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Alliance Asks What Price Low Food Costs?
Sunday, 6 September 2009, 11:24 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is questioning whether Foodstuffs affiliated supermarkets can offer lower prices because of inferior wages and conditions for distribution workers, as industrial action hits their outlets. More >>
Alliance says sleepover pay must be supported
Friday, 4 September 2009, 12:05 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says sleepover pay for community service workers in residential care facilities is being blocked by employers and lack of Government funding. Alliance Party disabilities spokesperson Chris Ford says if the organizations who employ these ... More >>
GST increase unfair for low and middle incomes
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 9:16 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says an increase in GST would hurt low and middle income earners. More >>
Alliance Party backs Telecom workers
Friday, 14 August 2009, 10:57 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is backing hundreds of telecom workers whose jobs and conditions are threatened through contracting out by Telecom. More >>
Dunedin City Council water plans
Monday, 3 August 2009, 11:32 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says proposals to push forward user pays water metering will unleash a torrent of resistance from angry Dunedinites. The Otago Daily Times today reported that Dunedin City Council has warned getting water for free is a concept the public ... More >>
Alliance: Extravagant spending hypocritical
Monday, 3 August 2009, 10:18 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says there is a culture of entitlement in New Zealand - amongst right wing politicians. ACT MP Sir Roger Douglas believes it his entitlement to be flown around the world on the taxpayer to visit his family. Deputy Prime Minister ... More >>
Alliance: Extravagant spending hypocritical
Monday, 3 August 2009, 10:18 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says there is a culture of entitlement in New Zealand - amongst right wing politicians. ACT MP Sir Roger Douglas believes it his entitlement to be flown around the world on the taxpayer to visit his family. Deputy Prime Minister ... More >>
Alliance calls for Minister to resign
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says the Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett should resign after releasing private details of income of two solo mothers who had criticized cuts to training allowances. More >>
Alliance offers a new home for Progressive members
Saturday, 25 July 2009, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party co leader Kay Murray says that with the announcement that the Progressive Party will no longer be contesting elections, the Alliance Party would welcome any Progressive's and others who do not wish to take Jim Anderton’s advice and join ... More >>
National's great sell off of NZ begins, again
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says that moves to loosen up New Zealand's already sloppy rules on foreign control of the economy would mean the future threat of further privatization and loss of assets. The Minister of Finance Bill English announced today it was going ... More >>
Power companies hit the jackpot – NZers pay
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 9:11 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says that electricity price hikes are continuing to surge above the rate of inflation, siphoning money out of consumers pockets as winter grips the country. More >>
Disability Support Service workers congratulated
Friday, 10 July 2009, 9:43 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has congratulated disability support services sleepover workers who have won an historic victory in being able to claim a minimum wage related pay rate when they undertake such shifts. More >>
Canterbury student levy blatant money grabbing
Friday, 3 July 2009, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party of New Zealand says the drastic increases in the student services levy about to be charged to Canterbury University students is a deliberate money grabbing tactic. More >>
Canterbury student levy blatant money grabbing
Friday, 3 July 2009, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party of New Zealand says the drastic increases in the student services levy about to be charged to Canterbury University students is a deliberate money grabbing tactic. “It is terrible that a public tertiary institution would increase ... More >>
Telecom and Vodafone mobile ripoff
Friday, 3 July 2009, 8:53 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party of New Zealand says the news that New Zealanders will have to wait years for Telecom and Vodafone to be made to bring down excessive mobile charges is a travesty. Alliance Communications and IT Spokesperson Richard Mitchell says ... More >>
National neglect early childhood education
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 10:01 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party of New Zealand says the Government's 1.95% funding increase for Early Childhood Education is a bad joke. Alliance Party Education Spokesperson Richard Mitchell says while any extra funding is useful, the amount provided by the National ... More >>
"Smart meters" being used for dumb reasons
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says big power companies should be required to install electricity "smart meters" that would help consumers, rather than introducing "dumb meters" to boost their own profits. More >>
National has no commitment to disabled NZers
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says Disabilities Minister Paula Bennett abandoning her post shows the lack of commitment of the National Government to disabled New Zealanders. More >>
Underfunding creating school fee mess
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance says it is wrong that underfunded state schools are taking on debt collectors to retrieve “donations”. Alliance education spokesperson Richard Mitchell says underfunding of schools is having a negative impact on the education of the children. ... More >>
Nat's container prisons an embarrassment
Monday, 29 June 2009, 12:01 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party Kay Murray says if the best shot from the National Government's Minister of Corrections Judith Collins to deal with the breakdown of society is to pack prisoners into metal boxes meant for transporting goods, then New Zealand has been brought ... More >>
