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Land Transport needs to address shortcomings
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The 2007 survey of Land Transport New Zealand highlights major problems in the organisation, says National's Associate Transport spokesman, David Bennett More >>
Public need second chance to comment on EFB
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English is welcoming the Human Rights Commission view that the public should get a second chance to comment on the re-worked Electoral Finance Bill (EFB). More >>
Pansy Wong: Tax, tax and more tax
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 11:03 am | New Zealand National Party
Australia is looking pretty appealing right now. Apart from the warmer weather, Australians are set for large tax cuts come election time, no matter who wins, with both major parties beating the drum. More >>
MOE's payroll increases by over 150% in five years
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 10:52 am | New Zealand National Party
Questions need to be asked over Ministry of Education figures that show a 150% rise in its payroll at a time when schools are struggling to make ends meet and some are cutting back on learning resources for children, says National’s Education spokeswoman, ... More >>
Labour lets police recruitment standards slip
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 4:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has allowed physical and mental entry standards for police recruits to slip just so it can keep NZ First happy, says National's Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
Benefit fraud investigation a comedy of errors
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins, says further revelations about the bungled investigation into the country’s biggest benefit fraudster confirm it was a comedy of errors. More >>
Access committee must walk the talk
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 12:24 am | New Zealand National Party
National welcomes the establishment of a board to provide advice on walking access but wants an assurance it will do more than provide mission statements, says National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
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 >>
