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No chance of Clark achieving her OECD promise
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says the Government’s economic indicators report out today shows Helen Clark has no chance of delivering on her promise to get New Zealand back into the top half of the OECD within a decade. More >>
Bad start for latest tertiary reforms
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 12:15 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s latest attempt to reform tertiary education is now almost law and there is already significant distrust from the sector, says National’s Tertiary Education spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
What are prisons for, Mr Goff?
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 12:01 am | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Phil Goff needs to tell the public if he backs his department’s claim that prisons are not there to punish people, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Labour loses more than 6,000 children from school
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 5:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
An admission by the Education Ministry that it has ‘lost’ 6,334 school-aged children by their parents’ failure to enrol them is staggering, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Labour must listen to victims of crime
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 4:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Phil Goff has not explained what the Government is going to do to prevent recurrences of prisoners being paroled to live next to their victims, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Navy retention figures make for grim reading
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 2:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s promise to fix personnel problems in the Navy are proving empty, says National’s Defence spokesman, Wayne Mapp. Dr Mapp is commenting on fresh reports that the Navy faces the likelihood that one of its two frigates will not be put to ... More >>
More pie in the sky goals from Labour
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 11:45 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s Update of the New Zealand Transport Strategy reeks of the same sort of puffery which has come to characterise transport policy under Labour, says National’s Transport spokesman, Maurice Williamson. More >>
PM forgets it was Mallard who smeared Leigh
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 11:22 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark apparently needs to be reminded that the smear against Environment Ministry whistleblower Erin Leigh came from Trevor Mallard’s mouth. More >>
Leaky homes target missed by a mile
Monday, 10 December 2007, 3:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Leaky home owners are still being let down by the Government, says National Party Building spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
CCDHB under Govt watch since May
Monday, 10 December 2007, 9:20 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says Wellington’s troubled Capital and Coast District Health Board has been under Labour’s crisis watch since May. More >>
Ministry’s Christmas rush fails cancer patients
Monday, 10 December 2007, 9:20 am | New Zealand National Party
Cancer patients are being let down by Health Ministry officials, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue. More >>
Govt must step up action over debtor dads
Monday, 10 December 2007, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government needs to develop better ways to clamp down on wealthy fathers who are skipping child support payments, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>
Britain delayed election law in its first year
Monday, 10 December 2007, 12:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says new laws covering elections in Britain were delayed in the first year they were implemented. “Supporters of this bill have often used the British example to justify regulating free speech from January ... More >>
Damning judgment on Govt meddling
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says in a humiliating judgment for Labour, the High Court has ruled against the Government’s surprise attempt to force union membership on aged care workers. More >>
Smaller parties should vote to delay election law
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the smaller parties have an opportunity to delay the implementation of Labour’s fatally flawed Electoral Finance Bill this week. More >>
Defamation case avoidable
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 4:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Trevor Mallard should take some responsibility for his part in the attempt to smear the reputation of Environment Ministry whistleblower Erin Leigh. More >>
Prison population already up to 2011 level
Friday, 7 December 2007, 4:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department has confirmed that the prison population is out of control and has reached crisis level, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Deadline set by officials on election law lapses
Friday, 7 December 2007, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says officials set a deadline of November 31 to pass the Electoral Reform Bill, yet Labour is planning to pass it only a week before Christmas. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 7 December 2007
Friday, 7 December 2007, 2:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
The number of New Zealanders leaving permanently for Australia has risen to over 770 per week on average. All the signs are that it will continue to get worse. The ambitious, skilled New Zealanders upon whom our economic future depends are deserting ... More >>
More managers than doctors hired
Friday, 7 December 2007, 11:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says Capital and Coast District Health Board has hired more bureaucrats than doctors since 2000. More >>
