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Labour hikes ACC levies in Xmas rush of bad news

Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong says the Government's Christmas present to New Zealander workers, is effectively a tax increase by way of increased ACC levies. More >>

Hodgson deceptive over tertiary funding

Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 2:04 pm | New Zealand National Party

Pete Hodgson had the gall to tell Parliament yesterday that the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) had increased funding to Southland Institute of Technology (SIT) by 12%, when he’s actually slashing millions, says National’s Tertiary Education ... More >>

Labour fails to consult National again

Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 2:03 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader John Key says that yet again Labour has failed to consult National on its attempts to lock down a partial review of ‘outstanding electoral issues’. More >>

Labour slack on court no-shows

Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 1:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour's justice system failed to convict anyone last year for failing to appear in court even though thousands of court cases are on hold because defendants fail to appear, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Govt admits NZ will pay others to meet Kyoto

Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 11:06 am | New Zealand National Party

Environmentalists and taxpayers will be disappointed by the admission by Labour that New Zealand will have to pay other countries if we are to meet our Kyoto obligations, says National’s Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith. More >>

Exodus from NZ reaches new high

Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith says the exodus of people leaving New Zealand continues to grow. More >>

New cancer think tank welcomed

Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 5:04 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Associate Health spokesman Jackie Blue is welcoming the launch of the Cancer Standards Institute (CSI), a charitable trust with the aim of providing independent advice on cancer issues such as screening, treatment and research. More >>

Has Trevor Mallard got a steer on SSC report?

Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Trevor Mallard needs to explain why he waited until today to apologise to Environment Ministry whistleblower Erin Leigh. More >>

Air quality debacle threatens ECE centres

Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 3:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

The astonishing saga that has seen Kidicorp’s Jump & Jive early childhood centre in Auckland remain closed since its official opening in March now threatens to see other schools and early childhood centres shut down, says National’s Associate ... More >>

So where is PM’s response to Ombudsman’s report?

Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power, is asking why the Government has still not responded to the Ombudsman’s report into the criminal justice sector nearly two weeks after it was released. More >>

Facts Askew as EFB Clouds Gather

Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 9:38 am | New Zealand National Party

Invercargill MP and Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) supporter Eric Roy has said the excitement over the Support SIT campaign and its relationship to the Electoral Finance Bill (EFB) has overshadowed some glaring misapprehensions over the effects ... More >>

Labour still not listening – even to its own

Monday, 17 December 2007, 9:56 am | New Zealand National Party

Outspoken criticism of the Electoral Finance Bill by former Labour Prime Minister Mike Moore shows Labour needs to dump it, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>

Cabinet must move on million-dollar state houses

Monday, 17 December 2007, 9:55 am | New Zealand National Party

It’s a scandal that Housing NZ is still sitting on million-dollar houses and refusing to sell them until tenants move out, says National’s Housing spokesman, Phil Heatley. More >>

Desperate Labour out of ideas on tackling violence

Monday, 17 December 2007, 9:54 am | New Zealand National Party

After eight years, the Labour Government is so bereft of ideas on how to tackle violent crime that it has resorted to picking up National’s policies, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Duynhoven fools public over noisy cars

Monday, 17 December 2007, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party

National MP Nicky Wagner says Transport Safety Minister Harry Duynhoven has fooled the public into believing he has introduced tighter rules for noisy exhausts. More >>

Labour Ministers at odds over tertiary education

Sunday, 16 December 2007, 4:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

The obvious weakness of Labour’s tertiary education policy is illustrated by one Cabinet Minister now advocating that provincial polytechnics should be able to offer courses outside their region – a position totally at odds with that of the Minister, ... More >>

Young Nats Secure IYDU Conference 2008

Sunday, 16 December 2007, 12:42 am | New Zealand National Party

Young Nats Secure IYDU Conference 2008 The Young Nationals today announced they have been successful in a bid to hold the 2008 International Young Democrat Union (“IYDU”) Conference in Wellington. The IYDU is a global alliance of 80 centre right political ... More >>