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Disturbing facts on biggest benefit fraudster

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party

Documents that Labour would rather have kept hidden reveal some very disturbing facts in the case of the nation's biggest benefit fraudster, Wayne Patterson, says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>

Why is justice review three months late?

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government should explain why the review into the criminal justice system is going to be three months late, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Midwife numbers down as birth rates increase

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 3:33 pm | New Zealand National Party

A report recently released by the Ministry of Health demonstrates that our maternity services are on a downward spiral, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Katrina Shanks. More >>

Delays make mockery of renewable energy pledge

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 3:08 pm | New Zealand National Party

New Zealand will never achieve the Government’s ambitious 90% renewable electricity pledge when bureaucracy is holding up renewable energy projects for years, says National’s Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith. More >>

NZ being left behind on tax cuts

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 11:33 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says New Zealand is being left in the dust by Australia on the issue of personal tax cuts. More >>

Transit must give top priority to bridge safety

Monday, 15 October 2007, 2:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

Transit New Zealand must reassure the public that the safety of the Auckland Harbour Bridge is a priority, says National's Auckland Issues spokesman, Dr Wayne Mapp. More >>

Taxpayers will resent loose Govt purse-strings

Sunday, 14 October 2007, 5:12 pm | New Zealand National Party

Taxpayers struggling with ever-higher mortgages and grocery bills will resent the Labour Government’s inability to control the purse-strings when it comes to the bureaucracy, says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>

Tax-funded explosion in consultants at HNZ

Sunday, 14 October 2007, 5:11 pm | New Zealand National Party

Between 2003 and 2007 the amount spent on consultants at Housing New Zealand has nearly doubled from $6.7 million to $12.6 million according to figures released By National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley today. More >>

National awaits documents on benefit fraudster

Friday, 12 October 2007, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins, is looking forward to the Ministry of Social Development releasing all the relevant documents and information relating to the country's biggest benefit fraudster, Wayne Patterson. More >>

Joanna Average hammered by tax & inflation

Friday, 12 October 2007, 3:38 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English is highlighting in real terms the impact that tax bracket creep and inflation is having on the average wage and salary earner. More >>

www.mccully.co.nz - 12 October 2007

Friday, 12 October 2007, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party

Leaders from across the Pacific will gather in Tonga next week for the annual Pacific Forum meeting. Uncertainty surrounds the participation of Australian Prime Minister Howard (he will call elections any day now) and Fiji coup leader Frank Bainimarama ... More >>

Charities Commission chokes on backlog

Friday, 12 October 2007, 10:17 am | New Zealand National Party

Labour’s new Charities Commission doesn’t have a snowball’s chance of processing all its applications by the deadline of July 2008, says National’s Internal Affairs spokeswoman, Sandra Goudie. More >>

Decline In Police Recruiting Standards - Report

Friday, 12 October 2007, 8:13 am | New Zealand National Party

The independent report into police recruitment standards confirms what National has been saying all along – that the Government has allowed standards to slip, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Breast reconstruction not cosmetic

Friday, 12 October 2007, 12:48 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue says Pete Hodgson needs to front up and say why his Government gives breast reconstruction after cancer surgery such a low priority. More >>

Government official slams flagship water programme

Thursday, 11 October 2007, 4:41 pm | New Zealand National Party

Scathing comments by MAF's Assistant Director-General about the Government's Sustainable Water Programme of Action speak volumes about the programme, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>

Energy strategy rhetoric doesn't match record

Thursday, 11 October 2007, 3:50 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee says there's a huge gap between the Labour Government's new energy strategy rhetoric and its record. More >>

Govt’s sustainability bubble burst by A-G

Thursday, 11 October 2007, 2:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

The bubble of Labour’s $200 million sustainability programme has been popped with the Auditor-General’s advice today that the Cabinet committee responsible for its implementation did not meet once in three years, says National’s Environment spokesman, ... More >>