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Slane, Christopher, 1957- :Sweeney Bill - the demon finance minister of Fleece Street. ...
Date: 2011
From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly
By: Listener (Periodical)
Reference: DCDL-0017899
Description: Text at the top reads 'Sweeney Bill, the Demon Finance Minister of Fleece Street'. Below is Finance Minister, Bill English, who holds the 'Budget' in one hand and a large chopper that represents 'Cuts' in the other. He says 'At last my arm is complete!' Context - 'Sweeney Todd' was a demon barber of Fleet Street, who murdered his clients. The cartoon refers to the 2011 May budget which is cutting KiwiSaver, Working for Families, and student loans and the public sector and a statement about 'no new spending' in order to try to get the deficit down. Original cartoon held at A-474-046 Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).