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Prescription changes costly and wasteful
Friday, 11 April 2003, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Plans to go back to three-monthly prescriptions will mean a huge waste of drugs and big costs for patients, says National Health Spokesperson Dr Lynda Scott. "As a former geriatrician I remember removing shopping bags full of unused medications ... More >>
Govt continues to trade insults with our allies
Friday, 11 April 2003, 8:29 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party says the Government is still actively insulting New Zealand's key trading partners over their position on the war in Iraq. More >>
National backs call for Privy Council referendum
Friday, 11 April 2003, 8:29 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Justice spokesman is backing a call for cross party support in promoting a referendum on the abolition of rights of appeal to the Privy Council. More >>
Kiwi travellers triumph as Government deal crashes
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 3:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Competition watchdogs have delivered the Government a slap in the face by rejecting the Air New Zealand /Qantas merger, according to National Party Leader Bill English. More >>
Business confidence slumps to 1985 levels
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 3:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
The sharp fall in business confidence in the NZIER March survey reflects the damaging consequences of the Government's policies on New Zealand's growth prospects, says National's Finance spokesman, Don Brash. More >>
Third year of rising work stoppages
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 3:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's foolish plan to give unions more power looks even worse in light of today's statistics showing a rising number work stoppages for the third year in a row, says National. Statistics out today show that there were 46 work stoppages ... More >>
Mallard buries his head in the sand on literacy
Thursday, 10 April 2003, 12:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National is accusing the Education Minister of ignoring a literacy crisis which it says is crippling the learning ability of young New Zealanders, especially boys. More >>
Speed to become a Class A drug
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 5:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National says it is pleased at the reclassification of speed (methamphetamine) to a Class A drug, as recommended in a health committee report tabled in Parliament today. More >>
Community groups deserve answers on Gambling Bill
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 5:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is challenging Trevor Mallard to give a straight answer to questions about changes to the Responsible Gambling Bill. More >>
Govt. covers up conflict of interest in Corngate
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 5:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
National is crying foul that David Cunliffe, the senior Labour MP and deputy chair of the Select Committee undertaking the 'Corngate' inquiry, didn't disclose that his wife acted for a biotechnology company involved in a GM maize contamination case. More >>
Honest report on CYFS failings must be heeded
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Child Youth and Family report into the Jules Mikus cases of sex offending is an honest account of the deep problems in the department, says National Social Services Spokesperson Katherine Rich. More >>
Call for power conservation as Government dithers
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 3:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is alarmed that the Government has made no attempt to encourage power conservation despite fresh warnings from those running our electricity grid. More >>
Govt hikes petrol prices again
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Motorists are being hit with another rise in petrol prices, thanks to a rise in ACC levies from the Government, says National's ACC spokesperson Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Iraq - Why NZ Should Be Part Of The Coalition
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The war in Iraq's thrown up basic questions that demand answers. Is it legal? More >>
Sex offender measures only half measures
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 9:56 am | New Zealand National Party
The measures announced by the Government today on the monitoring of convicted child sex offenders are little more than a sop to Phil Goff's conscience over the Barry Ryder case, says National's Police spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Lukewarm promise opens door to more pests
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 9:51 am | New Zealand National Party
The Biosecurity Minister's lukewarm promise to have sea container biosecurity measures sorted by the end of the year is hardly the assurance our primary producers desperately need, says National's Biosecurity spokesman, Shane Ardern. More >>
Helen Clark anti US comments
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
Presenter: How much of it is just the leader? like, if Bush goes, America becomes a different place? More >>
Minister mislead Parliament - National
Tuesday, 8 April 2003, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
National is laying a Privilege complaint over George Hawkins comments in Parliament over the rotting homes crisis, with the Speaker of the House. More >>
More knee-jerk immigration policy
Monday, 7 April 2003, 6:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's latest change in rules for foreign students is another knee-jerk reaction, says National MP Pansy Wong. More >>
BIA takes fall for Minister's incompetence
Monday, 7 April 2003, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Building Industry Authority is being disestablished and blamed for lack of accountability when the Government's lack of action over rotting homes is due to an incompetent Minister, National Housing Spokesperson Dr Wayne Mapp says. More >>
