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Greeks vow to tackle deficit without help

Tax cuts: High earners set to benefit most

Big personal tax cuts for middle and high-income earners are likely to be announced in the May Budget and take effect from October this year.

Ex-Sri Lankan army chief accused of coup plot

<i>Editorial</i>: 'Step-change'promise more likely a stutter

Blair attacks critics' conspiracy theories

Mining decision backward step, say Greens

Rudd wants rise in drinking age

Kevin Rudd would like to see the drinking age in Australia raised from 18 to 21 years.

Quake researcher jailed in Beijing

A Chinese man has been jailed following his investigation into poorly built schools after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Will the Govt's proposed economic changes help the economy?

Key speech - the main points

Some of the main points from Prime Minister John Key's statement to Parliament.

GST hike, tax cuts tipped - Key

A rise in GST to 15 per cent has been strongly signalled in the Prime Minister's statement to Parliament but it would be offset by across-the-board cuts in personal tax.

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Key's quick march little more than a crawl

On a measure of boldness, John Key's new economic plan to Parliament scores about four out of ten.

<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Little force in Key's speech

Business is unlikely to be blown away by the boldness of the vision outlined in today's agenda-setting speech.

'Bold steps' in Govt's programme - Key

John Key says he accepts some of the things to be announced in the Government's policy programme could erode his political popularity.

Sodomy trial on hold

MPs' pot plants removed

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Ignorance Blair's worst war crime