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Govt side-lining select committee process
Thursday, 24 May 2018, 8:19 am | New Zealand National Party
Serious concerns about the Government’s attitude towards legislation have prompted the National Party to vote against the Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. More >>
Government commits to higher fuel prices
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 4:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
By refusing to back down on new and increased fuel taxes, the Government is committing New Zealanders to higher fuel prices, says National Party Transport Spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross. More >>
Report highlights risks to energy security
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
A Transpower report laying out the challenges that come with relying on electricity for our energy supply underlines the folly of the Government’s rushed decision to stop offshore petroleum exploration, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson ... More >>
Govt continues to disregard victims of crime
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 5:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should spend more time listening to victims of crime and less on listening to soft-on-crime activists, by getting on with making sure there is enough capacity in our prisons for serious offenders, National’s Corrections Spokesperson David ... More >>
Govt cuts funding and opportunities for Kiwi kids
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 3:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has taken an axe to the education sector and scrapped a large number of valuable initiatives in Budget 2018, National’s Education Spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
Mental health sector short changed
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour campaigned on a significant increase in investment in the mental health sector, but its Budget 2018 has short changed the sector, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. More >>
Government should axe its taxes as prices rise
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 1:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
With petrol prices climbing to record levels the Government should axe its plans to impose two new fuel taxes on New Zealanders, National’s Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says. More >>
MP’s Bill to improve access to official information
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Maungakiekie MP Denise Lee has introduced a private members bill that would enable elected members of local authorities to perform their duties more effectively by providing them greater access to official information. More >>
Govt breaks early childhood education promises
Monday, 21 May 2018, 2:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
Govt breaks early childhood education promises The Government has broken its promises for early childhood education (ECE) in its first Budget leaving parents and educators to ask what priority it really places on early learning, National’s Early Childhood ... More >>
Low income earners to subsidise homes for wealthy
Monday, 21 May 2018, 2:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s admission there will be no income limits for people who want to buy KiwiBuild houses will mean low income New Zealanders will help subsidise homes for the wealthy, National’s Housing and Urban Development spokesperson Judith Collins says. More >>
Reckless Govt willing to gamble public safety
Monday, 21 May 2018, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
The Ardern-Peters Government is putting ideology ahead of public safety by not building the much-needed prison at Waikeria, National’s Corrections Spokesperson David Bennett says. More >>
Arrogant bluster no substitute for economic plan
Sunday, 20 May 2018, 12:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Shane Jones’ arrogant assertion that businesses struggling for workers should just invest in automation, rather than look for skilled immigration, is just the latest in a long list of unhelpful suggestions from an out-of-touch Government, National ... More >>
Education Budget full of broken promises
Friday, 18 May 2018, 12:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
Parents and teachers will be feeling let down by the Government after realising education is one of the big losers in Budget 2018, National’s Education Spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. More >>
Labour puts less into Health than National
Friday, 18 May 2018, 11:55 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Budget is putting less new money into health this year than National added last year - with just $731 million extra compared to National’s $924 million boost in Budget 2017, National Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. More >>
Pittance for MPI, biosecurity halved
Friday, 18 May 2018, 10:16 am | New Zealand National Party
For a Government that has been running around telling anyone who will listen that Biosecurity is underfunded, it has allocated an extraordinarily small sum to strengthen the system, National’s spokesperson for Agriculture Nathan Guy says. More >>
Govt delivering fewer social houses than National
Friday, 18 May 2018, 10:03 am | New Zealand National Party
In spite of its claims of a housing crisis and promises to do better the Government will actually deliver fewer social houses than National and fewer houses for New Zealanders overall, National’s Social Housing spokesperson Simon O’Connor says. ... More >>
KiwiBuild forecasts slashed – fewer to be built
Friday, 18 May 2018, 9:12 am | New Zealand National Party
Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s KiwiBuild pipedream has been dealt another blow, with the Government’s own experts saying it will have only half the promised impact on the housing market, National’s Housing and Urban Development spokesperson Judith ... More >>
Budget 2018: No plan beyond tax, borrow & spend
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
This is a Government that’s taxing more, spending more, borrowing even more than they had said and hoping that their broken promises are not noticed, Opposition Leader Simon Bridges says. More >>
Closing children’s camps shocks communities
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 12:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
A scathing report from one of Labour’s union backers following the Government’s decision to pull funding from child support services shows just how egregious the decision is, National’s spokesperson for Children, Alfred Ngaro says. More >>
More Kiwis set to pay more at the pump
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 10:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Phil Twyford’s baseless assurance that only Aucklanders will be socked with two new fuel taxes is quickly unravelling with Tauranga City the latest council to say it wants to impose it on its ratepayers, National’s Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee ... More >>
