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News Worthy: The taxman cometh
Friday, 23 May 2008, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party
The hoop-la around the tax issue saw Parliament in urgency immediately after the Budget announcement. What is on offer by way of tax cuts? The programme consists of a combination of a cut in the bottom rate of income tax and minor threshold changes. ... More >>
Greens and Labour steal National’s solar policy
Friday, 23 May 2008, 12:06 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Environment spokesman Nick Smith welcomes Labour’s adoption of National’s policy on solar water heating systems to double the $500 grant to $1000 and to simplify the grant system, as announced today by the Greens. More >>
After nine years waiting – just $16 a week
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 3:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders have waited nine long years for Michael Cullen to admit he’s wrong and deliver tax cuts giving the average wage earner just $16 a week, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Charter delivers less local content
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 4:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's fatally flawed dual mandate for Television New Zealand has been laid bare by figures that show a decrease in the level of local content on state-owned television, contrary to what the charter was designed to achieve, says National's Broadcasting ... More >>
Thermal generation going like the clappers
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Energy Minister David Parker should be thinking seriously about ordering a public power saving campaign for winter. More >>
Labour's shared equity pilot complete fizzer
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing Minister Maryan Street's trumpeting of Labour's shared equity housing scheme falls to pieces under close examination, says National's Housing spokesman, Phil Heatley. More >>
Prisons scandal that just won't die
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
The release of yet another report highlighting the shortcomings of the Labour Government's prison construction project is further proof that it was poorly managed, says National's Justice and Corrections and spokesman Simon Power. More >>
Families stay in squalor - spare capacity at HNZ
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says with reports of overcrowding and squalor, Labour is still failing to adequately manage the spare capacity in the state housing stock. More >>
Ministers answered 43 questions on corruption
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 3:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Labour Ministers claiming to be in the dark about corruption allegations at the Immigration Service have previously answered 43 questions about it," says National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith. More >>
Immigration: What about the other report?
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 11:15 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith is continuing to question Immigration Ministers over what they knew about claims of corruption bribery and fraud within the Immigration Service. More >>
Exodus reaches 29-year high
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
The number of people leaving New Zealand over a 12-month period has reached a 29-year high, says National’s Immigration spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
Schools $171 million adds to Labour’s porkometer
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 11:00 am | New Zealand National Party
The public will see right through Education Minister Chris Carter’s announcement today of an extra $171.6 million in operational funding to schools, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>
Labour needs to come clean on ETS windfall profits
Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
National today challenged the Government to release the official papers that reveal just how much the Government is set to profit from the emissions trading scheme. More >>
Clark tries to isolate Ministers from inquiry
Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 8:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says the public will want to know why Helen Clark failed to mention ministerial involvement in the brief she’s given the Auditor General to investigate issues around the Immigration Service. More >>
Warfare breaks out in Labour ranks
Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 12:06 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party’s Shadow Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee, says the announcement from Phil Goff about the Government’s re-election chances and his leadership aspirations “is a sign warfare is breaking out within Labour.” More >>
Chlamydia report alarming - Labour asleep
Monday, 19 May 2008, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
A recent review of sexually transmitted diseases in 2007* should jolt Labour out of its complacency and into action, says National's Associate Health spokeswoman, Jackie Blue, and the party's Youth Affairs spokeswoman, Nicky Wagner. More >>
What did John Key promise on tax cuts?
Monday, 19 May 2008, 3:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
John Key is already backing away from his promise to deliver $50 a week in tax cuts just hours after it made headlines this morning, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said. More >>
Parker panics over slowing of ETS process
Monday, 19 May 2008, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The cost of rushed, ill thought-out ETS legislation will be far more disastrous for this country than any minor delay while the details are worked out, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
What was Clark told about Thompson case?
Monday, 19 May 2008, 1:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark’s claim that she was never told about issues relating to Mary Anne Thompson’s CV is difficult to accept. More >>
Immigration: Ministers see, hear and speak no evil
Sunday, 18 May 2008, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith says he does not buy the claims of senior Labour Minsters that they knew nothing of the trouble at the Pacific branch of the Immigration Service. More >>
