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Labour fails victims of crime - again

Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 12:55 am | New Zealand National Party

Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor must assure the public that victims of crime are not being threatened from prison, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Is Labour planning more prisons?

Monday, 21 May 2007, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government should come clean about whether or not it's planning to build more prisons, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

DHBNZ under the microscope

Monday, 21 May 2007, 10:37 am | New Zealand National Party

A secretive organisation that works for the country’s 21 district health boards is a step closer to becoming accountable to the public that funds it, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>

John Key: National's Agenda

Monday, 21 May 2007, 10:27 am | New Zealand National Party

John Key: Party Leader National's Agenda Speech to the Canterbury-Westland Regional Conference, Hamner Springs More >>

Police recruitment campaign falters

Monday, 21 May 2007, 9:36 am | New Zealand National Party

Despite the Labour NZ-First Government’s pledge to hire 1,000 more frontline police, the number of people making inquiries about joining is declining, according to information obtained by National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>

Epidemic of sickness and injury forecast

Sunday, 20 May 2007, 5:14 pm | New Zealand National Party

“The epidemic of sickness and injury gripping New Zealand is forecast to continue under this Labour Government,” says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>

Labour strikes new low in prison corruption

Sunday, 20 May 2007, 5:12 pm | New Zealand National Party

Corruption in our prisons has sunk to a new low when guards use prisoners to work at their homes or on their pet projects, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Trans-Tasman proposal bad for local consumers

Sunday, 20 May 2007, 5:11 pm | New Zealand National Party

The proposed Trans-Tasman regulation of natural health products will be bad for New Zealand consumers and business, National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall told a rally of 250 people in Tauranga this morning. More >>

Joyhn Key: speech

Sunday, 20 May 2007, 5:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

It's a real pleasure to be addressing the Canterbury-Westland Regional Conference as Leader of the National Party. More >>

Survey - young women putting themselves at risk

Sunday, 20 May 2007, 5:08 pm | New Zealand National Party

Shocking new figures showing a high level of early and frequent sexual encounters among young women should be a wake up call for all New Zealanders, says National’s Youth Affairs spokeswoman, Nicky Wagner. More >>

Correspondence – the school of last resort

Sunday, 20 May 2007, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party

Consecutive Labour Ministers of Education have turned the Correspondence School into the ‘school of last resort’ for children not able to learn in main stream education, says National’s Associate Education spokesman, Colin King. More >>

Action on illiteracy long overdue

Friday, 18 May 2007, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour’s announcement of $9.7 million to fund a national assessment of adult literacy, numeracy and language is an admission National was right to criticise the failings of the education system under this Government, says National’s Tertiary Education ... More >>

www.mccully.co.nz - 18 May 2007

Friday, 18 May 2007, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

It is useful, as Finance Ministers sit down to write their Budgets, if said Ministers turn their minds in passing to the nature of the challenge their Budget is designed to address. For much of the 80s and 90s New Zealand had a debt problem. Reducing ... More >>

Pansy Speak: More surpluses - more taxes

Friday, 18 May 2007, 2:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

Oops! The forecast cash deficit of $1.5 billion has instead turned out to be a surplus of $1.7 billion instead. The Finance Minister claims this is due to stronger economic growth, combined with strong investment performance and under-spending against budgets. More >>

Exodus to Australia accelerates

Friday, 18 May 2007, 1:41 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith says the exodus of New Zealanders to Australia is continuing to accelerate. More >>

Pharmaceutical budget a letdown

Friday, 18 May 2007, 1:34 pm | New Zealand National Party

Don't expect the Labour Government's pharmaceutical budget announcement to be greeted with excitement says National's Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>

Labour loses direction in Health

Friday, 18 May 2007, 1:32 pm | New Zealand National Party

Yesterday's Budget shows the tired Labour Government has lost its way in the health portfolio, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>

More smoke and mirrors over ‘20 hours free’

Friday, 18 May 2007, 1:19 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government is misleading early childhood education (ECE) centres yet again, says National’s Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>

Tax on petrol so Cullen can keep spending

Friday, 18 May 2007, 1:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

“There is no need for yet another tax on the long suffering motorists of Auckland and Wellington,” says National Party Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson. More >>

Labour adopts National’s charities policy

Friday, 18 May 2007, 1:10 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Community Affairs spokeswoman Paula Bennett is puzzled by Labour’s about-face on the tax treatment of charities and volunteers. “Given the Budget announcements yesterday, why did Helen Clark insult the sector by describing National’s ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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