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Labour neglect results in 900 unassigned cases
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 2:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government's neglect of police resourcing over the past seven years is to blame for 900 serious cases in South Auckland not being investigated, says National's Associate Law & Order spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
Informal poll should worry Barker
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 1:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Civil Defence spokesman John Carter says Rick Barker should be worried by the results of an informal internet poll that asked about confidence in Civil Defence. More >>
National opposes ban on direct-to-consumer ads
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 10:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National opposes the Government's rumoured ban on direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. He is commenting on media reports that the Government will make an announcement within weeks to ban ... More >>
Real performance of schools hidden from parents
Wednesday, 4 October 2006, 5:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The New Zealand Schools Report might provide information about the schooling sector as a whole but the real performance of individual schools is still being hidden from parents, says National's Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
National asks cops to explain on pledge card probe
Wednesday, 4 October 2006, 9:42 am | New Zealand National Party
National Leader Don Brash has sought an explanation from the police about the glaring inadequacies in their inquiry into the Labour Party’s spending on its pledge card and brochure. Dr Brash has written to Police Commissioner Howard Broad outlining ... More >>
Public sector driving up employment costs
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 4:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Deputy Finance spokesman Bill English says new statistics show just much the Government is driving up employment costs. More >>
GP training Labour’s latest U-turn in health
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 3:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
Mere months after saying there was no crisis in the rural health workforce, Health Minister Pete Hodgson has abruptly U-turned on his Government’s stance on rural health, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman (Rural Health), Jo Goodhew. More >>
Hodgson’s U-turns, spin and deception
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 3:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Only months after accusing the National Party of crisis-mongering, the Government is spinning in overdrive to cover its incompetence in health, says National’s Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Government fails on house burglary promise
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 12:24 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government is failing to get on top of the house burglary problem as it promised it would, says National’s Associate Law & Order spokesman, Chester Borrows. He is commenting on crime statistics that show only 15.7% of house burglaries were ... More >>
Thanks for the spin - but why two stories?
Monday, 2 October 2006, 4:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Civil Defence spokesman John Carter says Rick Barker’s completely failed to give any explanation about the contradictory comments made after Exercise Pacific Wave in May. More >>
Cash for electives cold comfort for the culled
Monday, 2 October 2006, 2:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the extra money for elective surgery announced by Pete Hodgson today "will be cold comfort for the thousands who've already been culled from hospital waiting lists". More >>
Crime figures just get worse
Monday, 2 October 2006, 1:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-NZ First Government continues to preside over ever-worsening crime figures, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Was Pacific Wave successful or not?
Monday, 2 October 2006, 11:48 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Civil Defence spokesman John Carter says Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker needs to be asking questions of his department after contradictory statements over Exercise Pacific Wave. More >>
Clark’s pledge card argument falls apart
Monday, 2 October 2006, 8:57 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Bill English is congratulating Pete Hodgson for breaking ranks to confirm Helen Clark’s pledge card was ‘electioneering’. More >>
Where're the checks on tax-funded pilots?
Monday, 2 October 2006, 12:48 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Labour is failing dismally in its responsibility to keep tabs on tax-funded employment programmes. More >>
Small businesses need 90-day Bill
Friday, 29 September 2006, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Industrial Relations spokesman Wayne Mapp say the Labour Government should take note of a business survey expressing serious concerns about employment-related compliance costs for small and medium businesses. More >>
Dark day for NZ healthcare
Friday, 29 September 2006, 10:28 am | New Zealand National Party
Tomorrow looms as a dark day in the history of New Zealand healthcare, says National Party Associate Health spokesman Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Pansy Speak: spin spreads to internat'l education
Friday, 29 September 2006, 12:25 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour have turned spending other people's money into an art form. We only have to look at the way they spent $440,000 of taxpayers' money on the pledge card to see that they take this art form very seriously indeed. The signs are that Labour are ... More >>
www.mccully.co.nz 29 September 2006
Friday, 29 September 2006, 12:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The problems for Helen Clark just keep getting bigger. Several months of Parliamentary bombardment over her attempted cover-up of the Taito Phillip Field affair saw her take welcome refuge in a Police enquiry that just weeks previously had drawn staunch ... More >>
The Mapp Report: Best foot forward in rates debate
Friday, 29 September 2006, 12:11 am | New Zealand National Party
Rates have been a serious issue in the North Shore, and indeed Auckland, for some time now. It is essential to get public feedback to find a real solution. More >>
