http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11732184

"But the more apposite reason; the one which underpins the wave of adulation that Bill English gets when he talks to business audiences in Australia comes down to governmental competence.

English's prowess as Finance Minister is acclaimed internationally; if not at home. There's not many countries in the OECD that sport strong economic growth.

And in Australia, the Key Government's philosophy of "incremental radicalism" is being talked up as a model that the Turnbull Government should adopt.

New Zealand's annual growth rate of 3.6 per cent is more than double the OECD rate of 1.6 per cent and compares with 3.3 per cent in Australia, 2.2 per cent in the United Kingdom, 1.2 per cent in the United States and 0.8 per cent in Japan; it is in fact
third highest growth rate in the OECD. And something to skite about when it comes to transtasman rivalry. Except English is unlikely to do that."

Sucks to be a lefty moaner in times like these.

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On 21/10/2016 08:16 AM, JohnO wrote:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11732184

"But the more apposite reason; the one which underpins the wave of adulation

that Bill English gets when he talks to business audiences in Australia comes down to governmental competence.

English's prowess as Finance Minister is acclaimed internationally; if not at

home. There's not many countries in the OECD that sport strong economic growth.

And in Australia, the Key Government's philosophy of "incremental radicalism"

is being talked up as a model that the Turnbull Government should adopt.

New Zealand's annual growth rate of 3.6 per cent is more than double the OECD

rate of 1.6 per cent and compares with 3.3 per cent in Australia, 2.2 per cent in the United Kingdom, 1.2 per cent in the United States and 0.8 per cent in Japan; it is in
fact third highest growth rate in the OECD. And something to skite about when it comes to transtasman rivalry. Except English is unlikely to do that."

Sucks to be a lefty moaner in times like these.

or at any other time.

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