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Call For Labour To Enter Australian IR Debate
Monday, 18 July 2005, 11:12 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The Government must enter the debate in Australia in support of the Labour movement there as John Howard’s right wing Government brings in legislation to attack wage levels in Australia,” said Paul Piesse, co-leader of the Alliance party today. This ... More >>
Govt Underfunds Health Board For Liveable Wage
Monday, 11 July 2005, 9:56 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The Government must move immediately to fund the Canterbury District and other Health Boards so they can pay a minimum health wage of $15 per hour,” said Paul Piesse, co-leader of the Alliance party today. More >>
Alliance tax favours pensioners, beneficiaries,
Monday, 11 July 2005, 9:54 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance wants to restore a fair tax system based on ability to pay. Alliance tax expert Professor Jim Flynn says under the Alliance policy, the first $10,000 of income will be tax free. This applies to everyone, but it would most benefit those ... More >>
Alliance will follow ARC de-privatisation example
Thursday, 7 July 2005, 2:20 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The Alliance will follow the example of the ARC in central government if elected. We will de-privatise the operation of the railways, and the electricity generation and supply industry,” said Mr Richards. “Telecommunications, transport, energy, and ... More >>
OECD report sets agenda for big business
Tuesday, 5 July 2005, 10:04 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The OECD reports that while the New Zealand economy has strengthened in recent years, it suffers from a lack of "flexibility" in the labour market. More >>
Dedicated Health Tax Needed Despite "Surplus"
Monday, 4 July 2005, 9:54 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The Alliance would push for a targeted increase in health funding through a dedicated health levy of 1%, which would add around $900 million to Vote Health - and allow health workers to be paid a liveable wage,” said Paul Piesse, co-leader of the Alliance ... More >>
Australian Unions Give Foretaste To National
Monday, 4 July 2005, 9:52 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The National Party can look across the Tasman as Australian Unions rallied and took strike action last week, to see what the reaction from workers in New Zealand would be to their industrial relations proposals involving more cuts to liveable wages,” ... More >>
NZ Workers Must Support Australians In Fight
Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 8:31 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The New Zealand Alliance Party is calling on New Zealand workers to support the Australian Unions’ week long campaign of action against John Howard’s Government which is planning to introduce the ‘New Zealand Disease’ from 1 July,” said Paul ... More >>
NZ Government Should Offer Refuge To Zimbabwean
Wednesday, 29 June 2005, 8:30 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“Tony Blair’s right wing Labour Party in Britain is preparing to deport Crespen Kulingi, curently imprisoned in a UK Detention Centre, back to Zimbabwe,” said Paul Piesse, co-leader of the Alliance party today. “Once he is back there, Mugabe’s murderers ... More >>
Howard’s Reforms Aim To Slash Minimum Wage
Monday, 27 June 2005, 9:24 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The New Zealand Alliance Party strongly supports the Australian Unions’ fight to stop John Howard using his majority in both Houses of Parliament to freeze and then cut the minimum wage in that country from 1 July,” said Paul Piesse, co-leader of ... More >>
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 9:21 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Criminal Proceeds and Instruments Bill introduced in Parliament yesterday is a gross violation of the principles of justice and does not address the real issue of how to stop gang-related crime, says the Alliance. More >>
Govt Should Axe Managers Not Workers
Monday, 20 June 2005, 9:18 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The Government warning that it is about to swing a very big axe into Christchurch Polytechnic and other tertiary institutions shows they are targeting the wrong group,” said Paul Piesse, Co-leader of the Alliance party today. More >>
Railway Station Meridian Ad Campaign Wasteful
Monday, 20 June 2005, 9:18 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“State power producer and retailer, Meridian huge advertisement on the former Christchurch Railway Station Clock tower is a gigantic waste of money when the SOE should instead be offering power at the cheapest rate,” said Andrew McKenzie, Alliance Public Sector ... More >>
Labour and National join forces to sell off NZ
Friday, 17 June 2005, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The ramming through of the Overseas Investment Bill under urgency late last night will allow multinational corporations and international financial instituions to buy up significant New Zealand assets with far too few effective controls on their ... More >>
School Sector Minimum Wage Needed
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 9:40 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Parents and children would benefit if the Government set a minimum wage of $15 per hour for school support workers, the Alliance says. More >>
Time to Take Transpower Back
Monday, 13 June 2005, 9:33 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“Recent information about State power generator Transpower’s dodgy market and tax manipulations reinforce our view that it is time to take Transpower back under an integrated model of public ownership and community control of the electricity market,” ... More >>
Alliance policies have improved lot of the poor
Friday, 10 June 2005, 9:37 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The reduction in poverty reported by the Government in the 2004 Household Economic Survey is largely the result of policy initiatives of the Alliance when it was in coalition with Labour. Alliance Co-leader Jill Ovens says income-related rents in ... More >>
Attack On Peters Won’t Shift Votes To Greens
Monday, 6 June 2005, 3:19 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The attack on Winston Peters by Greens leader Rod Donald was ill-judged and will not shift votes to the Greens,” said Paul Piesse, Co-leader of the Alliance party today. He was commenting on Rod Donald’s use of terms like Peters being 'a snake ... More >>
Health $15ph Minimum Wage Works in UK NHS
Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 10:42 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The Government must set and fund a $15 per hour minimum wage for health workers in hospitals and Non Government Organisation (NGO) health services to provide them with a liveable wage,” said Paul Piesse, Co-leader of the Alliance party today. More >>
Cut GST on Food, Electricity for Fairness
Monday, 30 May 2005, 9:43 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“A cut to GST alongside a rise in progressive tax for those on higher incomes and higher Government expenditure on health and education is the way to get a fairer society,” said Paul Piesse, Alliance Co-leader. He was commenting on the post Budget ... More >>
