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Urgency: desperate Government fakes it
Friday, 28 May 2004, 11:26 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has put Parliament into urgency at a huge cost to the taxpayer in a desperate bid to avoid public scrutiny of their Budget proposals, says National's Deputy Leader, Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Budget: 25,000 young children excluded
Friday, 28 May 2004, 8:41 am | New Zealand National Party
About 25,000 young children will be automatically excluded from an entitlement to 20 hours free attendance at early childhood centres, which was announced as part of the Budget package today, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Budget: 25,000 young children excluded
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 7:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
About 25,000 young children will be automatically excluded from an entitlement to 20 hours free attendance at early childhood centres, which was announced as part of the Budget package today, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Leader of the Opposition Post-Budget speech
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 5:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Mr Speaker, I move that all the words after "That" be omitted and the following inserted: "this House has no confidence in the Labour-led Government because it has squandered New Zealand's greatest ever opportunity to invest in policies which ... More >>
Government gets it wrong - Katherine Rich
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 5:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Social Services spokeswoman Katherine Rich is alarmed that the Government is misrepresenting the benefits that some families will receive out of today's Budget. More >>
Disappointing Budget for 4 out of 5 households
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 3:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Labour's big-spending Budget will be a bitter disappointment for four in five Kiwi households," says National Party Deputy Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Labour makes more kiwi families rely on hand outs
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 3:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Labour's big-spending Budget is set to force more working families into state dependence," says National Party Social Services spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Budget 04: Don Brash labels Budget 'cynical'
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 3:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash is describing today's Budget as "a series of bribes dished up by the most cynical Government in New Zealand's history". More >>
Maharey's waste-based tertiary policy
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 10:10 am | New Zealand National Party
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) will get away with paying tens of thousands of dollars in inducements to get people to enrol in its courses, even though it's against the Government's rules, says National's Education spokesman, ... More >>
The Tale Maharey Didn't Want To Tell
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 9:42 am | New Zealand National Party
How can Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey crow about halving the number of unemployed when he refuses to publicly release the true number of unemployed, as well as the number of those unemployed for more than four years? ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Ministry cleared on scampi but concerns remain
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
Though the State Services Commission has cleared the Ministry of Fisheries of any criminal wrongdoing regarding the management of the scampi fishery, it is stretching things to say that there are 'no significant concerns' within the Ministry, says ... More >>
Brownlee lays privilege complaint against Tamihere
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 9:12 am | New Zealand National Party
While the Prime Minister may be prepared to accept the deliberate misleading of the Parliament, Parliament itself must not be treated in this manner, says Gerry Brownlee, National's Deputy Leader. More >>
Tamihere caught telling Parliament porkies
Wednesday, 26 May 2004, 3:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Official papers released this week show that Land Information Minister John Tamihere repeatedly misled the public and Parliament over the extent of private ownership of the foreshore. More >>
Hodgson haunted by hysterics and history
Wednesday, 26 May 2004, 2:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Pete Hodgson should apologise and resign over false accusations levelled at the National Party when it first raised the prospect of power black-outs in the South Island," says National's Energy spokesman Roger Sowry. More >>
Underage abortion: a parent's right to know
Wednesday, 26 May 2004, 9:24 am | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark's statement that 16 is probably too young to start a sexual relationship should guide the government on legislation that allows underage girls to have abortions without parental knowledge or consent, says National MP Bill English. More >>
Tairawhiti funding scam: the plot thickens
Wednesday, 26 May 2004, 9:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The community education funding scam at Gisborne's Tairawhiti Polytechnic is getting more outrageous by the week, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Labour MPs gave all-clear on sex law changes
Wednesday, 26 May 2004, 9:08 am | New Zealand National Party
It appears no one in Cabinet or Labour's Caucus raised concerns about law changes on consensual sex between 12 to 16-year-olds, says National MP Tony Ryall. More >>
More dubious spending from 'hip-hop' fund
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 11:00 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Social Services spokeswoman Katherine Rich says she has uncovered yet more dubious spending from the fund that paid for the now infamous 'hip-hop study tour'. More >>
Folly of Maori spiritual argument highlighted
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 10:30 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders will pay more for their electricity and have less security of supply as a result of Maori spiritual arguments over the Resource Management Act, says National's Environment spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
Immigration price control archaic solution
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 9:35 am | New Zealand National Party
The thought that Government should have price controls on immigration consultants is archaic and has no place in a modern economy, National's Immigration spokesman, Wayne Mapp. More >>
