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Employment Relations Bill mess
Friday, 11 August 2000, 10:20 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's shambolic performance in Parliament late last night over the Employment Relations Bill reflects its whole approach to managing the New Zealand economy, National's Max Bradford said today. More >>
Gosche needs reality check
Friday, 11 August 2000, 10:19 am | New Zealand National Party
It's doubtful whether the Government's Housing policy will do anything to stop overcrowding in communities like South Auckland, National's Housing spokesman Tony Ryall said today. More >>
Murray McCully will report to local authorities
Friday, 11 August 2000, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Murray McCully says he will write to all local authorities to give a full account of the Stigley saga. More >>
National:Overturning "compulsory unionism in drag"
Friday, 11 August 2000, 9:55 am | New Zealand National Party
"Associate Labour Minister Laile Harre has admitted today for the first time that employees can be forced to become union members. More >>
MP holds West Coast's future in his vote
Thursday, 10 August 2000, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor holds the future of sustainable forestry on the Coast in his vote, National Environment spokesperson Richard Worth said. More >>
PM panics over accelerating skills exodus
Thursday, 10 August 2000, 4:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Superficially tinkering yet again with the immigration points system will not change the real reasons New Zealand is becoming less attractive to highly skilled migrants," National's Immigration Spokesperson Marie Hasler said today. More >>
Clark blatantly misleads Tourism Conference
Thursday, 10 August 2000, 2:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Helen Clark's claim (at the Tourism Industry Association conference in Wellington today) that the tourism industry's concerns have 'Led to significant changes being made' to the Employment Relations Bill are an absolute outrage," National's ... More >>
Cullen has no right to surrender sovereignty
Thursday, 10 August 2000, 2:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
Dr Cullen's proposal for reciprocal trans-Tasman citizenship rights is an inept attempt to avoid squaring up with Australia on welfare payments according to National's spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Simon Upton. More >>
Rights and powers over workplace must be reined in
Thursday, 10 August 2000, 10:41 am | New Zealand National Party
National will today move to pull back wide union powers and rights over workplaces currently contained in the Employment Relations Bill, National's Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
Kiwi kids miss out on Kiwi shows
Thursday, 10 August 2000, 12:35 am | New Zealand National Party
"Broadcasters seem to be ignoring Parliament's self proclaimed Tellytubbie over her wish for more local childrens television programming," National's Katherine Rich said today. More >>
Poultry concerns must be addressed
Thursday, 10 August 2000, 12:33 am | New Zealand National Party
"The Employment Relations Bill must be amended to include the poultry industry as an 'essential industry' and to address animal welfare issues," National's Agriculture Spokesman Gavan Herlihy said today. More >>
Dairy Bill shows absurdity of political structure
Wednesday, 9 August 2000, 7:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
The fact that Parliament's time had to be used to amend the Dairy Board Act to ensure farmers weren't acting illegally by supplying colostrum milk to their marketing companies, shows the absurdity of the political and regulatory system that overhangs the Dairy ... More >>
Labour's new "error" of partnership
Wednesday, 9 August 2000, 6:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's much vaunted 'new era of partnership' with local government has turned out to be as fake as a 10 dollar Rolex. More >>
Schools Baffled By Ballots
Wednesday, 9 August 2000, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Education Amendment Act is raising more questions and causing more upset than the answers and fairness it promised. More >>
Marian passes the Maori broadcasting buck
Wednesday, 9 August 2000, 3:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Maori TV channel still seems to be a dim flicker on the horizon, and people are beginning to get impatient," National's Broadcasting Spokesperson Katherine Rich said today. More >>
Phil Raffills
Wednesday, 9 August 2000, 3:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
"It is with a great sense of sadness and loss that National MPs note today the death of Phil Raffills. More >>
Govt has no direction - because it won't listen
Wednesday, 9 August 2000, 9:45 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-Alliance Government does not know where it is taking New Zealand - largely because it refuses to listen, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Govt. must finally face up to costs of ERB
Tuesday, 8 August 2000, 4:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must finally face up to the reality that it is gambling with New Zealanders' jobs and futures by pressing on with the Employment Relations Bill, National Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Parliament asked to restore voluntary unionism
Tuesday, 8 August 2000, 10:23 am | New Zealand National Party
National will seek Parliament's support to restore people's right to negotiate a collective agreement without having to join a union, National's Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
Is Marian becoming the Harpo Marx of Cabinet?
Tuesday, 8 August 2000, 10:08 am | New Zealand National Party
"Getting the Broadcasting Minister to say anything publicly on broadcasting is proving extremely difficult," National's Katherine Rich said today. More >>
