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Benson-Pope admits multiple calls to MFE
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says there were multiple contacts between David Benson-Pope’s office and the head of the Environment Ministry over the Madeleine Setchell sacking. More >>
Trade Minister Must Bare Teeth On Apples Issue
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 3:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Government needs to show a clear determination to proceed to a formal World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement over Australia's continued attempts to block the importation of New Zealand apples into Australia," says Tim Groser MP. More >>
Sickness And Invalids Numbers Head Skywards Again
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
The number of people collecting sickness and invalids benefits is on the rise again, only a month after the Social Development Minister crowed about a drop, says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Reassurance lacking from Clark on public servants
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 3:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Public servants are unlikely to be reassured by Helen Clark’s failure to offer a personal view today on the idea of a conflict-of-interest register for public servants, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
$471m spent on prisons without knowing full cost
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 2:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government spent $471 million of taxpayers’ money on four new prisons before it had any idea of target costs for the project, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
State control of universities ‘frightening’
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 1:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Tertiary Reforms Amendment Bill gives the Government unprecedented control over universities, says National Party Tertiary Education spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
'Reality check’ too real for ACC
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 12:57 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong is questioning ACC's reasons for pulling Reality Check, an anonymous web-based forum where staff could ask questions of ACC management and other staff members. ACC Minister Ruth Dyson says they got rid of ... More >>
How Did Man Stalk Woman From Prison?
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 5:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor should explain how a convicted stalker was allegedly able to continue to harass a woman despite her asking the prisons where he was held to put a stop to his mail, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon ... More >>
Economy Pays The Price For Mismanagement
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 3:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says homeowners and exporters are now paying the price for the years that Labour has mismanaged economic growth. More >>
Labour screws electoral scrum
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 12:56 am | New Zealand National Party
"Labour's election finance reform should be renamed the 'Save Labour Bill' because it is so heavily weighted in favour of the Labour Government," says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
Clark cuts down Cullen’s credibility
Monday, 23 July 2007, 5:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says comments from Helen Clark that Michael Cullen ‘never even said he was considering’ intervention in monetary policy is a further dent in the Finance Minister’s credibility. More >>
Clark declares war on public service neutrality
Monday, 23 July 2007, 1:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says he is alarmed by comments by Helen Clark that sacked communications manager Madeleine Setchell should never have been hired by the Environment Ministry. More >>
Hodgson must declare agenda on contractors
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the Health Minister must say whether he supports the Service and Food Workers Union reported agenda to drive private enterprise from the public hospital service. More >>
Interest rates Expect them to be higher for longer
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:31 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says regardless of this week’s interest rate announcement from the Reserve Bank, all the signs are that mortgage rates will stay higher for longer. More >>
Key questions for Clark on Benson-Pope
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says Helen Clark needs to answer some straightforward questions on David Benson-Pope’s handling of the politically motivated sacking of Madeleine Setchell. More >>
Another day, another appalling systems failure
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:29 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Justice and Corrections spokesman Simon Power says he is alarmed by reports of an “appalling systems breakdown” which implicates both Corrections and the Justice Ministry. More >>
Concern over capital’s child cancer care
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:28 am | New Zealand National Party
The staffing crisis at the Wellington children's hospital may be a sign of things to come, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Health unions using members as political pawns
Sunday, 22 July 2007, 1:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Unions should not use their members as pawns in some sort of ideological battle to push independent businesses out of the health system, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Benson-Pope did know about political sacking
Friday, 20 July 2007, 5:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says Helen Clark is setting a new low in Ministerial standards if she still retains confidence in David Benson-Pope. More >>
Corrections spends $1m a month on staff
Friday, 20 July 2007, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department spent $9.4 million on consultants and contractors in the first 10 months of the last financial year, or nearly $1 million a month, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. The information is contained in ... More >>
