Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Justice, SOE, Treaty Negotiations & Media and Comms. Authorised by P Goldsmith, Parliament Buildings, Wgtn.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

We have set 2 new Government Targets on law & order.

1. 20,000 fewer people who are victims of an assault, robbery, or sexual assault by 2030.
2. 15% reduction in the total number of children and young people with serious and persistent offending behaviour by 2030.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

Since 2022, we have been fundamentally opposed to Labour’s hate speech changes that would bring a significant reduction in free expression and free speech.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

I’ve instructed the Law Commission to stop all work on hate speech legislation.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

Today we put an end to the cottage industry of Section 27 Reports costing the taxpayer millions with no benefits to the real victims of crime. An important step forward towards restoring law and order.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

We're changing the law to give greater weight to gang membership as an aggravating factor at sentencing. Enabling courts to impose more severe punishments.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

Victims are our priority, not offenders.

That's why we're removing government funding for Section 27 reports, and have scrapped Labour's prison reduction target.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

This election, you have a clear choice between a tough on crime National-led Government that will take urgent action to ensure our communities are safer or three more years of a Labour-led Coalition of Chaos cosying up to the gangs.

[Simeon Brown @SimeonBrownMP]

#REVEALED The Ministry of Pacific Peoples spent almost $53,000 on four Budget 2023 breakfast events promoting labour MP’s at a cost of $76 per person who attended.

More extravagant Govt spending by labour - with taxpayers money being used to promote Labour MP’s in election year.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

Real consequences for crime: https://t.co/AC7BJa2GJY

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

Labour’s overriding justice approach to reduce the prison population, without reducing violent crime, has failed.

National will unashamedly make public safety and victims the priority of the criminal justice system.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

National will unashamedly make public safety and victims the priority of the criminal justice system.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

Alarm bells ringing on home detention breaches.

Because Labour's only law & order target is reducing the prison population, we're seeing more people with convictions for serious violence or sexual offences on home detention.

https://t.co/IqgYb1RzNC

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

@SimeonBrownMP It was Slapstick comedy

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

I'm calling on the new Justice Minister to abandon Labour’s target to reduce the prison population by 30%.

Their priority has to be reversing the 33 per cent increase in violent crime under Labour. That starts with removing the target of reducing the prison population.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

After six years in power, Labour has finally accepted that its soft-on-crime approach has failed.

The Prime Minister blamed society: it’s not society’s fault. We need to restore personal responsibility and end Labour’s culture of excuses.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

Kiri Allan seems confused as Chris Hipkins on new justice policy - said in House it was cabinet decision to create a new offence punishable for 10 years for those using young people to commit crime - except it didn’t. Made it an aggravating factor in Sentencing Act. Confusion!

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

National will limit sentence reductions, introduce a young serious offender category, boot camps and grant Police new powers to disrupt gang activities. Restoring law and order will be a top priority for us.

https://t.co/ILBP6boJX7

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

Despite the PM admitting the number of ram-raids has exploded under Labour, it is still refusing to impose real consequences.

Instead of boot camps as National has proposed, it’s playtime for ram raiders. What Labour did not say is whether KFC will be provided.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

@nzbenedict Whether it is Ministers or their appointees, Labour is failing to manage conflicts of interest, meaning New Zealanders are losing trust and confidence in government.

All information related to the conflict must be disclosed in order to maintain the confidence of the public.

[Paul Goldsmith @PaulGoldsmithMP]

Labour's inaction and hand-wringing has allowed criminal brazenness to take hold to the extent that a gang has now shut down a town.

National will give Police the power to issue dispersal notices to stop gang members gathering in public where they intimidate, threaten & assault.