One year before the health system restructuring even starts, the health system restructuring unit in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has already tripled in staff numbers, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions shows management staff numbers in the unit went
ACC Minister Carmel Sepuloni needs to front up to New Zealanders and explain what she’s doing to fix the failing Next Generation Case Management system, National’s ACC spokesperson Simon Watts says. “The Next Generation Case Management was touted by ACC as a way to increase productivity, save costs,
National Party The National Party is pleased to announce our members have elected Jannita Pilisi, David Ryan, Stefan Sunde and Sylvia Wood to the Board of the National Party, joining Peter Goodfellow, Rachel Bird, Matt Doocey and Hon Judith Collins in the Party’s leadership. The new National Party Board
It’s taken four years for Health Minister Andrew Little to recognise there needs to be some measuring and reporting on the performance of the health system, but indicators aren’t targets and will do little to improve health outcomes, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Holding DHBs
News that Refining New Zealand shareholders have voted to shift Marsden Point to an import only terminal adds further uncertainty to New Zealand’s energy future, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “In four short years, Labour has upended New Zealand’s energy security and created an
New Zealanders could miss out on half a billion dollars’ worth of travel credits and refunds if changes to the Consumer Travel Reimbursement Scheme aren’t made, National’s Commerce and Consumer Affairs spokesperson Todd McClay says. Mr McClay has written to Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark on
While the rest of the world orders hundreds of millions of extra Pfizer doses for 2022 and 2023 to be used as ‘booster’ shots, New Zealand hasn’t bothered, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Answers to written questions reveal that ‘decisions are yet to be made’ regarding whether
Documents released to National reveal Treasury unambiguously told the Finance Minister the Car Tax shouldn’t be implemented, but the Government ploughed ahead with the policy anyway, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. The documents outline a long list of concerns the Government’s lead economic and fiscal advisor had
Wednesday, Government Labour Party members, the Green Party and the Maori Party voted down my motion in the Maori Affairs Select Committee that the Committee receive a briefing on the He Puapua report from its authors, National’s Treaty Negotiations spokesperson Joseph Mooney says. “A Declaration Working Group (DWG) was
The Labour Government’s interest deductibility change is another broken tax promise that will cost mum and dad property investors $800 million, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. Budget documents released today show that Treasury estimates the revenue gain would be $800 million. “The Government claimed that removing the
Health Minister Andrew Little can’t blame Covid for the shocking number of Kiwis overdue for specialist medical assessment and treatment because these wait lists had already blown out well before 2020, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. We have targets to make sure Kiwis are receiving their first
A change in the law which would see the law changed so that Kiwis can have their unfunded chemotherapy drugs administered in DHBs with the cost covered is a sensible move and should be supported by all of Parliament, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Currently unfunded cancer
While the number of broken promises that the Government has made to New Zealanders adds up, so too does the amount it is spending on communications staff, National’s Public Service spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. Under Labour, the wage bill for communications staff in the public sector has increased by
Free Speech Union Jonathan Ayling Campaign Manager for the Free Speech Union Openly taking down an ad because of who says something, not what it says, is aiding bigotry, plain and simple” says Jonathan Ayling, Campaign Manager for the Free Speech Union. At the heart of freedom of speech is
The proposed removal of specialised commerce subjects at NCEA Level 1 is going to leave Kiwis without strong financial and economic literacy, National MPs Todd McClay and Paul Goldsmith say. Today Mr McClay will accept a petition urging the Government to reverse its decision to remove the specialised economics, business
Labour’s grand plan to have a commuter line between Hamilton to Auckland is racking up huge costs at the taxpayer’s expense, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Latest figures on the use of the train show passengers dropping to an average of 30 people per trip. With
