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"A budget of very little brain."

Friday, 29 May 2009, 12:36 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Economic Development spokesperson Quentin Findlay says Bill English's 2009 Budget is a 'Winnie the Pooh' budget - "a budget of very little brain". More >>

Barren budget burns off John Key's teflon coating

Friday, 29 May 2009, 12:34 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party has hammered today's "barren budget." Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says the National Party sold itself on election promises like tax cuts it knew it could never keep. More >>

Dairy debacle result of free trade obsession

Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party says that the National Government and Labour opposition should "get off the grass" with their pathetic response to the collapse of free trade in dairy products with the USA. More >>

Shocking electricity rip off continues

Friday, 22 May 2009, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party says electricity generators have been given a license to print money as freezing winter weather pushes up peoples power bills. More >>

Alliance says LWR workers should get a better deal

Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 9:15 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says it is unacceptable that receivers have not guaranteed wages owed to laid off workers at the Lane Walker Rudkin factories in Christchurch, Greytown and Pahiatua. More >>

Banking Regulation needed now - action not words

Friday, 15 May 2009, 11:01 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Economic Development spokesperson Quentin Findlay says that Finance Minister Bill English should stop talking and start acting to regulate banks to curb excessive profiteering. More >>

Tax think tank wants to make life harder

Sunday, 10 May 2009, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray has congratulated Gareth Morgan, a member of the government’s “high powered tax think tank”, on raising the issue of a capital gains tax (Dominion Post, Saturday 9 May 2009). More >>

Air NZ management deserve to be "cleaned out"

Thursday, 7 May 2009, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party is supporting locked out flight attendants employed by Air New Zealand subsidiary Zeal 320 Ltd. More >>

Give Boot Camps the Boot

Monday, 4 May 2009, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party says the National Government's plan to blow $35 million on boot camps is money down the drain for taxpayers, as it will do nothing for at risk youth and may even make things worse for them. More >>

Alliance calls for public ownership for LWR

Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:40 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party says the Government should take ownership of the Lane Walker Rudkin (LWR) Factory in Christchurch to prevent a disastrous loss of hundreds of jobs. Alliance Economic Development Spokesperson Quentin Findlay says it is vital that jobs and ... More >>

Alliance condemns withdrawl from racism conference

Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party condemns the government's decision to boycott the United Nations conference on Racism. Alliance Party co leader Kay Murray says New Zealand should have attended the conference and engaged in constructive debate on the issue of combating ... More >>

National's lack of action means more unemployed

Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Economic Development Spokesperson Quentin Findlay said the National Government's employment strategy was "sinking fast" with the news that while 117 jobs had been saved, unemployment had increased by 17,000 in the last year. More >>

Roy's rent-a-military-base scheme a bad joke

Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 12:03 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Party defence spokesperson Tom Dowie says a Government proposal considering selling military bases and leasing them back from the private sector would be "hilarious if it was not serious." More >>

Global week of action for free education

Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 9:23 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party has thrown its support behind this week's "Reclaim your Education - Global Week of Action 2009." Alliance Party education spokesperson Richard Mitchell says the Alliance supports the idea that education should be free. "It's been a cornerstone ... More >>

Lack of school funding pressuring poor communities

Monday, 20 April 2009, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Party education spokesperson Richard Mitchell says that it comes as no surprise that funding has been identified as the single biggest issue by parents, teachers, principals and school boards in a recent NZCER report. More >>

OECD solutions recipe for disaster for New Zealand

Monday, 20 April 2009, 10:12 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party says a new OECD report on the New Zealand economy got one thing right and pretty much everything else wrong. More >>

Greens deal with Nats "political toxic sludge"

Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party says the Green Party has betrayed its commitment to fighting for a sustainable and just world by signing a memorandum of understanding with John Key. More >>

Alliance Backs Calls for Managed Exchange Rate

Tuesday, 7 April 2009, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Economic Development Spokesperson Quentin Findlay supports calls by BERL senior economist Ganesh Nana for such an action which Mr Findlay says would be a "return to economic sanity" as the New Zealand dollar reached a 12 week ... More >>

Alliance backs calls for mortgage help for jobless

Monday, 6 April 2009, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party is backing calls for banks to give a break to struggling borrowers who lose their jobs. More >>

Tax cuts leave struggling NZers out in the cold

Thursday, 2 April 2009, 4:25 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance says National’s tax cuts are a complete fiasco that punish the poor and starve the nation of vital social spending. Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says anyone earning under $24,000 misses out completely. “People on this income ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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