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Prison costs cloaked by Minister
Friday, 9 June 2006, 2:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Minister is using a pending review of two prisons to refuse to release vital construction costs information, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
National's postcard hammers home tax message
Friday, 9 June 2006, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s postcard hammers home tax message Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Don Brash MP National Party Leader 7 June 2006 National’s postcard hammers home tax message A postcard driving home the tax cut message will be delivered to New Zealand homes ... More >>
www.mccully.co.nz 9 June 2006
Friday, 9 June 2006, 12:41 am | New Zealand National Party
Parliament resumes next week following the two-week post-Budget recess. For weeks, the government’s managers have had their hands full, stuffing problem after problem under an increasingly bulging political carpet. More >>
Bungling Barker defends indefensible
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 4:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Civil Defence spokesman John Carter is astounded that Rick Barker continues to shoot the messenger for his ministry's muck-ups. More >>
Cullen to blame for inflationary pressure
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 4:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Finance Minister Michael Cullen should look in his own backyard for who's to blame for the inflationary pressures in the economy, says National Party Leader Don Brash. More >>
King must clarify rumour about CAA director
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 1:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson is calling on Transport Minister Annette King to clarify rumours that Civil Aviation Authority Director John Jones is about to resign. “It is the CAA chairman and the board that should be resigning, ... More >>
Dangerous prisoner shifted to prison 'motel'
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 10:32 am | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Minister must explain why a dangerous criminal is being kept in a chalet outside the main perimeter fence at Hawke’s Bay Prison, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Another PR disaster for civil defence
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 10:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Civil Defence spokesman John Carter is cringing on behalf of hard-working regional civil defence bosses, after what appears to be another botch-up at the Ministry. More >>
Govt orders breast cancer patients off lists
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 10:29 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government-ordered waiting list cull will now force women cancer patients needing breast reconstruction to be dumped from hospital waiting lists, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
National will complain to Auditor-Gen about book
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 9:29 am | New Zealand National Party
State Services Commissioner Mark Prebble has criticised last month’s Ministry for the Environment publication ‘Gentle Footprints – Boots ‘N All’ in response to a complaint from National. More >>
CYF's youth justice changes will not work
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 12:42 am | New Zealand National Party
CYF Minister Ruth Dyson has failed to make any significant improvements in the youth justice sector despite having had three years and a funding increase of 50%, says National's Associate Welfare spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>
Cancer sufferers look offshore again
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 4:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Some Auckland cancer patients have had their treatment cancelled indefinitely because of a strike by radiation therapists due to start on Friday, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Peters wants to give away front line police
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 2:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
A plan by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters to give away some of New Zealand’s extra police before they have even been recruited is bizarre, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
CAA needs to concentrate on safety
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 11:05 am | New Zealand National Party
Evidence of in-fighting at the top levels of the Civil Aviation Authority are cause for grave concern, says National Party Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson. More >>
Pansy Speak 6 june 2006
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 10:24 am | New Zealand National Party
Business compliance review nothing more than a charm fest!!! More >>
Cullen running out of people to abuse
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 12:29 am | New Zealand National Party
Finance Minister Michael Cullen is the one who is out of step on tax cuts, not the media, says National Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Fix civil defence before getting public involved
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government will have to fix serious organisational problems in the civil defence network before a public awareness campaign will have any chance of working, says National’s Local Government spokesman, John Carter. More >>
King misses golden chance to clean out CAA board
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 3:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Transport Minister Annette King has offered nothing but platitudes in response to the concerns from the Audit Office and Christchurch Coroner about the Civil Aviation Authority, says National Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson. More >>
Sort out rules on party pills
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 9:36 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party MP championing a bill to toughen up the rules around legal party pills is pointing to a report in Southland as evidence that there's an urgent need to act sooner rather than later. More >>
Ministers fail to meet over youth offending
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 9:06 am | New Zealand National Party
It is not surprising there is a critical shortage of youth justice beds when the Government's high-powered Minister's Group on the Youth Offending Strategy has not met for three years, says National's Associate Law & Order spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
