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Changes To Pilot Medicals Commonsense
Monday, 2 July 2001, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
Changes made at select committee to the medical certification of pilots are a victory for commonsense, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said today. More >>
Robson Allows Probation Unrest To Create Injustice
Monday, 2 July 2001, 9:49 am | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Matt Robson should resign his portfolio if he continues to allow injustices to occur as a result of industrial action in the Probation Service, National's Justice spokesman Wayne Mapp said today. More >>
Shared Roots And Globalisation - Bradford Speech
Monday, 2 July 2001, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand and Australia: Moving Together or Drifting Apart? Speech to the Otago Foreign Policy School By Hon Max Bradford MP Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence More >>
Economy Transformed - To A Standstill
Friday, 29 June 2001, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today's GDP result, showing no economic growth whatsoever for the March quarter, confirms the economy is being transformed in the wrong direction National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
Union Campaigns Against Elderly Care Shortfall
Friday, 29 June 2001, 11:50 am | New Zealand National Party
Things are so bad in the Aged Care industry that the Service and Food Workers Union has dedicated a large chunk of its latest magazine to spelling out just how poor conditions are and how tight funding is for elderly care, National's Senior Citizens ... More >>
Taranaki Health Considers Closing Base Hospital
Friday, 29 June 2001, 9:39 am | New Zealand National Party
The finances of at least one District Health Board are in such bad shape it has considered closing its base hospital, National's Associate Health spokesperson Dr Paul Hutchison said today. More >>
Charities Under Attack From Govt
Friday, 29 June 2001, 9:37 am | New Zealand National Party
Charities are outraged and frightened by the Government's plans to target them for the next tax grab, National's Revenue spokesperson Annabel Young said in Parliament tonight. More >>
National Offers Way Ahead On Air New Zealand
Friday, 29 June 2001, 9:34 am | New Zealand National Party
National has offered the Labour Government support in order to progress the recommendation by the board of Air New Zealand that Singapore Airlines should be allowed to increase its shareholding in Air New Zealand. More >>
Treasury Confirms It - Govt Borrowing For Super
Friday, 29 June 2001, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
Treasury has today confirmed that the government would have to borrow most of the contributions to the Superfund over the next five years. More >>
Labour Exacerbates Student Loan Crisis
Friday, 29 June 2001, 12:34 am | New Zealand National Party
An alarming $8 billion blow-out in projected student loan debt is yet another let down for students under the Labour Government, National's Youth Affairs spokesperson Simon Power said today. More >>
Phil Robs Peter To Pay Paul
Friday, 29 June 2001, 12:34 am | New Zealand National Party
Justice Minister Phil Goff has robbed the Legal Services Agency to pay Community Law Centres, National's Justice spokesman Wayne Mapp said today. More >>
Government Buying Its Way Into A Firestorm
Thursday, 28 June 2001, 4:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is poised to further inflame the tensions which are dividing the Fire Service, National's Internal Affairs spokesman Lindsay Tisch said today. More >>
Govt Women MPs' Silence Is Support For Sexism
Thursday, 28 June 2001, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MPs Georgina te Heuheu and Anne Tolley are stunned at the continual silence from Labour's women MPs over the alleged blatant sexist and patronising comments made by Steve Maharey. More >>
Govt cuts energy efficiency budget despite crisis
Tuesday, 26 June 2001, 5:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Parliament's Environment Select Committee today had a fiesty debate over the Government's $869,000 (8.2 %) cut in funding for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) for the 2001-02 financial year, National's Environment Spokesperson Nick Smith ... More >>
Govt Ignores Hope And Smart Families' Plea
Tuesday, 26 June 2001, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is not listening to the Hope and Smart families who have pleaded with the police to 'look again' for the bodies of their children, Kaikoura MP Lynda Scott said today. More >>
Appalling sexist behaviour must not be tolerated
Monday, 25 June 2001, 4:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The sexist and intimidatory behaviour by Cabinet Minister Steve Maharey and the head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Mark Prebble must surely be sackable offences, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Reality Check Needed Over Soy Sauce
Monday, 25 June 2001, 2:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Consumer Affairs spokesperson Marie Hasler says the Ministry of Health's proposal to impose a complete ban on the importation of soy sauce may be taking things too far. More >>
National offers to help open door for Air NZ
Monday, 25 June 2001, 9:14 am | New Zealand National Party
"The Government's coyness on its willingness to raise the cap on single foreign airline investment in Air New Zealand is on the verge of teasing, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said today. More >>
Time of the essence in diesel debate
Monday, 25 June 2001, 9:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The opportunity to introduce low-sulphur diesel for the large Auckland market is one not to be missed, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said today. More >>
SSC steps into Police Minister vs Commissioner
Monday, 25 June 2001, 9:10 am | New Zealand National Party
The latest war of wills between the meddling George Hawkins and the Commissioner of Police over whether or not there will be another search in the Tory Channel raises questions about the state of the relationship between the two, National's Police ... More >>
