The handbrake applied by Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Government to mental health reporting is not good enough and warrants a decent explanation from the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “It is not acceptable that health officials have been working behind the scenes to sanitise and slow
A parliamentary inquiry would finally give a voice to the desperate migrants who feel unheard and ignored by Jacinda Ardern and her Government, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. National is calling for Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee to open an inquiry into the migrant issues created
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today the Government will try its usual trope that ‘we’ve all worked really hard, and Australian travel is a reward for our sacrifice,’ but the public should look right through them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A Government that treated New Zealanders like
The National Party wants to see the law changed so that Kiwis can have their unfunded chemotherapy drugs administered in DHBs and cover the cost of this, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “At the moment cancer medicines unfunded by PHARMAC can only be administered in expensive private
New Zealand’s confusing, outdated and inconsistent Easter trading rules should be reviewed, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “The rules are out of step with the world we live in. It makes no sense that some businesses can trade but others can’t depending on what they
ACT Party ACT Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Once again retailers and hospitality owners throughout New Zealand will spend Easter trying to understand why we still have the archaic laws that have no place in today’s society,” says ACT Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Business people across the country
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “Queensland has just given New Zealand a lesson in how to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 and lift a lockdown,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Part of the reason for success was metropolitan Brisbane’s ability to ramp up community testing. “A record
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “How astonishing that the Australian Health Minister finds himself having to defend his Government having only vaccinated 670,000 Australians when New Zealand has managed less than 10 per cent of that number,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This difference between Australia and New
Changes to benefit abatement thresholds aren’t enough to help struggling Kiwis get ahead, there needs to be a greater focus on supporting our beneficiaries into jobs, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “There are still more than 200,000 people on Jobseeker Support who don’t have
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Government’s introduction of a 39 per cent top tax rate is futile, punitive political theatre that rounds out a month of increasingly divisive governance,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “We want to trust our Government. It should be making New Zealand a
Labour has once again announced a future announcement, this time for light rail, after wasting almost four years on the project, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. “Transport Minister Michael Wood today says the Government is having a ‘fresh start’ on light rail. After spending three years and $15 million
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “Many New Zealanders will take just a second to acknowledge a minimum wage increase of $1.10 an hour tomorrow and move on, paying it little mind, but the reality for New Zealand small businesses is they need to find tens or even hundreds
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ACT Party ACT Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “Despite an announcement about plans for Auckland light rail being imminent, the fact of the matter is Aucklanders would still prefer better road connections in the city over a promise of light rail,” says ACT Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “There is a need
Newly released attendance data National has been calling for for months shows an alarming number of students don’t attend school regularly, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “We can’t improve student achievement if the kids are not at school. “In term one of 2020 only 50.5
Growing calls for a vote of no confidence in Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis by corrections officers should be making Mr Davis rethink his priorities in the portfolio, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “It’s no wonder corrections officers are quickly losing patience with Mr Davis, the Minister has
