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Gun-shy Corrections failing the public
Friday, 13 April 2007, 11:19 am | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department is neglecting its public duty when it allows prisoners to dictate which prisons they are held in, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
News Worthy - Friday 13 April 2007
Friday, 13 April 2007, 10:12 am | New Zealand National Party
The fastest law in the west; Truancy Policing; Aussie Rules on apples More >>
Minister urged to save museum
Friday, 13 April 2007, 9:59 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Defence spokesman, Wayne Mapp, says the one-month stay of execution given to the Ohakea Air Force museum, must be used wisely. The museum, which houses important Air Force memorabilia, was due to be closed on Saturday due to uncertainty ... More >>
Agricultural merger a cause for concern
Friday, 13 April 2007, 9:43 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Agriculture spokesman David Carter is wary of Labour’s move to ram through a proposed merger between two state agricultural agencies. The Government is rushing through legislation paving the way for a merger between Asure New Zealand ... More >>
www.mccully.co.nz 13 April 2007
Friday, 13 April 2007, 12:46 am | New Zealand National Party
They just don’t get it. Having just received a merciless political smacking for thumbing their noses at the public over the Bradford Bill, Clark, Cullen and Co. are in the process of repeating exactly the same mistakes. It was bad enough that ... More >>
Reality check on welfare pilot schemes
Friday, 13 April 2007, 12:15 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins wants a full audit of the pilot schemes that Labour is running to move sickness and invalids beneficiaries from welfare to work. More >>
Maharey AWOL (again)
Friday, 13 April 2007, 12:15 am | New Zealand National Party
“With experts saying Labour’s ‘broadcasting policy in tatters’, Broadcasting Minister Steve Maharey must front up to the public,” says National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Benson-Pope fudges on 'clusters'
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
"David Benson-Pope needs say whether it is him or his department that is misleading the public over the long promised work on 'beneficiary clusters'," says National's Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Groundhog day for staff at TVNZ
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman says Labour must shoulder its fair share of the blame for the redundancies at state television today. More >>
Public does not believe Labour over crime
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
A public opinion survey shows the public does not believe the Labour-NZ First Government's claims that it is on top of crime. More >>
Police recruitment target under threat
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 1:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-NZ First deal to increase the number of sworn police by 1,000 appears to be falling short in its first year, according to National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
Restriction on political ads anti-democratic
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 11:18 am | New Zealand National Party
Instead of attacking those calling for details of Labour's election spending proposals, Mark Burton should reveal why it plans to extend the period that political advertising is restricted, says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
Clark's 'cluster' crackdown empty rhetoric
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says reports today confirm that Helen Clark's promise of a crackdown on 'beneficiary clusters' was just empty rhetoric. More >>
Minister wriggles out of pregnancy teen comments
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 10:54 am | New Zealand National Party
The Education Minister is desperately trying to retreat from his comments that it’s practical for pregnant teens to remain in mainstream schools right up to the birth of their baby, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Productivity? Labour doesn’t care
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:53 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Finance spokesman Craig Foss says Labour should be measuring the quality of its public spending by collecting productivity data. More >>
Truants risk little chance of prosecution
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party
“About 30,000 students are wagging school each week but fewer than 35 parents were prosecuted for breaching the Education Act during all of 2006, according to National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Con Air costs taxpayers plenty
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:40 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government is spending increasing amounts of taxpayers’ money shuffling prisoners from prison to prison, often by charter aircraft, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
$15.8m to keep prisoners in police cells
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:02 am | New Zealand National Party
Taxpayers are paying for the Government’s lack of planning, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. He is releasing answers to written questions which show that in 2005/06, Corrections inmates spent 57,023 bed nights in police ... More >>
Docs pressured over benefits
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 12:17 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Labour should fast-track long promised changes to the criteria for the sickness benefit in light of new figures showing the numbers on that benefit continue to rise. More >>
Shock 'P' ads should be adopted in NZ
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 12:16 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Jacqui Dean says 'P' advertisements like those run by the Montana Methamphetamine Project should be introduced in New Zealand. More >>
