ACT Leader Richard Prebble says Michael Cullen's comments on the poor growth figures in the June quarter showed the Labour finance spokesman had no idea how to get the economy going.

"Dr Cullen has come up with no alternative proposals to address the situation," Mr Prebble said.

"The fact is, National is carrying out an economic policy almost identical to the one advocated by Labour.

"The only party with new, practical ideas is ACT.

"Only ACT has said that the economy needs a significant competitive advantage, and that the only difference the government can make is to have a lower tax rate than Australia.

"Now both National and Labour have conceded that ACT is correct in its analysis but they both say that the timing's wrong

"The time is never wrong for a tax cut," Mr Prebble 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>>