Audio: Phil Goff on Election Deals and Savings
Scoop Audio: Phil Goff on Election Deals and Savings
Audio by Reesh LyonClick to download audio: OGG MP3
Phil Goff on:
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Electorate "stitch ups" - Phil Twyford won't be making a
deal with Winston Peters in Te Atatu.
- Winston Peters'
comeback - up to people of New Zealand to decide.
- Hone
Harawira's use of parliamentary funds to pay for his
assistant's travel. Practice unheard of before.
-
Parliamentary Oath - thinks allegiance should include
loyalty to New Zealand and it's people.
- Reserve Bank
intervention on NZ dollar. Goff worried about high NZ dollar
Labour would broaden objectives of Reserve Bank.
-
Compulsory savings - Goff believes NZ should move towards
Universal Savings. Kirk Fund should have been kept in the
1970s and now country would have "hundreds of billions of
dollars" to invest in it's future.
- US compromise on
debt deal. US is 1/3 of global economy and any damage to
it's economy would have had implications around the world,
including higher interest rates for New Zealanders. "It's a
great thing that they've reached a compromise"
- Won't
rule in or out a compulsory savings
scheme.
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