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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 >>
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 >>
