Cullen All Mouth And No Policy

ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Finance Minister Michael Cullen had again proved himself all mouth and no policy.

"Cullen is a quick wit but that's no substitute for substance.

"Last November Michael Cullen said that he was 'not without options' as the NZ dollar increased against the US. He has since run a mile from detailing what those options might be.

"The dollar has continued to climb but Cullen is nowhere now to be seen or heard.

"Cullen should forget about trying to intervene in the market. He should instead take responsibility for what he can do something about to help business: red tape and excessive taxes," Mr Hide said.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>