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SIS bungling "inhumane"

Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 5:40 pm | Green Party

"The SIS have lost and found tapes, kept from Mr Zaoui the accusations against him, and provided biased and misleading documents to the Refugee Status Appeals Authority," said Green MP Keith More >>

GE Salmon legal action dropped

Monday, 8 December 2003, 4:42 pm | Green Party

Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has announced the PR firm Communications Trumps (now known as Four Winds Communications) has today dropped the legal action it brought against her in 1999. More >>

Education should not just be a man's world

Monday, 8 December 2003, 4:41 pm | Green Party

Green MP Nandor Tanczos has urged the Government to rethink its devotion to student loans in light of today's decision by the Human Rights commission to accept a claim by university students that the scheme is discriminatory against women. More >>

Govt surrenders $200m industry to Australia

Monday, 8 December 2003, 11:29 am | Green Party

The Health Minister has effectively given Australia control of New Zealand's $200 million dietary supplements industry, Green MP Sue Kedgley charged today. More >>

The SIS, Lies And Videotape

Monday, 8 December 2003, 9:52 am | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke is calling for an inquiry into SIS and police mishandling of the Ahmed Zaoui investigation, following the revelation that a significant portion of audio from an interview with Mr Zaoui had gone "missing". More >>

Star Wars kills-off Anzac spirit

Friday, 5 December 2003, 2:25 pm | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke says New Zealand will have to review its defence relations with Australia in the light of the Howard government's commitment to America's "Star Wars" programme. More >>

Ward flattened by Trent's bulldozer

Friday, 5 December 2003, 1:03 pm | Green Party

Green MP Mike Ward said today that a visit from a Tasman District Council compliance officer might not be enough to dissuade American property developer Alan Trent from carving up the countryside - but confiscating his bulldozer would. More >>

'No-go zones' are economic segregation

Friday, 5 December 2003, 12:33 am | Green Party

The imminent establishment of no-go zones for beneficiaries raises disturbing questions, says Green MP Sue Bradford. More >>

Government jumps the gun on year-long inquiry

Thursday, 4 December 2003, 4:43 pm | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley says it is scandalous that the Government is to completely ignore the findings of a Select Committee inquiry into how to regulate dietary supplements. More >>

Back to school for Nandor?

Thursday, 4 December 2003, 2:33 pm | Green Party

Green MP Nandor Tanczos accepted a challenge last night from Wellington College principal Roger Moses to meet him and other principals to discuss cannabis law reform. More >>

Trevor Gives A Lesson In Union Busting

Thursday, 4 December 2003, 1:07 pm | Green Party

Union-busting strikes again as Education Minister Trevor Mallard attempts to give Government the power to suspend and dock the pay of striking teachers, Green MP Metiria Turei said today. More >>

Greens welcome workers' Christmas present, if late

Thursday, 4 December 2003, 11:06 am | Green Party

Green MP Sue Bradford welcomed proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act announced today, saying that it represents "a Christmas present, three years late, but nevertheless warmly welcomed by workers." More >>

Greens Question Waitaki Plan

Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 4:36 pm | Green Party

The Green Party is supportive of Government attempts to establish a framework for allocation of Waitaki River water, but concerned that the process could be just an elaborate way to rubber-stamp the Project Aqua power scheme. More >>

Greens Welcome A Breath Of Fresh Air

Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 4:31 pm | Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley is predicting the passing later today of the Smokefree Environments Amendment Bill will lead to a regeneration of New Zealand's café, bar and restaurant scene. More >>

Government Acknowledges Zaoui Law Needs Review

Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 2:01 pm | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke has welcomed the acknowledgement from Minister for Immigration Lianne Dalziel today that there are flaws with the Immigration Act that need addressing. More >>

Russian Winter Won't Freeze Kyoto

Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 11:12 am | Green Party

The Green Party is urging the Government to ignore vague warnings from Moscow on ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, and to re-double its own efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. More >>

Clark Not Impotent, Greig Could Be Outski Tomorrow

Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 5:18 pm | Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke says the Prime Minister could act to remove the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. "She is playing with words by saying she does not have the power to remove him," said Green Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Mr ... More >>