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Collins Comments - 16 July 2007

Monday, 16 July 2007, 5:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

John Key coming to Clevedon A fundraising dinner will be held by the Clevedon National Party with John Key as our guest on Friday 27 July at 6:30pm. The venue is the Whitford Park Golf Club in Whitford. Tickets are selling fast and there are limited numbers. ... More >>

Designated GPs sign up hundreds on benefits

Monday, 16 July 2007, 11:47 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is calling on David Benson-Pope to take a closer look at Work and Income designated doctors who’re signing up hundreds of people for sickness benefits. More >>

Key: Local Government New Zealand Conference

Monday, 16 July 2007, 10:50 am | New Zealand National Party

Speech to the Local Government New Zealand Annual Conference Dunedin More >>

Dyson blissfully unaware of broken deadline

Monday, 16 July 2007, 8:10 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong is surprised that Ruth Dyson hasn’t chased up the overdue review on ACC's Fraud Unit – and is so in the dark about her department’s work that she doesn’t think there was any deadline. More >>

More rot found in prison system

Saturday, 14 July 2007, 12:35 am | New Zealand National Party

News that yet another prison officer has been suspended for alleged corruption is a further wakeup call for a Government that has been in denial over this problem, says National’s Justice and Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

The Mapp Report: North Shore Hospital Crisis

Friday, 13 July 2007, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party

The last three weeks has seen an unprecedented level of concern about the standard of care at North Shore Hospital. It has been mostly around the A&E Department, with patients having to wait in corridors for many hours before treatment. More >>

Pansy Speak - Our Future, Our Youth

Friday, 13 July 2007, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

In a rather bleak year in which our exporters are battling the high dollar in the face of high interest rates caused by high Government spending and rising compliance costs, it is reassuring that many are showing resilience and soldiering on. More >>

www.mccully.co.nz - 13 July 2007

Friday, 13 July 2007, 2:19 pm | New Zealand National Party

A Weekly Report from the Keyboard of Murray McCully MP for East Coast Bays More >>

Labour gives up on young offenders

Friday, 13 July 2007, 11:09 am | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government seems to have given up trying to rehabilitate offenders under the age of 20, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

If stats are wrong the Minister was misled

Friday, 13 July 2007, 11:06 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue says statistics that show cancer patients have lost confidence in the public health system were provided by the Health Ministry and the real picture may be far worse. More >>

Cullen says no tax cuts on his watch - ever

Friday, 13 July 2007, 12:50 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Michael Cullen’s finally confirmed tax cuts will never form part of his agenda. “Cabinet papers say they’re off the agenda until at least 2011, and yesterday he confirmed to a business audience ... More >>

Long wait for employment decisions

Friday, 13 July 2007, 12:35 am | New Zealand National Party

"Ruth Dyson's claim today that employers shouldn't try to settle disputes before lengthy and expensive legal action needs further explaining," says National Party Industrial Relations spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson. More >>

Parliament crèche discovers meaning of ‘free’

Thursday, 12 July 2007, 3:00 pm | New Zealand National Party

The three and four-year-olds of politicians, parliamentarians and public servants are now learning first-hand what the Education Minister meant when he said ‘every three and four-year-old in the country will have 20 hours of free early childhood ... More >>

Appeal inevitable, but has HNZ done its homework?

Thursday, 12 July 2007, 1:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says a Housing New Zealand appeal against the ruling on tenants in Helen Clark’s electorate was inevitable. But Mr Heatley says the question was never about whether there should be an appeal, but whether ... More >>