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"Fire! Fire! Sell some assets!" 7 February 2011
Date: 2011
From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly
Reference: DCDL-0017018
Description: Prime Minister John Key grins cheerfully as he sets fire to a bonfire made of banknotes that represent 'tax-cuts'; he yells 'Fire! Fire!' and in the next breath says 'Sell some assets!' On the other side of the fire is Finance Minister Bill English who is forking more banknotes onto it. Context - The parlous state of the economy; tax cuts were made in the last budget but then cancelled out by raising GST thus creating a general rise in the cost of living. John Key is now considering selling state owned assets - selling off the family silver. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"If the government sells off all the country's assets, there will be nothing left for f...
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016931
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
[Sale of state assets] 27 January 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
Reference: DCDL-0016936
Description: PM John Key sits at his desk looking grim. Everything in the room has a 'for sale' label attached to it. Context - Prime Minister John Key believes the Government could free up as much as $10 billion from the partial sale of key assets including state owned power companies and a stake in Air New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"How serious is the PM about selling off assets? Where's my chair? Where's my desk?!!" ...
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016930
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister asks what future generations have ever done for us when a colleague suggests that selling off the country's assets will leave nothing for future generations. Context - The government's intention to sell off some or parts of some state assets... Prime Minister John Key believes the Government could free up as much as $10 billion from the partial sale of key assets including state owned power companies and a stake in Air New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"We think that by selling off the power co's, the competition will help to cap prices.....
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016940
Description: Prime Minister John Key smiles as he leans casually against an electric chair that represents 'Power companies' in which is strapped a man who represents 'consumers; over his head is an electrocution device that represents 'prices'. The electric chair is 'for sale'. John Key says 'We think that by selling off the power co's, the competition will help to cap prices' Context - John Key says "We... expect to acquire $33 billion of net new assets over the next five years, including new schools, operating theatres, ultra-fast broadband major investments in our state highways and other transport infrastructure. That is a considerable spend by any reckoning. At the margin there are two ways we can acquire new assets -- either we can borrow more or we can change the mix of assets we own." Included in 'the assets we own' are the state owned enterprises - the power companies. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
[Selling off the family silver] 26 January 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0016939
Description: Two men in a pub chat at cross purposes over a beer. One of them reads an article in a newspaper entitled 'Goff and Key Speech' that says 'Tax exemptions, selling off the family silver, schemes, bribes, sweeteners?... Who pays for all this in a bid to prop NZ up!?' The second man reads a paper with a title 'Hayman return rumour' and says 'Frankly, if that's what it takes to get Carl Hayman back into the AB's front row, I'd give it to him'. Context - They are talking about PM John Key's considering the sale of state assets to help the economy and about the All Blacks. Prime Minister John Key believes the Government could free up as much as $10 billion from the partial sale of key assets including state owned power companies and a stake in Air New Zealand. The second man is talking about a report claiming the NZRU had been in secret discussions with Hayman's French club, Toulon, over the possibility of a short-term return to New Zealand to allow the 46-test prop to resurrect his All Black career at the Rugby World Cup. There is nothing to the report says boss Steve Tew. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).