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Prison crisis: what now, Minister?
Monday, 27 September 2004, 9:59 am | New Zealand National Party
The prison crisis has got a lot worse now that the Government has failed in its last-ditch bid to expand 'double bunking', says National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Stuff-ups in local elections no surprise
Monday, 27 September 2004, 8:35 am | New Zealand National Party
National will simplify the way local elections are conducted in the wake of serious errors in this year’s elections and confusion over the multiple types of voting systems, says National's Local Government spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
Call for inquiry into hoki fishery mismanagement
Friday, 24 September 2004, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Environment spokesman Nick Smith is calling for an inquiry into the Government u-turn on hoki quota. More >>
Mallard's funding priorities in disarray
Friday, 24 September 2004, 1:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Under Labour, bureaucratic growth at the Ministry of Education leaves the growth in schools' funding for dead, and parents have been left to meet the shortfall," says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Law and order shocks keep coming
Friday, 24 September 2004, 1:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's politically correct law and order policies are still failing to protect the most vulnerable New Zealanders, says National Party Leader Don Brash. More >>
Give New Zealanders their tax back
Friday, 24 September 2004, 11:00 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says Labour should be giving refunds to overtaxed New Zealanders instead of building an election-year war chest of unrivalled proportions. More >>
Nick Smith welcomes opening of Family Court
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Nelson MP Nick Smith has welcomed the Government's decision to open Family Court proceedings to the scrutiny of the media and the public. More >>
State-sponsored unionism alive and well
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 12:10 am | New Zealand National Party
Special lump-sum payments to union members show that state-sponsored unionism is alive and well under the Labour Government, says National's Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp. More >>
English: pendulum swings away from parents
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman Bill English says the pendulum has swung too far away from parents when it comes to potential life-changing events in their children's lives. Speaking to the PPTA conference in Wellington today he said that politically ... More >>
Minister tries creative accounting with abuse no.s
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 12:14 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Katherine Rich says the Minister responsible for Child, Youth and Family Minister is trying some creative accounting on child abuse numbers. More >>
Treaty inquiry hits a snag
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 4:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says it would appear Helen Clark's attempt to bury race relations as an issue in the lead-up to the next election has hit a snag. More >>
Michael Cullen backs the wrong horse - again
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson says Michael Cullen must be feeling some degree of public embarrassment after his strong backing of the failed Air New Zealand/Qantas merger. More >>
Baby thrown out with bath water in CEG axing
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 8:53 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Social Services spokeswoman Katherine Rich says, “the Government is throwing the baby out with the bath water” in relation to its decision today to axe the Community Employment Group. More >>
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 >>
