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Job losses highlight Govt's failures
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 10:40 am | New Zealand National Party
News of the latest job losses illustrates the failure of Government policies over the last six years says Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Industrial Research losses must be explained
Monday, 23 January 2006, 2:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Research, Science and Technology spokesman, Paul Hutchison, says an inquiry is needed into the financial crisis facing Industrial Research. More >>
Brash supports call for independent authority
Monday, 23 January 2006, 9:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says he supports a call for the establishment of an independent body to identify miscarriages of justice. More >>
Anderton forgot to talk to Aussies about apple ban
Monday, 23 January 2006, 9:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Agriculture spokesman David Carter says Jim Anderton has confirmed he had not even bothered to contact his Australian counterpart about the ban on Kiwi apples until after the Aussies agreed to review it. More >>
Power calls for inquiry into Corrections
Monday, 23 January 2006, 9:20 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, is calling for an inquiry into the Corrections Department. More >>
School Cert and Bursary used to scale NCEA results
Monday, 23 January 2006, 12:53 am | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Steve Maharey has admitted that old School Certificate and Bursary results have been used to scale this year’s NCEA marks, says National Party Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
Figures show again that parole not working
Monday, 23 January 2006, 12:53 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says latest figures show the parole system is seriously flawed and a re-think is needed. More >>
Productivity; a More Skilled Workforce
Friday, 20 January 2006, 3:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
This year is going to be tough if the current low level of business confidence is a guide to the future. The effect will be that growth might be doing well to reach 1% per annum. This figure barely matches population growth, with the result that ... More >>
Japan trip risks tarnishing NZ’s reputation
Friday, 20 January 2006, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
Government officials’ attempts to badmouth the New Zealand economy in Japan are not only futile but risk tarnishing the country as an investment destination, says National finance spokesman John Key. More >>
News Worthy - 20 Jan 2006
Friday, 20 January 2006, 11:46 am | New Zealand National Party
"It's The Economy, Stupid"; The King of Thailand; Minimum apartment floor areas; Alice in Wonderland; Fruit Falls Foul Of Sugar Guidelines; A journalist's lament on indifference to defence More >>
Total prisons construction blow-out $490m
Friday, 20 January 2006, 11:15 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the total prison construction budget blow-out is much worse than previously revealed by Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor and his department. More >>
Public confidence in police is in Govt’s hands
Thursday, 19 January 2006, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says it is essential that the Government ensures the changes recommended by the review into the 111 system are fully implemented in light of a Police Complaints Authority report. More >>
Blowout highlights need for PPPs
Thursday, 19 January 2006, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The new prisons’ budget blow-out shows why more private sector funding of major government projects is needed, says National Finance spokesman John Key. He says the multi-million dollar blow-out in the cost of the Waikato and Otago prisons illustrates why the ... More >>
Prison beds cost $650,000 each
Thursday, 19 January 2006, 1:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the construction budget blow-out at Otago and Springhill prisons has pushed the cost per bed into the stratosphere. More >>
Corrections budget blow-out ineptitude
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the blow-out in the prison construction budget is the latest example of management ineptitude in the Corrections Department. More >>
Farmer confidence fall a worry
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 4:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Agriculture spokesman David Carter says the country should be concerned at the results of the latest survey of farmer confidence. More >>
Corrections’ priorities are all wrong
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 2:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says he is flabbergasted that with all the problems in the prison system the Correction Department’s first move in 2006 is to change its approach to Maori cultural practices. More >>
Toothless noise law not being policed
Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 2:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party MP spearheading a Private Member's Bill to toughen up on noisy exhausts and crackdown on boy racers says the figures prove Labour's tough-talk on noisy exhausts is nothing more than toothless rhetoric. More >>
Food Standards fiasco needs sorting out
Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 2:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must act to defend its Apples in Schools programme and ensure Food Standards Australia and New Zealand adequately defines the nutritional value of fruit, says National's Food Safety spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
Business confidence plummets - Govt must act
Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 1:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to face reality and cut the red tape and tax burden on businesses, says National Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
