A key dental health promise from Labour during the election has been dropped in order to pay for its radical $486 million Health restructure, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Labour promised New Zealanders during the 2020 campaign that it would increase the amount people could claim for
The Government must explain why despite a significant increase in the number of people supported by Whanau Ora throughout COVID-19, no additional funding in Budget 2021 was provided, National’s Whanau Ora spokesperson Louise Upston says. “During COVID-19 Whanau Ora provided a range of critical supports to over
The Government has cut the Police Budget by approximately $90 million despite record growth in gang membership, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “This Broken Compass Budget has nothing in it for law and order even though Kiwis are expressing feeling much less safe in their communities and gun
Rather than abandoning social obligations on beneficiaries to send their children to school, we should be enforcing those requirements especially at a time when New Zealand is facing a truancy crisis, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “There has been an increase in the number of students not enrolled
David Seymour ACT Leader Thank you very much to the organisers of ACT’s 2021 rally. It’s great to be here with a crowd of 500 people. To Malcolm Pollock for his tireless work and Regan Pollock for hiring him out again, and the whole committee, thank you for
Good morning, delegates. It’s an absolute privilege to be speaking to you all here today as your leader. I’d like to acknowledge National Party President Peter Goodfellow, regional chairperson Andrew von Dadelszen, my fellow board members, my Central North Island colleagues, and all of you, the members of
Parents and teachers will be disappointed that in a Budget with about $15 billion worth of new spending, so little was devoted to pressing challenges in education, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “While a little bit of help was promised for Alternative Education and intensive support for children
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT Leader David Seymour has today announced a new Democracy Policy. This includes a new Member’s Bill which would introduce a four year term to Parliament from 2026, if the Government turns control of select committees over to the opposition. “We need to strengthen the
Budget 2021 showed little aspiration for the almost 200,000 New Zealanders without a job, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Hon Louise Upston says. “Many people are doing it really tough right now. More than 70,000 people have moved onto the Jobseeker benefit since 2017. More New
Thursday’s Broken Compass Budget has revealed the impact the Government’s decision to radically restructure our health sector will have on the health of all New Zealanders, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Labour has allocated almost half billion dollars to ‘begin the transition’ to its proposed
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust In the wake of the coward punch attack on Fau Vake over the weekend, a petition set up by the Sensible Sentencing Trust to bring in harsher sentences for these attacks has already reached well over eleven thousand signatures in less than
Ted Johnston Party Secretary New Conservative The Electoral Commission has impartially recommended a reduction of the 5% MMP threshold to 4%, to improve NZ’s voting system. Justice Minister Fa’afoi’s comment that it would have “significant implications,” amounts to tossing it away for another decade, much to the
Prime Minister’s Office Statement (Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser) The Security Cabinet, this evening (Thursday, 20 May 2021), unanimously accepted the recommendation of all of the security officials, the IDF Chief-of-Staff, the head of the ISA, the head of the Mossad and the head
Hamas continues to indiscriminately target civilian populations in Israel while using their own civilians as human shields. Their rockets have killed Israeli Arabs and citizens of Thailand and India who were residing in Israel. In addition, Hamas built an extensive underground tunnel network beneath civilian areas. This network allowed them,
Today’s Budget is an indictment on the Labour Government’s ability to deliver for New Zealanders, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “We are staring down losses for the next five years. We need a plan to grow the economy, to get us back in surplus sooner so
Today’s Budget lacks the plan and ambition this country needs to grow our economy and reduce the debt burden on future generations, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “This Budget is confirmation of Labour’s inability to deliver. There is nothing in it for middle New Zealand. “It
