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Lake Alice - Do the right thing
Friday, 29 June 2007, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The release of the report into abuses at state-run psychiatric institutions is a timely reminder that the Government has still not delivered justice for claimants in the Lake Alice Inquiry, says National Party Associate Health spokesman (Mental ... More >>
Didymo in the 'too hard' basket
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 5:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
If you are looking for eradication or even control of Didymo, then don't look to the Biosecurity Minister for help, says National's Biosecurity spokesman, Shane Ardern. More >>
Minister must front up on failed policies
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Immigration Minister needs to front up and explain why his policies on immigration identity fraud are failing, says National's Immigration spokesman, Dr Lockwood Smith. "David Cunliffe keeps harping back to the 1990's and disregarding the significant ... More >>
Prison beds or public safety?
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 4:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must decide what it wants - prison beds or public safety, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
New report ordered - still waiting for old one
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 4:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Ruth Dyson's been forced into an embarrassing admission that she has not yet seen a report from a 2006 investigation into the CYFS-funded Wairaka Kökiri Trust," says National's Associate Welfare spokeswoman (CYFS), Anne Tolley. More >>
Minister’s sophistry on housing scam exposed
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is seeking new assurances from Housing Minister Chris Carter that a year-old allegation of corruption within his department has been ‘checked out’. More >>
New leaked document reveals recruitment panic
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall has released a second leaked district health board document outlining a “degree of recruitment panic” over the shortage of junior doctors in our hospitals. The documents say ‘there is an estimated demand ... More >>
BZP action takes too long
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Moves to finally ban BZP are being welcomed by National MP Jacqui Dean. “Though I’m pleased to see the Labour Government has finally decided to ban the drug, the whole process has taken far too long. More >>
Labour hypocritical over coronial system
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 1:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
The crowing by the Courts Minister and Attorney-General over the independence of the new coronial system is laughable, given Labour’s treatment of Wellington’s outspoken coroner, says National’s Shadow Attorney-General, Christopher Finlayson. More >>
CYFS fails predator ‘time bomb’ & public
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Welfare (CYFS) spokeswoman Anne Tolley is praising Cannons Creek residents for speaking out about a CYFS-supervised sexual predator reported to be escaping custody and playing with neighbourhood children. More >>
Electronic bail a gamble with public safety
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 10:36 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government’s experiment with electronic bail is dangerous and must not be used on dangerous offenders, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Does the Housing Minister read what he signs?
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is alarmed that even as late as this morning Housing Minister Chris Carter still appeared not to have read documents alleging corruption within his Department. More >>
Immigration Minister evades the serious questions
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 9:01 am | New Zealand National Party
The Immigration Minister is diving for cover instead of answering serious questions about New Zealand's border security, says National's Immigration spokesman Dr Lockwood Smith. More >>
'Diabetes Get Checked' warning signs ignored
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 5:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Clear signals that the Government's 'Diabetes Get Checked' programme was struggling from the start were simply ignored, says National's Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Leaked paper says doctor crisis will worsen
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 4:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says a leaked district health board document shows growing alarm about a crisis in the number of junior doctors staffing our hospitals. More >>
Beneficiaries worse off under '20 hours free'
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 4:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
Winz beneficiaries are the latest to cry foul over Labour's '20 hours free' scheme, says National's Early Childhood spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Serious unanswered questions over HNZ rort
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 4:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says there are serious unanswered questions about a blatant sub-letting rort uncovered in the past year. More >>
Minister clueless over '20 Hours Free' numbers
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 4:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
It's Ministerial negligence that the 20 free hours policy goes live on Monday and the Education Minister still does not know the answers to simple questions about his own policy, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Labour Dept warned in 2002 about stats gaps
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 1:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Labour and Industrial Relations spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson says the Government was warned in 2002 that there were serious gaps in the way it collected data on workplace deaths, but did nothing. More >>
Correspondence School’s performance slides
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 11:24 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s tinkering with The Correspondence School has led to a slide in its performance, which has been highlighted in the latest Education Review Office (ERO) report, says National’s Associate Education spokesman, Colin King. More >>
