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Newsworthy - 12 May 2006 - No. 72
Friday, 12 May 2006, 11:02 am | New Zealand National Party
The effect of the Prostitution Reform Act passed in 2003 was to make prostitution a lifestyle choice which could be practised lawfully. Section 42 provided for a review of the legislation by a specially constituted committee. More >>
HNZ bungles figures - what’s going on Minister?
Friday, 12 May 2006, 12:44 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Housing New Zealand is dramatically understating the amount of damage being done to state homes by tenants and their guests. More >>
Damage doubles in HNZ homes
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 4:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says the damage being done to state homes by tenants and their guests has ballooned. HNZ figures show the amount of tenant and third party (guest) damage has risen by 75% to more than $14 million in the past ... More >>
Prisoner work strategy a load of waffle
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department's Prisoner Employment Strategy released today is a load of waffle, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Concern over turning tide on unemployment
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 3:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says the latest figures showing a rise in unemployment should send a "cold shudder" through the tired Labour Government. More >>
NZEI's inflexibility no good for education
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, says good teachers have nothing to fear from his Member's Bill, which seeks to introduce a 90-day probationary period for new employment relationships. More >>
RMA Member’s Bill drawn from ballot
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 2:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Kate Wilkinson is delighted her Member’s Bill to amend the Resource Management Act has been drawn from the ballot. More >>
CAA report a shocker
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 1:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Auditor-General's report into the Civil Aviation Authority's performance should send a shiver down the spine of the travelling public, says National Party Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson. More >>
Agent Orange report must be released unedited
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 1:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
Veterans Affairs Minister Rick Barker must make good on his promise to release the unedited report into the exposure of Vietnam War veterans to Agent Orange, says National’s Veterans Affairs spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>
Serious questions over NZ's energy security
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party
"It is an indictment of this Government's energy policies that New Zealand's oil stocks this year fell to the lowest level of any country in a decade", says National's Energy spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
NZ slips badly in world competitiveness ranking
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 10:29 am | New Zealand National Party
A world competitiveness measure out today has New Zealand falling badly behind other nations and it should be a warning to the Labour Government that all is not well, says National Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
NZ loses to Australia in migration stats
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 10:19 am | New Zealand National Party
The latest immigration statistics put up huge warning signs about our vulnerability to Australia for people with skills, says National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith. More >>
Untrained civilians in police uniform dangerous
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 10:03 am | New Zealand National Party
Having part-time, untrained, unqualified civilians on the streets in police uniform doing police work is extremely dangerous and misleading, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Women let down by under-resourced DHB
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 9:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Revelations that a 39-year-old Waikato woman with a breast lump was told she could not see a specialist for nine months is more evidence that there is a growing health workforce crisis, say National MPs Tony Ryall and Jackie Blue. More >>
Labour whistling in wind over expat campaign
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 12:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour is whistling in the wind if it believes its $400,000 advertising campaign to lure expats back home will succeed, says National Finance spokesman John Key. “The nearly half a million New Zealanders now living in and calling Australia home ... More >>
Police Minister misleads over new police
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 4:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour/NZ First Government is misleading the public over the extra police it said it would employ before the next election, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
NZQA fails its own test
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 4:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Ten mainstream NCEA subjects failed the Government’s own benchmark of consistency and fairness, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Same stuff different day
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says the document tabled by Winston Peters is yesterday’s news reheated. Mr Peters has referred to a note attached to the e-mail he released yesterday. More >>
Corrections? That's a good question
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 11:37 am | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Minister should explain why he and his department are unable to supply information on issues that go to the very core of their job, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Aust launches raid on our best and brightest
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 9:09 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says all New Zealanders should be concerned by the latest twist in Australia's raid on our best and brightest. More >>
