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More people, fewer jobs
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is overseeing a slowing economy that isn’t creating enough jobs to keep up with population growth, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Government’s teacher package a mixed bag
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 12:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s pre-Budget education announcement today is a mixed bag for the sector, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
Jones stonewalls over 119 missing PGF projects
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 5:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Shane Jones’ reprimand from the Speaker today for refusing to account for missing Provincial Growth Fund projects shows he has as little respect for Parliamentary process as he has for normal Ministerial conduct, National’s Economic and Regional ... More >>
Nash treating public with contempt over security leak
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister Stuart Nash has been caught out quibbling with words and semantics rather than admitting to the public a secret list of more than 100 people being actively monitored by police has been leaked to media, National’s Police spokesperson Chris ... More >>
KiwiBuild convos cause for concern
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 3:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing Minister Phil Twyford has shown how fast and loose he is playing with taxpayer money by underwriting millions worth of KiwiBuild houses based on little more than casual chats with developers, National’s Housing spokesperson Judith Collins says. More >>
Misuse of Drugs Bill equates to de facto decriminalisation
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 2:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Submissions to the Health Select Committee today made clear that the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill is de facto decriminalisation of all drug possession, National Spokesperson for Drug Reform Paula Bennett says. More >>
Fewer jobs and more on the benefit
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
The number of New Zealanders with jobs has fallen by 4000 in the past three months according to today’s Stats NZ labour market figures, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Census delays are the only thing adding up
Monday, 29 April 2019, 2:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The announcement of another delay for the release of the 2018 Census data means it will be almost a year since the first deadline, showing the complete and utter shambles the Census has turned into, National’s Statistics spokesperson Jian Yang says. More >>
Welfare reform sitting in limbo
Monday, 29 April 2019, 2:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
After sitting on the Welfare Expert Advisory Group’s report for two months, the Government will report back later this week making next to no changes, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says. More >>
Junior doctors’ strike putting lives at risk
Monday, 29 April 2019, 12:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
This week’s junior doctors’ strike will not only cause mass disruption but could put lives at risk, National’s Health Spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. More >>
Corrections’ million dollar slushy fund
Sunday, 28 April 2019, 12:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has uncovered yet more irresponsible and wasteful spending from the Government with new information showing Corrections, under Minister Kelvin Davis, has spent more than a million dollars on frozen slushy machines, Leader of the Opposition Simon ... More >>
Faafoi slow to fix unfair KiwiSaver withdrawal rule
Saturday, 27 April 2019, 1:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders with life-shortening conditions are being left in limbo for longer about access to their KiwiSaver funds because the Government hasn’t taken advantage of cross-party support to fix the problem, National List MP Nicola Willis says. More >>
Govt says tough luck to Kiwis stuck in traffic
Saturday, 27 April 2019, 1:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Those frustrated motorists who are facing long waiting times on our regional roads this weekend will have to face reality that under this Government there is no help is on the way, National’s Transport spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Supply Chain Strategy predetermined
Saturday, 27 April 2019, 1:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
The upper North Island freight system is too important to New Zealand to be left as a political play-thing of NZ First Ministers and their political agendas, National’s Transport spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Transport in disarray as NZTA Chair resigns
Friday, 26 April 2019, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Continuing this Government’s trend of cynically dropping bad news on a Friday afternoon was today’s announcement that New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) Chair Michael Stiassny is resigning, National Transport Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Govt incentives favour prisoners over officers
Friday, 26 April 2019, 4:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
How can New Zealanders be confident the Government is getting tough on crime when Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis thinks rewarding prisoners is the best way to stop them assaulting staff, National’s Corrections spokesperson David Bennett says. More >>
Millions in fees-free at the expense of polytechs
Friday, 26 April 2019, 11:17 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government is closing down apprentice training organisations due to a ‘financial crisis’, but reports show there was a significant underspend in the last tertiary budget due to its failed fees-free scheme, National’s Tertiary spokesperson Shane ... More >>
New low for Shane Jones and his slush fund
Friday, 26 April 2019, 9:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Revelations that Shane Jones wanted to spend taxpayers’ money on an unnamed regional airline which hadn’t even asked for funding are a new low in his handling of the $3 billion slush fund, National’s Regional Development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith ... More >>
Govt needs to focus on student places in Auckland
Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 6:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is half way through its term and it hasn’t signed off a plan to manage the increasing pressure on Auckland schools, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
National bill will deliver fairness in tax system
Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges will this week put a Member’s Bill in the Ballot which will link income tax brackets to inflation, ensuring Kiwi families can keep more of what they earn, restoring fairness to our tax system. More >>
