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Employer Plea To Govt. Likely To Go Unheard
Wednesday, 19 July 2000, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The call today from Anne Knowles of the Employers Federation for the Government to “repair the damage from the lowest level of business confidence in sixteen years” by making a few strategic changes to the Employment Relations Bill is most unlikely ... More >>
PM deals fresh blow to business over ERB
Wednesday, 19 July 2000, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Businesses have been dealt a fresh blow from the Government this morning - with confirmation from the Prime Minister's Office that it has only agreed to technical changes to the Employment Relations Bill, Opposition Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford ... More >>
Submissioners say forget fiddling with the 50/50
Wednesday, 19 July 2000, 9:29 am | New Zealand National Party
The Attorney General should take note of what some of the most experienced family lawyers in New Zealand are saying - forget about playing with the 50/50 split rule and instead focus on National's preferred alternative of spousal maintenance, say ... More >>
$200,000 for a philosophy thesis
Tuesday, 18 July 2000, 5:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Heart of the Nation report reflects a complete failure by the Government to manage a $200,000 process, National Culture and Heritage spokesperson Simon Upton said today. More >>
Serious warning signs for manufacturing
Tuesday, 18 July 2000, 1:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must sit up and take notice of the serious warning signs from the manufacturing sector contained in today's quarterly survey of manufacturers' opinion, National's Manufacturing spokesperson Warren Kyd said today. More >>
English: Falling confidence hurts families
Tuesday, 18 July 2000, 10:39 am | New Zealand National Party
There's a hard reality in the latest confidence survey for New Zealand families - their prospects for getting ahead are deteriorating, National Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>
Shipley: At last, signs of sense on property law
Tuesday, 18 July 2000, 10:28 am | New Zealand National Party
National welcomes Margaret Wilson's back-down on matrimonial property law, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Kiwis are paying for govt. mismanagement
Monday, 17 July 2000, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders are paying for the Government's poor management of the economy, National Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>
Airman's Body Should Come Home
Monday, 17 July 2000, 5:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The remains of New Zealand airman Arthur Round must be returned to New Zealand for a proper burial, National Defence spokesperson Wayne Mapp said today. More >>
Govt. letting some beneficiaries do nothing
Monday, 17 July 2000, 11:05 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's letting some beneficiaries choose to do nothing by scrapping the work-for-the-dole scheme, National's Employment spokesperson Bob Simcock said today. More >>
Get On With Minerals Decision
Friday, 14 July 2000, 5:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government talks a lot about regional development and scientific research but is doing nothing when it comes to the crunch, Opposition Energy spokesperson Pansy Wong said today. More >>
Information Shows WINZ Split Ill-Advised
Friday, 14 July 2000, 5:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
"A dump of Ministerial papers on WINZ late this afternoon shows the Government's swimming against the current with its push to separate the department into two sections," says National's Work and Income spokesperson Belinda Vernon. More >>
Government working up a sweat over imaginary foes
Friday, 14 July 2000, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Time and time again the Government has justified a clause in the Employment Relations Bill increasing the liability of directors, by saying it is aimed at "bad guy" employers who run sweatshops. More >>
Government's Decision Offensive To Common-Sense
Friday, 14 July 2000, 2:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has pushed ahead with a change to the Community Employment Group scheme - despite being warned the move was likely to set the "closing the gaps" agenda back by up to two years More >>
New website on Relationship Bill
Friday, 14 July 2000, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
You didn't know? Well, neither do they! That's because the Government is changing the rules. Check out the website: http://www.fairsplit.org.nz More >>
School Trustees & National launch anti-dope petiti
Thursday, 13 July 2000, 9:48 am | New Zealand National Party
School Trustees Association President Owen Edgerton and National's Education spokesperson Nick Smith today launched a nationwide petition to get cannabis decriminalisation taken off the agenda. More >>
Better prisons low priority on Robson's agenda
Thursday, 13 July 2000, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party
Matt Robson's statement that he will resign if privately managed prisons perform better than those run by the state gives hope to all New Zealanders, National's Justice spokesman Tony Ryall said today. More >>
Wilson will marry more people than Reverend Moon
Thursday, 13 July 2000, 8:49 am | New Zealand National Party
National's campaign to inform New Zealanders about the pitfalls of the changes to Matrimonial Property legislation has been stepped up with the launch of a website and a planned nationwide tour, says National's Womens Affairs spokesperson Anne Tolley. More >>
Bumbling kills off possibility of eradication
Wednesday, 12 July 2000, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Misguided bumbling by an incompetent minister has seen the prospect of eradicating the varroa mite slip through the Government's fingers," National's David Carter said today. More >>
Double whammy for electricity users
Wednesday, 12 July 2000, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Small electricity users have been hit by a double whammy with TransAlta's fixed charge hike and confirmation that line companies are over-charging their customers by about $200 million a year, National Energy spokesperson Pansy Wong said today. More >>
