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Drop in calls to biz helpline needs explanation
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 1:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
Trevor Mallard needs to explain why phone enquiries to Government-funded business advisory service BizInfo have fallen by 44% since 2002/03, says National Party Economic Development spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Newsworthy 2006 - No. 89
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 9:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Here come the tax cuts Last week it was revealed that the 2005/06 budget surplus (following some accounting changes) was $11.5 billion. That equates to around $8,000 per household. More >>
Plain English - 20 October 2006
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party
In the heat of controversy in parliament this week the media missed the issue at the heart of it all. Labour spent about $2.8 million on the 2005 election campaign when the legal limit was $2.3 million, and they got away with it. And they could ... More >>
Police recruitment numbers still in negative
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 9:35 am | New Zealand National Party
The first three months of the Government's drive to recruit 1,000 extra frontline police has resulted in a net loss of 14 sworn officers, says National's Law and Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
ACC merger plan deceptive and devious
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 12:05 am | New Zealand National Party
Plans to merge the employer and self-employed ACC accounts will have serious negative effects on the efficiency of the scheme, the Accredited Employers Partnership Programme, the chance to offer choice and competition, or to have it full funded by 2014, says ... More >>
National calls for investigation at Canterbury DHB
Saturday, 21 October 2006, 2:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall, is calling for an immediate independent investigation into Canterbury DHB’s security systems, following revelations a woman obtained photo ID and posed as a registered nurse at several Christchurch hospitals. More >>
Overdue appointments latest electricity shambles
Saturday, 21 October 2006, 2:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is incompetent and unacceptable that three of the Electricity Commissioners’ terms of appointment expired more than a year ago, says National’s Energy spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Annual report on Corrections: F for fail
Friday, 20 October 2006, 3:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The 17% increase in the daily cost of keeping a prisoner locked up over the past year is due in large part to the Corrections Department's $490 million prisons construction budget blowout, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Clarkson lays complaint with Speaker
Friday, 20 October 2006, 3:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
Tauranga MP Bob Clarkson has laid a privileges complaint with the Speaker against senior Government Minister Trevor Mallard after an alleged assault in Parliament on Thursday. More >>
The Mapp Report: Labour plays by a new rules
Friday, 20 October 2006, 11:08 am | New Zealand National Party
This week Parliament passed the bill that left Parties with no obligation to pay back any of the $1.17 million in election spending, which was previously found to be unlawful spending in the Auditor General’s Report. More >>
Pansy Speak: Two standards of behaviour
Friday, 20 October 2006, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
Since the last edition of this newsletter I have been overwhelmed with responses to ‘A Logical Debate about Smacking’. So far the majority of the feedback is heavily against repealing Section 59, with many respondents wanting to keep the legal ... More >>
Community work scheme not working
Friday, 20 October 2006, 10:15 am | New Zealand National Party
Latest figures show the community work and supervision schemes are failing and the Government needs to re-evaluate them, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Tenure review further impeded
Friday, 20 October 2006, 9:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Farmers involved in the tenure review process can expect further delays because of ministerial interference, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 20 October 2006
Friday, 20 October 2006, 12:45 am | New Zealand National Party
Robert Mugabe would be proud. Over a year after the 2005 Labour campaign pledge card was launched and a week after the Auditor-General’s damning finding that this was an unlawful use of taxpayers’ cash, everything has been put right. Perfect. Provided ... More >>
Technology teacher shortage worries Nats
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 3:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
A dire shortage of technology teachers in secondary schools threatens to make the skills shortage even worse and will have a serious economic impact, says National Party Associate Education spokesman Colin King. More >>
National calls in Auditor-General
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has called on the Auditor-General to investigate massive overpayments by the Ministry of Health to problem gambling intervention service providers. More >>
Questions over escape of prisoner
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 2:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections and the Police have some explaining to do over the escape of a violent criminal in New Plymouth, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Govt tax take outstrips local body rates rises
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 2:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The increase in the Labour Government's tax take over the past six years has far outstripped even the hefty rises in local body rates over the same period, says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Labour fuels unrealistic housing expectations
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Chris Carter is now reaping what Labour has sown over the past seven years. More >>
Police cancel McDonald’s road safety programme
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 10:40 am | New Zealand National Party
The Police have cancelled a multimillion-dollar road safety sponsorship programme with McDonald’s in adherence to a misguided ideology about commercial involvement, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. He is releasing a memo from ... More >>
