The Government is more focused on shuffling deckchairs than the critical health workforce shortage all DHBs are facing, National’s Associate Health spokesperson Simon Watts says. “New Zealand has a growing workforce shortage in our health system, some estimate it to be about 3500 workers across DHBs alone. As a
Robin Grieve farmcarbon.co.nz “The Climate Commission final report unfairly calls for the pricing of agricultural livestock emissions. “Pricing livestock emissions is grossly unfair and unjustified” Robin Grieve Chairman of Pastural Farming Climate Research said today. The Climate Commission in its final report is calling on farmers to be
Grant Robertson might need to take Budget 2021 back to the printers according to his fellow Minister Poto Williams, National’s Building and Construction spokesperson Tim van de Molen says. “When questioned about the Residential Earthquake-Prone Building Financial Assistance Scheme on the 3rd of June, Minister Williams claimed that eligibility
Adv. Nilesh C. Ojha National President Indian Bar Association indianbarassociation.in A legal notice is served by Indian Bar Association (IBA) upon Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO) on May 25, 2021 for her act of spreading disinformation and misguiding the people of India,
Today’s final report from the Climate Change Commission still leaves unanswered questions even through there has been some movement from the 70 specific policy recommendations in the draft advice, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “The draft report proposed measures like banning gas connections, which would have
The Government still hasn’t delivered any legislation to give police new powers to place Firearm Prohibition Orders against dangerous gang members, despite promising New Zealanders it would do so, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. Police Minister Poto Williams promised last month it would introduce legislation similar to
Helen Houghton New Conservative Education Spokesperson We are failing a generation of children in academics when schools are expected to address every social issue of the day. Many educators are fed up with the constant push to deliver more content that addresses sexuality over the critical sliding ranking of our
Confirmation that a million doses of the Pfizer vaccine coming in July removes the last remaining excuse for the Government’s pathetically slow Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, National Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Government said we would be at the front of the queue, but New Zealand is the
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust A parliamentary petition has been started gaining support to stop courts from using home detention or sentence discounts for serious and violent offences against children. “New Zealand’s justice system has completely lost its compass now seeing regular cases of serious child abuse
Ro Edge NZ Spokesperson Save Women’s Sport Australasia A petition is asking MPs to make Sport New Zealand consult with sporting associations, clubs and stakeholders on its draft guidelines that would see biological men play in women’s sport. Save Women’s Sport New Zealand spokeswoman Ro Edge says
Ro Edge NZ Spokesperson Save Women’s Sport Australasia Former Olympic champions and New Zealand representative athletes are calling on the Government to extend and widen Sport New Zealand’s consultation on the participation of transgender athletes in sport. The group of 43 athletes include former Olympians Barbara Kendall, Lorraine
ACT Party David Seymour ACT Leader “The ACT Party is congratulating the Ministry of Education for taking our advice and changing its policy to count school lunches going to waste,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT has repeatedly called on the Government to count how many school lunches are going
It is unacceptable that much-needed transport projects across New Zealand are being cancelled because Labour is pushing ahead with a half-baked add-on to the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Infrastructure spokesperson Andrew Bayly say. “Cancelling Mill Road will leave South Aucklanders fighting gridlock
When it comes to building a second harbour crossing, we should be doing it once and we should be doing it right, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “We should be thinking for the future and investing in a bridge that will support the needs of all Aucklanders in
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Official Information Act data shows there has been more ‘liquid-ecstasy drugs’ seized by Police and Customs in the first three months of this year than in the entirety of 2019. “The National Drug Intelligence Bureau released data to the Sensible Sentencing Trust showing
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon should go on a few ‘ride-along’s’ with frontline police so he can see first-hand how his continued criticisms and accusations of ‘racial profiling’ actually stack up, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “His suggestion that
