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Collins Comments: National's Plan For Health

Thursday, 8 September 2005, 3:54 pm | New Zealand National Party

For too long now New Zealanders have been hearing reports of our health system struggling to cope, despite greatly increased funding. New Zealand's health budget has been increased more than 50% from $6.1 billion to $9.7 billion in the six years to this ... More >>

Lets Get The Record Straight

Thursday, 8 September 2005, 3:02 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party candidate John Hayes says in response to a Press Statement released by the Hon Ruth Dyson on behalf of the Wairarapa Labour candidate that Mackenzie was wrong to assert that National “is promising only $35 million for aged residential ... More >>

National's Action Plan For New Zealand

Thursday, 8 September 2005, 11:22 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash has today outlined his top ten priorities for the next National Government. More >>

Ombudsman to probe Cullen on loan papers

Thursday, 8 September 2005, 11:03 am | New Zealand National Party

The Ombudsman is to conduct a 'formal urgent investigation' into Labour's decision to refuse the release of Treasury papers analysing its student loans promise. More >>

Working Hard for Families

Thursday, 8 September 2005, 9:04 am | New Zealand National Party

National on families Families are the crucial building blocks of our society. National knows how important families are and is determined to give families the best chance to provide a secure upbringing for our children. In today's world more and more pressure ... More >>

Workers abandoned by Labour

Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 3:27 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash says Labour has abandoned the workers whose taxes are responsible for generating their record surpluses. More >>

Peters perched on fence - again

Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 2:46 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash says those expecting Winston Peters to make clear his post-election preferences will be sadly disappointed. More >>

National calls for independent review

Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Law and Order spokesman Tony Ryall is calling for an immediate independent review into the Corrections Department's handling of a 17-year-old who raped an 8-year-old girl. More >>

E-mail tip suggests Labour is fiddling figures

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 1:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is calling on Labour to deny an e-mail which confirms the true state of unemployment is being hidden from the public. More >>

Better funding of aged care services

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party

Dealing with the developing crisis in aged care facilities will be a top priority in health for an incoming National Government, says National's Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>

National to boost Pharmac funding by $75m

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party

A National Government will boost funding to Pharmac by $75 million over the next three years to expand the availability of new drugs, says National's Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>

National signals major assault on waiting lists

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:50 am | New Zealand National Party

National will commit an additional one-off $100 million three-year package to slash the approximately 20,000 backlog of patients in high priority elective surgery categories, says National's Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>

National signals sensible middle path for health

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party

A National Government will improve the efficiency of the struggling health system, restore accountability so taxpayers know they are getting value for money, and take a sensible middle path on health funding, National Party Leader Don Brash said today ... More >>