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Another home detention fiasco
Monday, 20 September 2004, 8:45 am | New Zealand National Party
National is demanding that the Government justifies why a $2 million fraudster on home detention is working in the same sort of business where he committed fraud in the past and is paying no reparation. More >>
Mental health changes go too far
Monday, 20 September 2004, 8:43 am | New Zealand National Party
The de-institutionalisation of mental health services has gone too far when at-risk people are likely to be put into independent living to fend for themselves, National's Health spokeswoman, Judith Collins, says. More >>
No parole for career crim, says National
Monday, 20 September 2004, 8:42 am | New Zealand National Party
One of the country’s worst burglars should never be allowed parole again, says National’s Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Another knee-jerk reaction from Maharey
Friday, 17 September 2004, 11:48 am | New Zealand National Party
When it comes to tertiary education, Labour’s policy is driven more by media reports and Opposition attacks than by any coherent strategy of their own, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
News Worthy - 17 September 2004
Friday, 17 September 2004, 10:14 am | New Zealand National Party
Political correctness Every Government has its brand. This Government will be remembered for its political correctness. The illustrations are legend. Here are three (and I plan to provide more in subsequent issues: More >>
Labour makes sickies more profitable than work
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, says Labour's attempt to fix the mess it created last year under the Holidays Act has failed to deal with the major cause of new sickies - the creation of 'relevant daily pay'. More >>
Co-management in RMA is a recipe for paralysis
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says the Government's plan to insert a specific Maori co-management clause as part of its tinkering with the RMA is a "recipe for further paralysis". More >>
Maharey all talk, no action on tertiary strategy
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 2:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Steve Maharey should focus on fixing his failed tertiary education strategy rather than wasting time trying to talk his way around the problems, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Maori fisheries law only transitional
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 1:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Fisheries spokesman, Phil Heatley, warns that the Government's new fisheries legislation is, in effect, only a transitional law. More >>
National says too little too late on RMA
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says minor amendments will not address the substantial concerns about the delays, costs and uncertainties of the Resource Management Act. More >>
Where there’s smoke…
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 11:54 am | New Zealand National Party
“The Internal Affairs Minister must shoulder some responsibility for presiding over a taxpayer budget that is too easily ripped-off by con-artists,” says National Party Social Services spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Stop the ‘blame game’ on killer’s bail
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 11:08 am | New Zealand National Party
National is calling for a high-level independent inquiry into the ‘fury of finger-pointing’ surrounding the freeing on bail of insane mental patient Jesse Moore. More >>
Watch out for union-friendly 'experts'
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Industrial Relations spokesman Wayne Mapp is urging the media to check the credentials of their so-called 'experts' when they report on controversial employment law changes. More >>
Dismay at Govt's attitude to child abortions
Monday, 13 September 2004, 4:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Health spokeswoman Judith Collins is calling on a Government Minister to explain his attitude to children having abortions. More >>
Mallard's mess gets messier
Monday, 13 September 2004, 4:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
The reinstatement of Alison Annan as principal of Cambridge High School is a slap in the face for the Minister of Education who has tried to blame all of the problems with the NCEA on one principal, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Labour called to support tough line - inmate compo
Monday, 13 September 2004, 2:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash is offering to give Labour his support for legislation that would prevent convicted criminals from collecting significant taxpayer compensation. More >>
ERB will see employers held to ransom
Monday, 13 September 2004, 1:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Industrial Relations spokesman Wayne Mapp says the Employment Relations Law Reform Bill overlooks the mountain of opposing submissions and leaves employers vulnerable to the unions. More >>
DNA: Labour soft on crime again
Monday, 13 September 2004, 10:32 am | New Zealand National Party
The government’s decision not to expand the DNA testing programme to include all convicted criminals is further evidence that Labour is soft on crime, says National’s Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Too long spent looking in the rear-view mirror
Monday, 13 September 2004, 10:22 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says a new survey out this morning shows "Labour has spent too long looking in the rear-view mirror and not enough time looking at the road ahead". More >>
Underage abortions: parents’ right to know
Monday, 13 September 2004, 8:22 am | New Zealand National Party
The medical unions should put their PC-rhetoric on underage abortions to one side and consider the rights and responsibilities of parents, says National’s Health spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
