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Kiwis miss out on $73m worth of medicines in 5 yrs
Monday, 13 November 2006, 9:21 am | New Zealand National Party
Pharmac has yet again underspent its budget, this time by more than $19.4 million, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman (Pharmacare), Dr Jackie Blue. “This information is buried in Pharmac’s latest annual report, in which the agency awards ... More >>
Easy credits demotivate
Monday, 13 November 2006, 9:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Giving students NCEA credits for simply holding a conversation lowers standards and is unfair to students who work hard for a credible qualification, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Urgent action needed on health workforce shortage
Monday, 13 November 2006, 8:59 am | New Zealand National Party
With continuing reports of nursing and junior doctor shortages, it’s time the Government took action rather than call for more reports, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Govt must sort out sheltered workshops package
Monday, 13 November 2006, 8:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour must ensure people with disabilities working in sheltered workshops are not disadvantaged if the Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill goes through, says National’s Disability Issues spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Big travel bill needs explaining
Saturday, 11 November 2006, 2:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Winston Peters’ three-month $250,000 travel bill needs explaining, says National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Where is report into prison guard safety?
Friday, 10 November 2006, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor should explain where the report into prison guard safety is, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
More disruption for thousands of patients
Friday, 10 November 2006, 11:25 am | New Zealand National Party
Further strikes beginning today by radiographers are leading to calls for limits to be placed on the rights of health unions to strike, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
News Worthy - 10 November 2006 - No. 92
Friday, 10 November 2006, 10:57 am | New Zealand National Party
The football stadium imbroglio; More on the Inconvenient Truth; Rats, roads and rubbish More >>
TXT exams: teachers show common sense
Friday, 10 November 2006, 10:38 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English has welcomed reports from around the country that teachers are taking a hard line against text language in NCEA exams. He says students need clear rules about what’s acceptable and what’s not. More >>
The Mapp Report - 10 November 2006
Friday, 10 November 2006, 12:41 am | New Zealand National Party
Is our education system letting down our youth? North Harbour Stadium the best solution for the 2011 Rugby World Cup More >>
Cullen loses tax cut affordability argument
Friday, 10 November 2006, 12:38 am | New Zealand National Party
“The latest Treasury figures showing revenue continues to defy predictions makes a mockery of Michael Cullen’s argument that tax cuts are unaffordable,” says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Incompetent Minister ignores AG’s report
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
Acting Health Minister Damien O’Connor admitted today that he hadn’t even bothered to read a critical report on health spending from the Auditor-General, despite answering questions on it in Parliament. More >>
Ministers aren’t doing their jobs
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 4:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says Labour Ministers have shown they are alarmingly out of touch with what’s happening in important areas affecting New Zealanders’ lives. More >>
Govt not measuring NZTE schemes properly
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 3:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has today acknowledged that its NZ Trade and Enterprise programmes are not properly measured, says National Party Associate Economic Development spokesman Chris Tremain. More >>
Tendering of pathology destabilising workforce
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall, says the upheaval caused by the tendering of laboratory services across the country is destabilising a pathology workforce already suffering from a critical shortage. More >>
Plunket confirms Clark told porkies over hotline
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 1:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jo Goodhew says Helen Clark was “retailing a cocktail of mistruths” as she sought to justify the call to axe funding for PlunketLine. More >>
TXT exams: Maharey thinks he’s cool
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s acceptance of text language in NCEA exams undermines standards and is misleading to students, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. He is commenting on confirmation from the NZQA today that it will accept exam answers written ... More >>
Labour scraps environmentally friendly school
Thursday, 9 November 2006, 8:59 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says the Government has instructed a school board of trustees to remove the environmental features of its plans for a new school. More >>
Cullen reveals election repayments can be tracked
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 4:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Michael Cullen has revealed that repayments by political parties of money improperly spent on election advertising will be passed from Parliamentary Service to Treasury, says National Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Corrections spends $5,000 on electronic consoles
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department has spent almost $5,000 on Playstation and Xbox consoles and games for prisoners, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
