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Labour, UF MPs urged not to gamble consciences
Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 4:14 pm | Green Party
The Green Party will not support the Responsible Gambling Bill when it comes back to Parliament for its second reading this afternoon as it goes nowhere near far enough to alleviate the community crisis caused by pokie machines. More >>
Greens welcome new Children's Commissioner
Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 3:04 pm | Green Party
Green Children's Affairs Spokesperson Sue Bradford welcomes the appointment of Dr Cynthia (Cindy) Kiro as the new Commissioner for Children. More >>
Greens reject American arrogance
Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 12:15 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke has rejected American claims that the nuclear issue is a relic of the Cold War. More >>
Terror bill undermines civil liberties, warn Green
Monday, 11 August 2003, 3:38 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is warning that New Zealanders' rights to protest and to strike could be threatened by provisions contained in the Counter-Terrorism Bill, which was reported back to Parliament today. More >>
Terror bill undermines civil liberties, warn Green
Monday, 11 August 2003, 3:38 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is warning that New Zealanders' rights to protest and to strike could be threatened by provisions contained in the Counter-Terrorism Bill, which was reported back to Parliament today. More >>
Most submissions on GE Bill say don't release GE
Sunday, 10 August 2003, 8:39 pm | Green Party
The overwhelming majority of submissions on the latest GE bill oppose releasing GE into the environment, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
NZ Must Put West Papua on Pacific Forum Agenda
Sunday, 10 August 2003, 8:38 pm | Green Party
Green MP Metiria Turei today urged the New Zealand Government to put the Indonesian military domination of West Papua on the agenda at next week's Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland. More >>
Race guilty verdict a disaster for all NZ events
Sunday, 10 August 2003, 8:37 pm | Green Party
The death of Vanessa Caldwell is a tragedy, but Astrid Christine Andersen's conviction for criminal nuisance is a disaster for all New Zealand events organisers and participants, Green MP and multi-sports veteran Mike Ward MP said today. More >>
Report on cannabis lays foundation for law change
Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:53 am | Green Party
The Green Party is confident that cannabis law reform is now inevitable following the Health Select Committee report into cannabis. More >>
Kedgley urges precautionary approach to vCJD scare
Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:53 am | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling for scrutiny of our BSE controls, in the wake of revelations that a Waikato man may be suffering from the related "variant" Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD.) More >>
Ban bad-food ads, urges Kedgley
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 3:32 pm | Green Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley has renewed her call for a complete ban on TV advertising of high-fat and high-sugar food aimed at children, in the wake of a report estimating 11,000 New Zealanders die needlessly each year through the effects of poor nutrition ... More >>
Eat smart live longer beats dying overweigh
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 3:00 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Mike Ward has rubbished claims that eating well costs too much, saying poor-eaters might regret subsequent poor health in later life. More >>
There's more than one way to kill a moth
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 2:48 pm | Green Party
Green MP Ian Ewen-Street is calling on MAF to learn from its Auckland mistakes and abandon plans for an aerial spraying campaign over Hamilton. More >>
NZ still has GE-free status worth protecting
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 2:45 pm | Green Party
The finding that Gisborne sweet corn was probably not contaminated with GE by cross-pollination here is welcome news, Green Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today, as it shows New Zealand still has a GE-free status worth protecting. More >>
'No go' areas raise ghost of Labour past
Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 4:12 pm | Green Party
The Government plan to draw up new 'no-go' areas for the unemployed is draconian, raising the ghost of Labour past, Green Employment Spokesperson Sue Bradford said today. More >>
Greens have no confidence in GE-irresponsible Govt
Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 3:04 pm | Green Party
The Government's fixation with lifting the GE moratorium in October means that the Green Party will express no confidence in it, during tonight's Budget vote. More >>
Government fails to make case for SIS credibility
Tuesday, 5 August 2003, 5:25 pm | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke today called for the SIS "secret file" on refugee Ahmed Zaoui to be either subjected to independent scrutiny or abandoned as being totally without credibility. More >>
Labour's lurch to the right on benefits alarming
Tuesday, 5 August 2003, 3:04 pm | Green Party
Labour's new jobs package is a massive lurch to the right, which unfairly blames and punishes beneficiaries, Green employment spokesperson Sue Bradford said today. More >>
Locke calls for inquiry into SIS
Monday, 4 August 2003, 10:32 am | Green Party
Green MP Keith Locke is calling for an inquiry into the way the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) gathers and presents information, in the wake of damning independent criticism of the way it "sexed-up" evidence against Ahmed Zaoui. More >>
Locke rejects 'secret trial' for Zaoui
Monday, 4 August 2003, 8:48 am | Green Party
Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke is calling on the Immigration Minister to abide by the decision of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority and allow Ahmed Zaoui to stay in the country. More >>
