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Labour's bad planning, budget blowouts hit prisons
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 4:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Bad planning and budget blowouts are forcing the Corrections Department to keep prisoners in cells for much longer than normal, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Carter's convolutions over college continue
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 4:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Chris Carter has changed his story yet again about his Ministry's inaction over serious sexual abuse allegations against the principal of Hato Paora College, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
TVNZ banned from running election ads
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 4:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says that in Labour's anger and haste to railroad the draconian Electoral Finance Bill through Parliament, it has banned TVNZ from running election ads next year. More >>
National welcomes new inquiry into public service
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee is welcoming news that the State Services Commission is to conduct another inquiry into Ministerial influence exercised over the Environment Ministry's hiring and firing. More >>
Lack Of Support For Special Schools Concerning
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 3:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Associate Education spokesman, Allan Peachey, has questioned the lack of provision of special schooling for children with disabilities. More >>
Farmers call for RMA reform welcomed
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Agriculture spokesman David Carter has welcomed calls from Federated Farmers to substantially reform the 16-year-old Resource Management Act. More >>
Sucky spelln rools, ok?
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 11:29 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s appalling tolerance of plummeting literacy standards has sunk to a new low after revelations that plumbing, gasfitting, and drainlaying apprentices do not have to meet any spelling or writing standards when taking exams for plumbing registration, ... More >>
Official papers on Electoral Bill still suppressed
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 11:20 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Tony Ryall is repeating his call for Labour to release the official papers behind the controversial Electoral Finance Bill. More >>
Show us the electoral bill amendments
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 10:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says Labour should release any amendments it plans to make to its draconian Electoral Finance Bill so the public can have a fair chance to consider them. More >>
Exodus from NZ highest for a decade
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 5:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The latest migration stats show the exodus from New Zealand for the year ended October 2007 has been the highest for a decade, says National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith. More >>
Report puts end to neutral public service
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says a State Services Commission report out this afternoon, confirms that David Parker meddled in the appointment of Clare Curran at the Environment Ministry. More >>
Electoral Finance: Bring back Mark Burton
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 3:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the new Minister in charge of Labour's anti-democratic Electoral Finance Bill has utterly failed in her first attempt to answer questions about the draconian legislation, and is calling for Mark Burton ... More >>
Another coat of whitewash applied to election bill
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 10:34 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says signals that Labour is planning yet more Band-Aid amendments to its anti-democratic Electoral Finance Bill amount to “another coat of whitewash”. More >>
Leaky homes come back to haunt house sellers
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 10:19 am | New Zealand National Party
A clause in real estate contracts can cost unwitting house sellers hundreds of thousands of dollars many years later, says National’s Associate Building and Construction spokesman, Bob Clarkson. More >>
Democracy still at risk in control freak bill
Monday, 19 November 2007, 1:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
National remains committed to repealing the anti-democratic Electoral Finance Bill which is still an attack on democracy despite minor changes, says the Party's Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
PM’s husband supports Labour’s election rort
Sunday, 18 November 2007, 7:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark’s husband might have to agree with her latest election rort, but thousands of New Zealanders are sickened at the prospect of laws that will severely restrict political opinion yet let Labour spend up large with their money, says National Deputy ... More >>
Pansy Wong - We Won't Forget
Friday, 16 November 2007, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government is so predictable that it’s almost laughable. We’re just weeks away from Christmas and they’re trying to push through two bills – one is the Electoral Finance Bill, which will put an end to free political speech, and ... More >>
Chinese coal subsidy questioned
Friday, 16 November 2007, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour Minister Trevor Mallard needs to explain why Kiwi taxpayers are effectively subsidising the coal industry in China, when China is the world’s top producer and consumer of coal. More >>
Newsworthy: Tax Cuts – yeah right
Friday, 16 November 2007, 10:24 am | New Zealand National Party
A selection of comments from the Labour-led Government (matched with Treasury comment) cast doubts on tax cuts under the present regime. More >>
Embarrassing emissions growth at Ministry
Friday, 16 November 2007, 9:54 am | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry for the Environment’s greenhouse gas emissions grew by 22% this year, a rate 10 times faster than the rest of New Zealand, despite it leading the Government’s programme on carbon neutrality, says National’s Environment spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
