By RNZ Finance Minister Grant Robertson says he deeply regrets the distress caused by public sector pay restrictions. However he maintains the restrictions do not amount to a pay freeze, or austerity. “I don’t see it that way and the reason is this … ultimately what … was released was the public sector pay guidance […]
An OAP has revealed her horror after she was attacked by a sea turtle that left her thinking she would drown. Lidia Bazarova, 64, was no more than 12ft from shore when the beast swam up behind her and bit her on the bum and tried to drag her further into the water. “I wasn’t […]
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia expects its fiscal deficit to widen to 4% of gross domestic product this year because of the $58 billion stimulus measures announced to counter the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy, the country’s finance minister said. Malaysia has the highest number of coronavirus infections in Southeast Asia with […]
