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Tax discounts another red tape nightmare
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 3:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Associate Revenue spokesman, Brian Connell, says Labour’s latest attempt to relieve the tax burden on small business start-ups is just another reason why all taxes should be reduced. More >>
Greens meddling in workplace
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
A private member’s bill compelling employers to negotiate flexible working hours with parents of children under five is another example of Green Party meddling, says National’s Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp. More >>
CYF registrations increase
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 2:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Labour continues to fail the children of New Zealand. More >>
Labour ignores Disability Strategy
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 11:20 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Disabilities spokeswoman, Sandra Goudie, says Labour is ignoring the rights of individuals and their families to be consulted over changes to legislation that will dramatically affect sheltered workshops. More >>
Labour should come clean on size of spending cuts
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 11:10 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Michael Cullen should come clean on the extent of the looming public spending cuts. More >>
Botched laws could force Labour out of Beehive
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 9:53 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour will be in breach of its own flawed building laws if it continues to occupy all floors of the Beehive after this Friday, says National’s Building and Construction Spokesman. More >>
Will it cost more or less to send a letter now?
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 12:57 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Owned Enterprises spokeswoman Katherine Rich is calling on the Minister in charge of NZ Post to tell people whether it is going to cost more, or less to send a letter. More >>
Rape victims must wait, according to PM
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 5:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Judith Collins is appalled that the Prime Minister has made light of the situation faced by rape victims in South Auckland whose cases are still waiting to be formally investigated by the police. More >>
Labour’s scholarship backdown welcome
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 4:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says Labour's backdown on scholarship will be good for students and for education standards. More >>
Labour rattled by rejection of ‘families’ package
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 4:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Labour is clearly rattled by the prospect of the public seeing through its sham Working For Families package, which fails to do anything for four out of five households,” says National’s Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Labour soft on biosecurity
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 3:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Biosecurity spokesman, Shane Ardern, says Labour’s soft attitude to biosecurity is leaving the economy open to daily threat from foreign diseases and pests. More >>
Don Brash Writes No. 53: An Early Election?
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 10:54 am | New Zealand National Party
We are six months out from the latest date on which the next general election can be held, and the Beehive spin machine has the media bustling around examining the likelihood of an early election - perhaps in July. More >>
Judith Collins on National's Youth Justice Policy
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 12:47 am | New Zealand National Party
Saving a generation of young people National has developed a new Youth Justice policy. The policy adopts a holistic but no- nonsense approach to stop a conveyer belt that is carrying too many children to the fate of career criminals. More >>
National promises 25 new DoC campgrounds
Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 8:06 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash today announced that the next National Government will establish 25 new camping grounds on Department of Conservation land “to ensure future generations of New Zealanders continue to enjoy the classic Kiwi camping holiday”. More >>
Sickness And Invalids Outnumber Unemployed
Monday, 28 March 2005, 12:54 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins has released figures which show that, in every region except Wellington, there are now more people getting sickness and invalid benefits than there are getting the dole. More >>
Foreshore: BoP Decision ‘Predictable’
Monday, 28 March 2005, 12:51 am | New Zealand National Party
The decision to allow Whakatohea iwi to claim customary rights over the vast majority of the Bay of Plenty foreshore shows just how weak Labour’s foreshore and seabed legislation really is, says National’s Maori Affairs spokesman, Gerry Brownlee. More >>
NCEA: Subject Choice Matters More Than Performance
Monday, 28 March 2005, 12:50 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman Bill English says under the NCEA subject choice, not student performance, will determine which students gain University Entrance. More >>
Building Act Botch-Up Will Cost Millions
Monday, 28 March 2005, 12:50 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Building and Construction spokesman Nick Smith says Labour’s new Building Act is riddled with problems and will cost millions when it comes into effect on Friday. More >>
Newsworthy 23 March 2005
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 5:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
There is little doubt that even although the NZ Bill of Rights outlaws discrimination on ethnic and race grounds, that the present Government is anti-Jewish. More >>
Motorway through PM’s electorate canned
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 11:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Transport spokesman, Maurice Williamson, says there is something sinister in the outrageous delay of the key motorway link through Avondale. The Auckland Regional Land Transport Committee has dumped the Western Motorway ring route through Avondale ... More >>
