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Pie in the sky promises

Thursday, 19 July 2001, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party

Steve Maharey's attempt to break the deadlock over the Government's pathetic funding offer to tertiary institutions next year with promises of future funding increases is 'pie in the sky' stuff, National's Tertiary Education Spokesperson Maurice Williamson ... More >>

Infrastructure Auckland - Auckland City fiasco

Thursday, 19 July 2001, 2:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

Aucklanders will be disappointed at the apparent dysfunction between the Auckland City Council and Infrastructure Auckland over the future of public transport in the city, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said today. More >>

Govt Creates Confusion Over Superfund

Thursday, 19 July 2001, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party

The Government is cooking the books to create confusion over whether Dr Cullen's flawed super scheme will pay out 10 cents or 25 cents in the dollar of future superannuation costs, National's Bill English said today. More >>

Lab tests budget blows out to $75million

Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 5:26 pm | New Zealand National Party

District Health Boards around the country concerned about a $38 million budget blow out on demand driver expenditure such as laboratory tests reported today should be even more concerned because the blow out is actually $75 million, National's Health ... More >>

Charities Win Round One In Fight Against Tax Grab

Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 9:51 am | New Zealand National Party

Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley has welcomed news that community organisations will be given more time to have a say about the Government's sneaky attempt to stage a tax grab. More >>

The Seven Deadly Sins Of Dr Cullen's Scheme

Tuesday, 17 July 2001, 4:32 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Seven Deadly Sins Of Dr Cullen's Scheme (A Backgrounder To Today's Decision) 1) It will degrade health and other essential social services More >>

National Rejects Superfund

Tuesday, 17 July 2001, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party

National announced today that it is rejecting the Government's proposed superannuation fund. More >>

Jenny Shipley Speech to Federated Farmers

Tuesday, 17 July 2001, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party

There were many times when, as Prime Minister, I had to bite my tongue. One of the occasions that remains most vivid was the period in 1998 when the economy was suffering under the weight of two consecutive years of drought and the impact of the Asian ... More >>

Historical Revisionism Alive And Well

Tuesday, 17 July 2001, 1:00 pm | New Zealand National Party

The claims by former Defence Minister Warren Cooper about the Charles Upham is historical revisionism of the worst sort, National's Defence spokesperson and former Defence Minister Max Bradford said today. More >>

Political correctness gone mad at LGNZ

Monday, 16 July 2001, 6:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

Calls at the Local Government New Zealand conference for broader guidelines on the Treaty of Waitangi will harm the credibility of local government, National's Justice spokesperson Wayne Mapp said today. More >>

Charles Upham Sold For Peanuts

Monday, 16 July 2001, 4:18 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government's sale of army transport ship the Charles Upham has shown its incompetence on defence yet again, National's Defence spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>

$11.5 Million Cutbacks Or 27% Fee Hike At Massey

Monday, 16 July 2001, 2:51 pm | New Zealand National Party

$11.5 Million Cutbacks Or 27% Fee Hike At Massey University Students at Massey University are facing a 27% fee increase or service cutbacks of $11.5 million as a result of the Government's tertiary education funding policy, National's Tertiary Education ... More >>

Northland MP welcomes Parry inquiry

Friday, 13 July 2001, 1:36 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's Northland MP John Carter welcomed this morning's Health select committee decision to launch an inquiry, subject to agreeing on the terms of reference, into issues surrounding disgraced Northland gynaecologist Dr Graham Parry. More >>

Charities Panicked About Tax Proposals

Thursday, 12 July 2001, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party

Panic is emerging about the content of the Tax and Charities proposal by the Government and the incredibly short period of time that charities have available to make formal submissions, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>

Trading Income Of Charities

Thursday, 12 July 2001, 9:44 am | New Zealand National Party

In the Government's discussion document, "Tax & Charities", the government proposes to tax the trading income of charities to the extent that it is not distributed to charity in the current year. This has a huge impact on the ability of charities ... More >>

Labour goes to great lengths to conceal facts

Wednesday, 11 July 2001, 9:04 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour is continuing to go to great lengths to withhold information concerning the involvement of the Prime Minister and her staff in the Christine Rankin case, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>

Northland MP requests Dr Parry inquiry

Wednesday, 11 July 2001, 4:03 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's Northland MP John Carter today requested a full select committee inquiry into the many unresolved issues surrounding Dr Graham Parry - the disgraced Northland gynaecologist who recently won the battle to resume practising in the region. More >>

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