Yesterday, the National Party held its annual conference.
[…] Luxon took aim at Labour’s handling of the economy, claiming the “taxing, borrowing, wasteful spending” had driven the current cost of living crisis.
He warned of the “coalition of chaos” – a term dubbed by National for the potential Labour, Green and Te Pati Maori alternative, already branded by party president Sylvia Wood as the “most far-left-leaning in New Zealand history”.
The party says its main focus is on crime and justice. National Party leader Christopher Luxon says violent crime has “increased by 33 per cent, retail crime has doubled and gangs are growing faster than Police.”
[Luxon] unveiled his party’s key law and order policies including limiting sentence discounts and scrapping cultural reports, redirecting the funding to victim support. […]
“We’ll also give more support to victims, put more focus on prisoners’ rehabilitation and drop the prisoner reduction target.” […]
It would also make gang membership an aggravating factor in sentences.
New Zealand Herald
Luxon also said National will bring back the “three strikes” policy and clear directions for judges to apply.
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