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John Key's Excellent Idea
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 9:16 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Prime Minister John Key is on record as saying he wishes he could raise the minimum wage to $30.00 "by this afternoon". What an excellent idea! Mr Key goes on to say that it is just a dream that couldn't possibly come true. But is it really? More >>
Alliance Backs No Asset Sales Actions
Friday, 26 April 2013, 11:19 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is backing the National Day of Action against Asset Sales this Saturday 27 April. More >>
Labour's warning to Mighty River investors needs some bite
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 9:22 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is pleased that Labour Party leader David Shearer has pledged to reduce the price of electricity if elected next year, and looks forward to details about how this will be achieved. More >>
Alliance says TPPA would lock in a corporate power grab
Sunday, 9 December 2012, 11:00 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says the TransPacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) could lock New Zealand into a future where economic and political decisions are made by and for a small elite. More >>
KiwiRail figures show Hillside closure a political decision
Monday, 26 November 2012, 9:07 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says the announced closure of Hillside railway workshops cannot be justified on cost grounds at the same time as KiwiRail is pumping cash into corporate salaries. More >>
Alliance says not too late to save Hillside
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 10:03 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is appalled but unsurprised at KiwiRail's announcement that they are to close Dunedin’s Hillside Workshops, making 90 workers redundant. More >>
Government "robbing Canterbury people of their democracy"
Monday, 10 September 2012, 11:30 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party Co Leader and former MP Kevin Campbell says the decision by the Government to keep Government appointed Commissioners in charge of the Canterbury Regional Council is a further blow for the spirits of the people of Canterbury. More >>
KiwiRail Not Just a Business but an Essential Public Service
Sunday, 2 September 2012, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
It is time to accept that rail is an essential public service, necessary to build communities and facilitate industries. Rail is there to serve the public good. It will never be a cash cow, according to Alliance co-leader Kay Murray. More >>
Can the Govt Guarantee Domestic Power Prices?
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 9:05 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The government says domestic power prices will not rise steeply if shares are sold in the three publicly owned power companies, but can they guarantee it? And what if they are wrong? This has the Alliance Party worried, according to co leader Kay ... More >>
Do Mum and Dad Investors Want to Profit From Other's Misery?
Sunday, 24 June 2012, 11:38 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party pleads with "Mum and Dad investors" not to buy shares in the electricity companies which the Government is putting up for sale, says Co-Leader Kay Murray. More >>
Alliance Warns Investors that Asset Sales Can Be Reversed
Sunday, 17 June 2012, 7:15 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
For the Alliance Party the Mixed Ownership Bill is a case of ground-hog day. The Alliance was formed to fight the privatization agenda of the 1980's and 1990's. "We find it profoundly depressing that this government is determined to repeat the failures ... More >>
We Can Afford to Pay Aged Care Workers a Decent Wage
Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 9:20 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance co leader Kevin Campbell says he is outraged at John Key's comment on Breakfast TV that the country doesn't have the money to pay aged care workers a decent wage. More >>
Immediate Action Needed on Care Workers Wages
Monday, 28 May 2012, 9:06 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party co leader Kevin Campbell calls pay rates for aged and disability support workers in New Zealand a national disgrace. More >>
Budget Not Building a Decent Future for All New Zealanders
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 9:35 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Recently elected Alliance Party co leader and former Alliance MP Kevin Campbell describes the 2012 budget as "hypocritical and disappointing." More >>
Alliance says prescription charge rise arguments don’t wash
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 9:37 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance says prescription charge rise arguments don’t stack up – it’s time for free healthcare! More >>
Student loans should be abolished says Alliance
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 9:49 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party co leader Kay Murray is disappointed that, in the debate over changes to the student loans scheme foreshadowed in the 2012 budget, no one has questioned the need for student loans. More >>
National Doesn’t Want to Pay for 26 Weeks Parental Leave
Sunday, 15 April 2012, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has come out in support of Labour’s attempts to increase the level of Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks but believes the National Government just doesn’t want to. More >>
Special Screening: HOME
Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The film HOME, by French aerial photographer, Yann Arthus Bertrand, is the story of life on Earth. It begins with its origins 4.5 billion years ago, and features the astonishingly rapid development of human society since our discovery of fossil ... More >>
Alliance Party says fund Green MP Mojo Mathers
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 10:28 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party says fund Green MP Mojo Mathers work technology, Mr Speaker! Alliance Party media release – For Immediate Release – Wednesday September 7, 2011 The Alliance Party today condemned Speaker Lockwood Smith and Parliamentary Services ... More >>
Alliance Party supports Ports of Auckland workers
Sunday, 12 February 2012, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has added its voice to the Maritime Union of New Zealand’s call for public support for Ports of Auckland workers to keep their jobs. More >>
