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Govt breaks health election promises
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 5:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Government has broken its health election promises, " Opposition Health spokesperson Wyatt Creech said today. More >>
A let-down for NZ families and businesses
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders have been given a history lesson rather than a look at the future in this Budget, Acting Leader of the Opposition Wyatt Creech said today. More >>
What a lot to spend on a boring Budget
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Considering the money the Government has spent, this a boring Budget that won't mean anything for most New Zealanders, Opposition Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>
Mallard resorts to Muldoon tactics
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 8:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman Nick Smith is astonished that Education Minister Trevor Mallard is going to punish schools because they did not take heed of his statements when he was in Opposition. More >>
Budget Test Of Growth Forecasts
Wednesday, 14 June 2000, 5:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
One of the tests for tomorrow's Budget will be the credibility of the underlying economic assumptions, Opposition Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>
Plea For Tattoo (Parental Consent) Bill
Wednesday, 14 June 2000, 5:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Social Services select committee ignored the pleas of many parents when it recommended that my private members bill not proceed," says Eric Roy, National List MP for Southland. More >>
National MP's discrimination claims wrong
Wednesday, 14 June 2000, 4:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's policy on Working Holiday Visas does not discriminate against Pacific peoples as claimed by the National MP Arthur Anae, the Minister of Immigration, Lianne Dalziel, said today. More >>
Government Must Stop Shielding Weak Ministers
Wednesday, 14 June 2000, 4:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
"If Margaret Wilson isn't willing to undergo scrutiny in the House on her performance then she shouldn't be in the job," says National's Industrial Relations spokesman Max Bradford. More >>
Another Pointless Reshuffle Harms Job Prospects
Wednesday, 14 June 2000, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Government's decision to move Community Employment away from WINZ must be viewed with a large degree of skepticism," says National's Social Services spokesman Bob Simcock. More >>
Policy discriminates against Pacific Islanders
Wednesday, 14 June 2000, 9:39 am | New Zealand National Party
"The Government's rolled out the welcome mat for young international visitors, but Pacific Islanders have been left out in the cold," says National MP Arthur Anae. More >>
Nothing In Inquiry For Consumers
Tuesday, 13 June 2000, 5:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
The need for a political compromise has robbed New Zealand consumers of the chance to pay less for their electricity, Opposition Energy spokesperson Pansy Wong said today. More >>
Electricity review will be a compromise
Tuesday, 13 June 2000, 8:51 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's Electricity Review has produced a muddled, half-way house that will satisfy neither consumers nor the industry, National Finance spokesperson Bill English said this evening. More >>
Statement from Wyatt Creech
Tuesday, 13 June 2000, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley will be off work this week after being admitted to Wellington Hospital suffering chest discomfort. More >>
Business initiatives re-wrap National's package
Monday, 12 June 2000, 5:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Since it has broken its own promises to business, the Budget's business initiative will be a creative repackaging of part of National's Bright Future package, National's Bill English and Max Bradford said today. More >>
Changes to ERB must be open to public submissions
Monday, 12 June 2000, 5:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Tonight's special meeting of Coalition Ministers to consider changes to the Employment Relations Bill must agree to another round of public submissions on the re-vamped Bill, Opposition Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
Reaheated Liberalisation Plan Won't Fool Anyone
Monday, 12 June 2000, 2:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Corrections Minister Matt Robson should stop obsessing about the rights of serious offenders and start thinking about the victims," says National's Corrections spokesman Tony Steel. More >>
Who's In Charge Of Prisons?
Monday, 12 June 2000, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Mr Robson can't say anything without being publicly hung out to dry by his senior colleague, Justice Minister Phil Goff. More >>
Govt needs balanced approach to crime
Monday, 12 June 2000, 9:54 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's new accent on a greater role for victims in the justice system is welcomed but needs to be balanced with a tougher approach to serious crime, says National's Justice spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Will Maharey walk the walk?
Monday, 12 June 2000, 9:47 am | New Zealand National Party
"Prior to last year's election the Minister of Social Services toured the country making promises under the banner of his Children's' Agenda. He promised to accelerate investment in Family Start and Social Workers in Schools. He promised to enhance ... More >>
Cabinet papers show tariffs frozen for politics
Monday, 12 June 2000, 9:45 am | New Zealand National Party
"Cabinet papers obtained by the Opposition reveal the decision to freeze tariffs was based on party politics and not on any analysis of the impact on New Zealand businesses and consumers," Opposition Commerce spokesperson Lockwood Smith said ... More >>
