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DNA: Labour soft on crime again

Monday, 13 September 2004, 8:21 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 >>

September 11 remembered

Monday, 13 September 2004, 8:20 am | New Zealand National Party

“September 11, 2001 changed the world we live in,” says National Party Leader Don Brash, reflecting today on the anniversary of the terror attack on New York’s twin towers. More >>

Govt ignores strong opposition to Employment Bill

Monday, 13 September 2004, 12:48 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash says the Government has largely ignored strong opposition to its Employment Relations Law Reform Bill, which has been reported back to Parliament today. More >>

Labour urged to admit it was wrong

Friday, 10 September 2004, 10:59 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash says the Government should now admit it was wrong to attack National's law and order policy, given this week's revelations of a crisis in our prison system. More >>

Bombing underlines need for constant vigilance

Friday, 10 September 2004, 10:57 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash has described the car-bomb blast outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta as an 'outrage'. More >>

Minister caught napping on muster crisis

Thursday, 9 September 2004, 5:03 pm | New Zealand National Party

Ministers have been wasting months in consultation while the muster crisis worsens, answers in Parliament’s Question Time revealed today, says National MP Tony Ryall. More >>

Government subsidises union membership

Thursday, 9 September 2004, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party

"Labour's $500 bonus payments to members of the NZEI is state-subsidised unionism," says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>

Don Brash: Gov. Taken To Task By Auditor General

Thursday, 9 September 2004, 11:10 am | New Zealand National Party

In the 16 June edition of this newsletter, I noted that the Government was planning to spend an astonishing $21.15 million advertising its so-called "Working for Families" package, announced in the Budget, and that this quite unprecedented ... More >>

National looks forward to Charities Bill re-write

Thursday, 9 September 2004, 8:36 am | New Zealand National Party

“It was only a question of when Parliament time was going to be wasted fixing Labour‘s fundamentally flawed Charities Bill,” says National Internal Affairs spokesman Lindsay Tisch, welcoming an apparent back down today. More >>

Back to the future with the ERB

Thursday, 9 September 2004, 8:33 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Labour spokesman Wayne Mapp says a threat by the National Maritime Union to take Auckland’s port strike nationwide is a sign of things to come. More >>

Finance Minister's explanation all spin

Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 4:59 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key is questioning an explanation from Michael Cullen for a potentially serious Parliamentary blunder made in the House today. More >>

EU Commissioner confirms issue over NZ trade

Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party

Potential problems for Kiwi beef and lamb exports to new European Union member states have been confirmed by EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy while in Wellington today, says National Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman Lockwood Smith. More >>

Govt fails to act on birth defect prevention

Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government could have helped prevent approximately 100 cases of neurological defects in babies if it had acted more vigorously four years ago, says National's Associate Health spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. "The Government missed an opportunity ... More >>

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