David Seymour ACT Leader Yesterday Parliament had a constructive and sensible debate about my Regulatory Standards Member’s Bill. My Member’s Bill was drawn from the Ballot in April and is due to be debated in Parliament shortly. Ahead of that, Members of Parliament yesterday had an opportunity to
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has no plan to fix the severe labour shortage that is crippling New Zealand businesses and will see many more close their doors for good, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “Grant Robertson is sitting by idly and watching as unpicked fruit rots on the
It is very telling that Minister of State Services Chris Hipkins, speaking on behalf of the Justice Minister, would not express confidence in the Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt following the revelation that he donated $200 of taxpayer money to the Mongrel Mob, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Prisoners at Wellington Women’s Prison are reportedly ‘unhappy’ with the free dinner they get because it is served to them too early. “It seems we have entered the twilight zone when we are seriously entertaining the complaints from prisoners that their free
The Government’s sheer incompetence on rolling out saliva testing is staggering, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “In September last year the Government’s expert advisors told it to introduce saliva testing as soon as possible. Saliva testing is still a form of PCR testing, but the
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Public money shouldn’t be funding a Mongrel Mob Chapter that has had several of its members arrested as part of an international drug and crime ring. The Human Rights Commissioner needs to personally pay back the $200 that was forked out from
Taxpayers’ Union The Taxpayers’ Union is responding to reports that the Government has quietly changed the rules so that the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) will now pay Maori researchers 2.5 times the rate of non-Maori, while Pasifika academics will be paid two times the non-Pasifika rate. Union spokesman
First published 5 June 2019 A letter authored by Natural History Museum Head of Earth Sciences Prof Richard Herrington and fellow expert members of SoS MinErals (an interdisciplinary programme of NERC-EPSRC-Newton-FAPESP funded research) has today [5 June 2019] been delivered to the Committee on Climate Change The letter explains that
I am calling for the resignation of Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt following the news that he used taxpayer’s money to make a donation to the Mongrel Mob when he spoke at their gang pad in May, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “It is an incredible lapse
Never before released data shows there has been a huge increase in the number of people in severe need waiting for a state house, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. At risk applicants on the housing register are ranked on a scale of 1-20, with ‘A-20’ being the most
The Government must cancel its new procurement rules which could see contracts awarded based on ethnicity rather than the best person to do the job, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. The Government is rolling out a new procurement policy which means up to 5 per cent of
Dr David Cumin Free Speech Union Given recent confusion about what the proposed ‘hate speech’ laws mean, which appeared to even stump the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, the Free Speech Union has launched a vital tool for Kiwis to ‘check their speech’ at www.HateSpeechDetector.com The Union’
Councils should be worried by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta refusing to guarantee they won’t be forced into the new water entities, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “Despite saying from the start that the Three Waters reforms would be voluntary for councils, the Minister has repeatedly
The Government has tried to down play Minister for Maori Development Willie Jackson’s announcement yesterday as a simple consultation process, but in truth it is an indication of what is to come, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Minister Jackson has called the He Puapua report a ‘starting
Labour promised to deliver 10,000 new homes in three years, instead, they have delivered 1058. That means this Government, with 2660 new gang members since 2017, has managed to produce more new gang members than homes, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Gang violence continues to increase under
National is welcoming the news that two new oil and gas exploration permits have been granted, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “Labour’s banning of offshore exploration in 2018 came without warning and severely undermined industry confidence. “Such was the shock to confidence that in just
