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Taxing capital gains essential to protect taxpayers & farms

Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 12:11 pm | Green Party

The absence of a comprehensive tax on capital gains allows some farmers to make huge untaxed profits while leaving other taxpayers to pay for government services like schools and hospitals, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>

Taxing capital gains protects taxpayers, family farms

Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 11:51 am | Green Party

Greens welcome broadband back down

Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 11:32 am | Green Party

National’s back down over the Ultrafast Broadband Bill is a win for New Zealanders but new public-private partnership provisions could cost taxpayers, says Green Party MP Gareth Hughes. More >>

Government announces privatisation of ACC

Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 10:54 am | Green Party

The Government's plan to privatise work coverage of ACC will undermine our world leading system and lead to more suffering for accident victims, said the Green Party today. More >>

Legislation Allows for More Snooping

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 4:36 pm | Green Party

The Security Intelligence Service (SIS) Amendment Bill contains insufficient mechanisms to control the misuse of the extensive surveillance powers it bestows on the SIS, Green Party security services spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>

Polluter subsidies blow hole in Budget

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 11:26 am | Green Party

Ahead of the Budget, the Green Party has asked why the Government is spending nearly a billion dollars subsidising polluters to pollute and destabilise our climate. More >>

Unlawful student loan changes in Budget?

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 10:33 am | Green Party

Changes signalled to the student loan scheme in Thursday's Budget will discriminate against older people and almost certainly breach human rights law, the Green Party said today. More >>

Kevin Hague to speak at ACC review conference

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 9:28 am | Green Party

Kevin Hague, Green Party ACC spokesperson, will speak at a conference on Reviewing NZ's Accident Compensation System tomorrow. More >>

Ultra-Fast Broadband Compromised by Legislated Monopoly

Monday, 16 May 2011, 4:51 pm | Green Party

The legislation set up to roll out ultra-fast broadband throughout New Zealand is likely to deliver broadband that is unaffordable for most people, the Green Party said today More >>

NZSAS Present 35 Times When Prisoners Taken

Monday, 16 May 2011, 11:35 am | Green Party

Green Party MP Keith Locke has received confirmation from the National-led Government that NZ's SAS combat soldiers were present on 35 occasions when Afghani prisoners were taken into custody and possibly handed over to units that use torture. More >>

Govt can address debt, economic transformation this Budget

Monday, 16 May 2011, 11:32 am | Green Party

The National Government can rapidly reduce record levels of debt while beginning the process of transforming the economy, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>

Right wrong on the youth minimum wage

Sunday, 15 May 2011, 4:16 pm | Green Party

Has the abolition of youth rates of pay had anything to do with the current record levels of unemployed young people today? Green MP and youth affairs spokesperson Gareth Hughes has done some research to show there is little correlation between ... More >>

Raise the minimum wage to help the Govt books

Sunday, 15 May 2011, 9:44 am | Green Party

The Government can make smart choices in next week’s Budget that raise hundreds of millions of dollars and deliver significant social benefits, the Green Party said today. More >>

PM needs to show leadership on Pike River body retrieval

Friday, 13 May 2011, 6:28 pm | Green Party

Following the news that a second body has been identified in the Pike River mine, the Green Party is calling on the Prime Minister to take the lead and provide certainty for families. More >>

Public denied say on dirty coal plans

Friday, 13 May 2011, 11:41 am | Green Party

Just as foremost climate scientist James Hansen arrived in New Zealand with a dire message about lignite coal, the Gore District Council decided not to notify Solid Energy’s resource consent for a pilot lignite briquetting plant, said the Green ... More >>

Greens welcome appointment of Roger Sutton to CERA

Thursday, 12 May 2011, 4:45 pm | Green Party

The Green Party today welcomed the appointment of Roger Sutton as the Chief Executive of the Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority. More >>

NPS REG could damn our pristine rivers

Thursday, 12 May 2011, 3:07 pm | Green Party

The Green Party welcomes moves to increase renewable electricity generation in New Zealand but has concerns that the National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation, which goes into effect tomorrow, will facilitate the development of environmentally ... More >>

Workers face wage cuts to pay for Kiwisaver changes

Thursday, 12 May 2011, 12:42 pm | Green Party

Workers look set to carry the full cost of changes to Kiwisaver after the Government removed rules requiring employers to share the costs fairly, said Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman today. More >>

Killer chemical needs urgent reassessment

Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 2:21 pm | Green Party

The lethal insecticide implicated in the recent Thailand tourist deaths was scheduled for “priority reassessment” in New Zealand before 2008, but is still in widespread use, said the Green Party today. Chlorpyrifos was identified as a priority for reassessment ... More >>

Vulnerable to shoulder costs of poor economic management

Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 1:47 pm | Green Party

Budget 2011: Vulnerable will shoulder costs of Government’s poor economic management. John Key has today signalled that middle and lower-income New Zealanders will be shouldering a disproportionate cost of the Government’s poor economic management, ... More >>

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