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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 >>
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 >>
