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What is Teachers Council’s bottom line?
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 11:50 am | New Zealand National Party
The Teachers Council should tell the public if it plans to continue registering former bank robbers as teachers, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Brash to visit UK
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 9:25 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash departs for London on Wednesday night to participate in a dedication ceremony for the New Zealand Memorial at Hyde Park Corner and meet health policy experts. More >>
Insurance bill time waster is trashed
Monday, 6 November 2006, 3:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Tenants and landlords will be breathing a collective sigh of relief following a Labour MP’s back-flip on a bill that would’ve driven up rents and forced some tenants onto a blacklist of the uninsurable,” says National Party Housing spokesman ... More >>
Disabled support package a mess
Monday, 6 November 2006, 1:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
Though most groups support the intent of the Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill, the support package for people with disabilities and their employers is a mess, says National’s Disability Issues spokesman, Dr ... More >>
Govt increase int. students’ access to job markets
Monday, 6 November 2006, 8:10 am | New Zealand National Party
If Labour was serious about making New Zealand more attractive to international students it would make it easier for them to gain work experience while they are here, says National Party Associate Education spokeswoman Pansy Wong. More >>
NZEI inconveniences parents
Monday, 6 November 2006, 12:54 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government and unions should take into account the cost to parents when negotiating more time off for teachers, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More than 20,000 primary school teachers and principals are taking half a day today ... More >>
Labour lets 81% of prisoners do nothing
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 3:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is letting 81% of prisoners do nothing meaningful while in prison, says National Party Law & Order spokesman Simon Power. More >>
Prison BBQ “offensive”
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 3:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department has become a joke with inmates receiving all kinds of treats and prison policy being flouted constantly, says National Party Law and Order spokesman Simon Power says More >>
Taxpayers scammed out of $3.2m
Sunday, 5 November 2006, 3:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins, is seeking an assurance that the Government will ramp up identity checks to ensure there is no repeat of a $3.2 million welfare scam. More >>
Government slow to act on Zimbabwean HIV amnesty
Friday, 3 November 2006, 11:29 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government has made no effort to communicate details of its HIV amnesty to the Zimbabwean community in New Zealand, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 3 November 2006
Friday, 3 November 2006, 11:20 am | New Zealand National Party
Every few months we are favoured by our Government with an announcement of some new investment in our Defence forces. Each, of course, is touted as evidence of an attempt to re-build or modernise our ailing military. More >>
News Worthy - 3 November 2006
Friday, 3 November 2006, 10:29 am | New Zealand National Party
The Proceeds of Crime; The shambles of Auckland transport; An inconvenient truth More >>
Pansy Speak: 18 going on 20
Friday, 3 November 2006, 10:24 am | New Zealand National Party
The difficult conscience vote in 1999 for lowering the drinking age from 20 to 18 is still fresh in the memory of MPs as we face another bill that proposes putting the age back to 20. More >>
Public need National for youth crime policy
Friday, 3 November 2006, 12:18 am | New Zealand National Party
National MPs Chester Borrows and Anne Tolley say the Government has been forced to admit National’s got the right idea when it comes to youth crime. “A National Government would already be well advanced on plans to toughen up sentences for young ... More >>
Problem gambling report must be made public
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Internal Affairs spokeswoman Sandra Goudie says Damien O’Connor must release in full the Health Ministry’s report into the overpayment of groups dealing with problem gamblers. More >>
Regulation report shown to be impotent
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 3:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
The first milestone report of the Government’s much-trumpeted look at regulations affecting business shows just how impotent the review is, says National Party Economic Development spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Government must explain food review plans
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 11:06 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government must demonstrate how its food review plans will achieve greater safety as well as minimise compliance costs for the food industry, says National’s Food Safety spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
National offers bipartisan support on Fiji
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says National is offering support for the position taken by the Government on the developing tensions in Fiji. More >>
Will Labour listen to research concerns this time?
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour ministers have again pontificated about 'economic transformation' at the Capitalising on Research seminar in Auckland today, but they will most likely ignore the speakers at this conference, as they did with Knowledge Wave, says National's Science spokesman, ... More >>
MP proposes to split drinking age
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 5:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Dr Wayne Mapp is proposing an amendment to the Sale of Liquor Amendment Bill that would raise the age of those purchasing alcohol at off-licences to 20 but allow 18 and 19-year-olds to drink on licensed premises. More >>
