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Beehive must wake up to honey bee crisis
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 4:44 pm | Green Party
Unless we take decisive action to protect our bees, we could be faced with massive bee deaths, a horticultural industry in crisis, food shortages and escalating food prices. The honey bee is indispensable to our horticulture, our ecology and our economy. ... More >>
Bringing agriculture into the ETS - record Fonterra payout
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 12:39 pm | Green Party
Bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) sooner is fair, especially given the strong position of the dairy industry, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Statistics, hyberbole, and hypocrisy on the minimum wage
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 12:21 pm | Green Party
There has been heated debate in recent days about the effect of raising the minimum wage on employment. The Greens have long advocated raising the minimum wage to $15/hr, and it was included in the Green Party’s Alternative Budget Paper last week as ... More >>
Greens and Govt tackle toxic clean up and management
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 10:33 am | Green Party
The Green Party and the Government today announced a plan to better manage toxic sites in New Zealand, including an additional $9.9 million to clean up the Tui Mine site near Te Aroha. More >>
Public discussion on controversial file sharing legislation
Monday, 23 May 2011, 4:11 pm | Green Party
Green MP Gareth Hughes is hosting an online public discussion with New Zealand tech experts about the Government’s controversial “guilt-upon-accusation” file sharing law, on Wednesday. More >>
State housing budget slashed again
Friday, 20 May 2011, 3:49 pm | Green Party
John Key’s Government has again slashed state house funding at a time of dire housing need, said the Green Party today. More >>
More money for mining, drilling
Friday, 20 May 2011, 2:47 pm | Green Party
The Government’s large increase in funding to promote mining and drilling is a 19th century economic strategy that will take New Zealand backwards, said the Green Party today. More >>
Borrowing to pay for motorways is poor quality spend
Friday, 20 May 2011, 2:25 pm | Green Party
Borrowing to fund new motorways when oil prices are projected to stay high is fiscally irresponsible, said the Green Party today. Budget 2011 creates a borrowing facility of up to $750 million to pay for the Government’s Roads of National Significance ... More >>
Budget 2011: The courage to look at revenue
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 3:24 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is the only party that has the courage to say we need to increase Government revenue in order to reduce borrowing and avoid damaging spending cuts. It is responsible to raise revenue and short-sighted just to cut, borrow and sell, ... More >>
Greens: Budget 2011 lacks courage on revenue
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 2:38 pm | Green Party
The National Government’s refusal to raise revenue has left it with no other options but to cut, borrow, and sell in this year’s Budget, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More >>
Green Party: Alternative Budget Initiatives Audio
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 11:05 am | Green Party
John Key has signalled that this Budget is, and can only be about reining in spending through budget cuts. Lots of them. Some of them severe. But is this the only way forward from here? More >>
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
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 >>
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 >>
