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Minister must come clean on subletting rorts

Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:39 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Housing Minister Chris Carter should say whether he retains confidence in Housing New Zealand as yet another alleged subletting rort comes to light. More >>

Time for ministers to act on health strikes

Thursday, 16 November 2006, 8:55 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, wants Government ministers to do something about the continuing industrial disruption in the health sector instead of just sitting on their hands. More >>

Time for ministers to act on health strikes

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour ignores 19-year-old fines, reparation

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 5:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government is ignoring hundreds of thousands of unpaid fines, some of which date back 19 years, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

More bad news for aged-care sector

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Ministry of Health does not measure whether or not the funding it provides matches the cost to the sector of providing aged-care services, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman (Aged Care), Jo Goodhew. More >>

Customary fish take ‘unknown’

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 3:52 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley says Labour is exercising a flagrant double standard in the way it tracks and enforces the fish takes from our coastal waters. More >>

Hodgson should tell truth on primary care strategy

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party

Health Minister Pete Hodgson’s praise for a Commonwealth Fund survey today stands in stark contrast to his own advice to Cabinet criticising the slow progress of the Government’s primary health care strategy, says National’s Health spokesman, ... More >>

Minister disinterested in women’s prisons

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party

Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor shows a disappointing disinterest in the women’s prison system by his failure to answer simple questions about his portfolio, says National MP Katherine Rich. More >>

$13m in untendered contracts at Ministry of Health

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 2:10 pm | New Zealand National Party

More than $13 million has been paid out by the Ministry of Health in the past financial year in untendered contracts, the National Party has revealed. More >>

Government dumbs down NCEA – again

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 1:34 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says the Labour Government has dropped an NCEA measure essential to ensuring students are motivated and successful. More >>

Focus 2000 audits sanitised

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 1:31 pm | New Zealand National Party

Audits of disability services provider Focus 2000, obtained through the Official Information Act, appear sanitised and fail to throw any light on individual quality of life, says National’s Disability Issues spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>

Violent, sex, drug offenders 50% of home detention

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party

Half of the people on home detention have been convicted of violence, sex or drug offences, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. “When home detention was introduced, the public was not expecting people convicted of these types of offences ... More >>

Woman abused as legal aid system fails

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 10:43 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Associate Justice spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson is calling on the Justice Minister to face up to the crisis in legal aid following claims that a woman has been abused after the system failed her. More >>

Dalziel stretches truth on late changes to bill

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 8:11 am | New Zealand National Party

Lianne Dalziel has again stretched the truth about her failure to get agreement to last-minute changes to the Business Law Reform Bill, says National Party Economic Development spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>

Lake Alice deal: Cabinet knew

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 8:06 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Associate Health spokesman (Mental Health), Dr Jonathan Coleman, says Michael Cullen has admitted that the decision to withhold some of the compensation awarded to claimants as a result of the inquiry into Lake Alice Hospital was made ... More >>

National lays out position on stadium

Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 4:31 pm | New Zealand National Party

The National Party has pledged to support enabling legislation for Eden Park, but believes there are still far too many unknown risks and unanswered questions surrounding Labour’s plans for a new waterfront stadium to make a similar commitment for that, ... More >>

Cancer treatment delays increasing

Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 4:19 pm | New Zealand National Party

Cancer patients are facing longer and longer delays to begin radiation treatment, according to figures released by the National Party. National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall, is calling on hospitals to offer more cancer patients treatment in Australia ... More >>