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Hearing Dog Max Irresistible To MPs
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 4:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Trainee hearing dog Max has proven a hit in winning MPs approval for new legislation that will open up access to public places for the deaf and hearing impaired, National MP Marie Hasler said today. More >>
Social Engineering Unleashed Today
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
National today strongly opposed the final step in passing the Government's Property (Relationships) Amendment Bill into law. More >>
Response To Auckland Rail Announcement
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 4:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Auckland Mayoral Forum is entitled to feel that it has completely wasted 16 months talking to a Government which has not had its act together," National's Belinda Vernon and Murray McCully said today. More >>
Too Important To Be Decided On A Whim
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 4:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
"If Social Services Minister Steve Maharey was 'surprised' about Helen Clark's plan to amalgamate the social services departments, and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet hasn't got any documents on it, then who is in charge of orchestrating ... More >>
Energy Efficiency Strategy Lacks Substance
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's latest showcase of spin over substance will see the stated goals within the draft energy efficiency strategy remain just that, National's Energy spokesperson Pansy Wong said today. More >>
Over-Assessed And Under-Educated
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 1:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
Trevor Mallard's NCEA will see next year's fifth formers over-assessed and under-educated, National's Education spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said. More >>
New Zealand Lags Behind Australia In Biosecurity
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 11:19 am | New Zealand National Party
The biosecurity systems in Australia are superior to those of New Zealand, ACT Agriculture Spokesman MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Sutton Wrong To Scoff At Instant Deportation
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 11:15 am | New Zealand National Party
Jim Sutton is wrong to describe the suggestion of instant deportation to protect New Zealand's agriculture from foot-and-mouth as 'too draconian' National's Agriculture Spokesperson Gavan Herlihy said today. More >>
Councils need help to control drunken louts
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 9:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Anne Tolley today lodged a Private Members Bill that will give local communities the power to ban alcohol in public areas of their towns or cities. More >>
Spin can't disguise Cullen backdown
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 9:10 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley has tonight welcomed the Minister of Finance's abandonment of his proposal to impose a capital gains tax on Taranaki and West Coast leasehold farmers. More >>
Quota talk shows Hobbs still out of touch
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 9:09 am | New Zealand National Party
Marian Hobbs' musings today about local content quotas show that a month off the job hasn't made Marian Hobbs any more streetwise about broadcasting, National's Broadcasting spokesperson Katherine Rich said today. More >>
Bill to convict more burglars passes first hurdle
Wednesday, 28 March 2001, 6:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Parliament today unanimously supported Tony Ryall's Private Members Bill that will give the police a new weapon to secure burglary convictions. More >>
Firefighters demoted under new contract
Wednesday, 28 March 2001, 6:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is proposing to pay more to union firefighters while demoting their non-union colleagues in its sop contract to members of the Professional Firefighters Union, National's Internal Affairs spokesman Lindsay Tisch said today. More >>
Cullen trying to rip off farmers
Wednesday, 28 March 2001, 6:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
There is no way National will support Michael Cullen's capital gains tax on Taranaki and West Coast leaseholders, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Bill To Stop Retirement Village Abuse Of Elders
Wednesday, 28 March 2001, 3:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand's elderly are being ripped off by developers and operators of retirement villages because there are no legal protections in place for them, National's Senior Citizens spokesperson Dr Lynda Scott said today. More >>
Govt Not Solving Easter Trading Shambles
Wednesday, 28 March 2001, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-Alliance Government's timid move to allow just garden centres to operate on Easter Sunday is not solving the shambles of Easter shop trading hours, National's Industrial Relations spokesperson Lockwood Smith said today. More >>
Zoning Costing Schools And Parents
Tuesday, 27 March 2001, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The reaction of parents to Trevor Mallard's zoning regime proves it is more of a problem than a solution to enrolment pressure on popular schools, National's Education spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>
Committee adopts 'Yes Minister' approach
Tuesday, 27 March 2001, 1:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Acting Commerce Minister Trevor Mallard's introduction of the Commerce Amendment Bill (No 2) into the House today confirms that the Government is turning the Commerce select committee process into a 'Yes Minister' plaything, National's Associate Commerce ... More >>
PM the one who should apologise
Tuesday, 27 March 2001, 1:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Reports today that Helen Clark's department approved the release of information about several submarines being spotted by the New Zealand Airforce Orions, prove the Prime Minister has no idea what is happening in her own department, National's Defence ... More >>
Money being wasted on broadcasting split
Monday, 26 March 2001, 5:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is wasting $300,000 on a consultant's broadcasting report which isn't even necessary, National's Broadcasting spokesperson Katherine Rich said today. More >>
