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Health at risk in HNZ homes as ‘do up’ costs soar
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 4:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley has taken up the case for a dozen Porirua HNZ tenants whose health is being put at risk from poisonous mould and damp, while ‘do up’ costs continue to soar. More >>
Prisoners get more compo than victims
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 3:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government’s promise that victims of crime would be the winners from its law that allowed prisoners to continue claiming compensation for alleged ill treatment has flopped, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon ... More >>
Health Ministry ignores select committee
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 2:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Red-faced Health Ministry representatives have today admitted they have ignored the Health Select Committee's recommendation of one year ago - to measure how much sicker older people are now, than in the past, when they enter aged residential care. More >>
Release the Treasury advice on surpluses
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 12:13 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Helen Clark should release the advice Labour received in ‘recent weeks’ saying the surpluses were structural, rather than ‘one-offs’. More >>
Curriculum test will be in its implementation
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 5:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Schools will need more support to implement the new curriculum than the bunch of workshops and a website promised by Labour today, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Crèche petition presented to Parliament
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 5:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Paula Bennett MP National Party Associate Education spokeswoman (Early Childhood) & Nick Smith National Party Nelson MP More >>
Clark misleads over tax cuts
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark has misled the public over personal tax cuts and the advice the Labour Government has received over many years about room for tax cuts, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Corrections Minister must explain escape
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 4:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Minister must explain to the public how a convicted axe murderer was working in an unsupervised work party outside prison walls when he escaped, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Cunliffe offers more of the same
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 4:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
The new Health Minister has shown no new ideas to deal with the problems confronting New Zealanders who use the public health system. More >>
Coastal shipping strategy bereft of detail
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's draft coastal shipping strategy, 'Sea Change' is disappointing in its lack of detail, says National's Associate Transport spokesman, David Bennett. More >>
Immigration Changes Wrong For Queenstown
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 9:57 am | New Zealand National Party
Otago MP Jacqui Dean said she was concerned that a tightening of immigration regulations could see Queenstown’s supply of hospitality staff cut off at the knees and she intended to make the region’s case known. More >>
Backdown over real estate agents sensible
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 12:34 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s backdown on its proposal to change the employment status of real estate agents is a sensible move, says National’s Justice spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Labour talks tax as accounts bulge
Monday, 5 November 2007, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says new Treasury figures highlighting the level of over-taxation explain why Labour is talking up its U-turn on tax. More >>
Labour plans to railroad law allowing card rort
Monday, 5 November 2007, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says Labour is planning to railroad a law that legitimises the 2005 pledge card rort through Parliament under urgency. More >>
Cullen says ‘me-too’ on health
Monday, 5 November 2007, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says Michael Cullen’s announcements on future health spending directly contradict his position before the 2005 election. More >>
Dean – Govt Sits Back On Salvia Divinorum Sales
Monday, 5 November 2007, 11:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Jacqui Dean said it was unfair to expect communities to police the sale of drugs like Salvia Divinorum while the Government sat back and watched. More >>
What’s happened to the Minister for CRI’s?
Monday, 5 November 2007, 8:11 am | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark must explain what she meant by ‘tidying things up’ when she said the ‘Minister for Crown Research Institutes (CRI’s) would be subsumed’, says National Party Science spokesman Paul Hutchison. More >>
Lack of information on prostate cancer inexcusable
Sunday, 4 November 2007, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s a disgrace that two years on there’s still no action on Labour’s promised prostate guidelines to help advise doctors and men to make informed decisions about prostate cancer testing, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie ... More >>
CYFS paperwork takes precedence over young lives
Sunday, 4 November 2007, 2:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Child Youth & Family social workers are again showing they are more worried about case management than effective interventions for young offenders, says National Party Police and Youth Justice spokesman Chester Borrows. More >>
TEC doubles number of staff on over $100,000
Sunday, 4 November 2007, 2:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is yet another government agency rewarding its staff with rocketing salaries, says National’s Tertiary Education spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
