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Key Notes: Labour's Money-go-round Budget

Friday, 18 May 2007, 1:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

Taxpayers are worse off after yesterday's Budget. It failed to deliver tax cuts for middle New Zealanders who face ever higher mortgage rates and an ever higher cost of living, while the Government rakes in ever more taxes. More >>

Labour tackles crime by building lavish courthouse

Friday, 18 May 2007, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government has done nothing new in the Budget to tackle the rising rate of crime, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Govt spending keeps interest higher for longer

Friday, 18 May 2007, 12:57 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says the money-go-round Budget will mean homeowners are forced to pay higher interest for longer. “Households hoping to benefit from KiwiSaver will be paying for it with higher interest rates as well ... More >>

News Worthy: A legal system or a justice system?

Friday, 18 May 2007, 12:10 am | New Zealand National Party

Questions are being asked about how New Zealand's highest court got the David Bain case so wrong. But maybe they didn’t and the finding of the Privy Council is not that David Bain is innocent. Rather that there were process shortfalls and a re-trial ... More >>

How much has single benefit cost taxpayers?

Friday, 18 May 2007, 12:06 am | New Zealand National Party

“The single core benefit which Labour has been talking about for 20 years, and which was rolled out as an election promise in 2005, is sliding further and further down the agenda,” says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>

Carbon neutrality – where is it?

Friday, 18 May 2007, 12:05 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party leader John Key says he is surprised that Helen Clark abandoned her slogan of ‘carbon neutrality’ in the 2008 Budget. “’Carbon neutrality’ was the goal she set for New Zealand in the speech from the throne in February this ... More >>

Money-go-round Budget fails to deliver

Thursday, 17 May 2007, 3:52 pm | New Zealand National Party

Taxpayers are worse off after the minority Labour Government’s Budget today failed to deliver tax relief for average Kiwi families facing ever higher mortgage rates and cost of living, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>

Instability plagues Labour on Budget eve

Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 8:03 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader John Key says Helen Clark is now more reliant on the Greens than ever before. More >>

Why is benefit debt still rising?

Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 3:43 pm | New Zealand National Party

Total benefit debt has increased by 65% since 1999 to more than three quarters of a billion dollars, or $2,800 for every working-age beneficiary, says National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>

New Zealand healthcare ranking drops again

Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 3:22 pm | New Zealand National Party

Despite Labour's $4 billion a year extra in health spending, New Zealand has fallen yet again in the latest Commonwealth Fund ranking of health systems, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>

System must not abandon victims of crime

Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 3:07 pm | New Zealand National Party

New Zealand's justice system must not abandon the victims of crime, as it seems to be doing, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Key: Plunket Society Annual Conference

Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 11:39 am | New Zealand National Party

It really is a privilege to be speaking at your 100th anniversary conference. To me, Plunket is the premier example of how a volunteer-led community group can effect change and make a real difference in New Zealand. More >>

National announces more policies to benefit commun

Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 11:33 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader John Key today announced further policies to benefit the community and voluntary sector, including a commitment to support PlunketLine. In February, he announced changes to tax rules on charities, and at Plunket’s annual conference ... More >>

Chickens come home to roost on botched reforms

Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 5:18 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour need to come clean and admit they botched the 2005 aquaculture reforms, says National's Environment spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>

Hodgson turns his back on doctor shortage

Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

While Auckland hospitals face record doctor shortages, the Minister of Health, Pete Hodgson has been in Wales advising the Labour Party there on how to form a new government, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>

Crackdown on illegal teachers needed

Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 1:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

It is time to get serious about the more than 3,500 teachers who are potentially working illegally in New Zealand schools, says National’s Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>

Nuclear research must be considered

Monday, 14 May 2007, 4:23 pm | New Zealand National Party

It’s time the Labour Government listened to the concerns of New Zealand’s nuclear veterans, says National’s Veterans Affairs spokeswoman, Judith Collins. “Research released today on the exposure of naval personnel to nuclear testing in the Pacific ... More >>