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Key Notes - 22 September 2008
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:23 am | New Zealand National Party
It's been just over a week since the date was finally confirmed and I am really enjoying being out on the campaign trail. Click here to see video from my trip to the Wairarapa last week. More >>
Another desperate attack by Labour
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 9:45 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key tonight pointed out it has been public for months that his family trust had been shareholders in Tranzrail until the shares were sold in June 2003. More >>
Labour continues to gamble with public safety
Monday, 22 September 2008, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government continues to put the cost of keeping people in prison ahead of public safety, says National’s Justice and Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Police Minister’s assurances needed over conflicts
Monday, 22 September 2008, 12:55 am | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister Annette King must assure the public that police procedures on conflicts of interest and conduct of searches will be tightened, as recommended by the Independent Police Conduct Authority, says National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
Labour can’t be trusted to run prisons
Monday, 22 September 2008, 12:49 am | New Zealand National Party
It’s clearer than ever that Labour can’t be trusted to manage the prisons system, now that Phil Goff has admitted Labour will need to build 'more prisons' after years of denials, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Labour sets new exodus record
Sunday, 21 September 2008, 2:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The number of people leaving for Australia and elsewhere continues to set records and New Zealand cannot continue to afford to lose so many people and their skills, says National Party Deputy Leader and Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Key: Setting the course for a return to growth
Sunday, 21 September 2008, 12:56 am | New Zealand National Party
The people in this room understand what makes the New Zealand economy tick. You represent hard-working truck drivers, small and large business owners, and everyday Kiwis from up and down the country. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 19 September 2008
Friday, 19 September 2008, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Serious questions remain over the New Zealand military’s systematic rorting, since 2001, of the UN housing allowances for UN secondees. As the facts emerge they make our military leaders look increasingly shabby. And it is now emerging that the customary ... More >>
Labour admits failure in education
Friday, 19 September 2008, 2:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says Helen Clark's education announcements today amount to a reheat of a policy first outlined in 2002. More >>
Labour is still in health workforce crisis denial
Friday, 19 September 2008, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says New Zealanders will be disappointed that Labour’s response to National’s practical voluntary bonding policy is to deny again that any health workforce crisis exists. More >>
DOC’s priorities - $4 million on spin
Friday, 19 September 2008, 9:34 am | New Zealand National Party
Papers released under the Official Information Act showing DOC established a new $4 million marketing and communications group in July this year prove that Labour’s conservation priorities are all wrong, says National’s Conservation spokesman, ... More >>
National calls for school bus contract moratorium
Friday, 19 September 2008, 9:31 am | New Zealand National Party
Rural schools throughout New Zealand are dismayed at Labour’s decision to award bus contracts in a process that was flawed from start to finish, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>
News Worthy: The election cometh
Friday, 19 September 2008, 12:52 am | New Zealand National Party
This is the point in the election cycle when politicians are called to account for Party policies. There are a raft of political engagements and speaking opportunities. More >>
Local Bus Companies Axed by Government
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 5:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Three local bus companies have been axed by the government as part of a nationwide shake-up of school bus routes. More >>
Health workforce: New bureaucrats – more reports?
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 3:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says David Cunliffe’s big announcement today on the health workforce crisis appears to amount to a different group of bureaucrats producing more reports. More >>
Labour slack on prison officer safety
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 3:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government has not done enough to enhance the safety of prison officers, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Desperate Labour can't have it both ways
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 10:23 am | New Zealand National Party
"She's saying one thing, he's saying another. The increasingly desperate Labour leadership must settle on their story about the country's fiscal position," says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Bonding plan to tackle health workforce crisis
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 12:15 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says a National-led Government will take practical steps to start tackling the shortage of doctors, nurses, and midwives. More >>
Election laws curb free speech, Clark wrong
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 12:11 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says the passage of time has proven Helen Clark dead wrong over the free speech implications of Labour's self-serving Electoral Finance Act. More >>
Law Society: Election laws breach free speech
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
“A paper from the New Zealand Law Society describes Labour’s Electoral Finance as an ‘unwarranted intrusion on the right to freedom of political expression’,” says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>