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"Welfare Dependency" Hype Cynical Government Spin
Sunday, 13 June 2010, 10:27 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party co leader Kay Murray says she is sick to death of right wing politicians moaning about 'welfare dependency'. More >>
National Govt must be held accountable for rail
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 4:47 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says KiwiRail CEO Jim Quinn and the silent Minister of Transport Steven Joyce may not think New Zealand can handle such a large engineering contract as the building of Auckland's new electric trains – but New Zealand workers are ... More >>
NZ must condemn attack on Gaza relief flotilla
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 9:23 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says the Israeli attack on the humanitarian flotilla carrying aid to Gaza deserves international condemnation. More >>
National's budget "blueprint for social breakdown"
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
National's budget announced today is pushing New Zealand further down the road of inequality and social breakdown, says the Alliance Party. More >>
National look after their cronies with tax boost
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance says that National's proposed tax changes will take money out of the pockets of low to middle income New Zealanders in order to give people like John Key a handout of hundreds of dollars a week in tax cuts. More >>
Launch Of Campaign To Remove GST From Food
Sunday, 16 May 2010, 12:10 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party and Socialist Worker are jointly launching a nationwide tax campaign on Saturday 22 May. The campaign will champion tax changes that will benefit grassroots New Zealanders. More >>
Rail decision an indictment on Government
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 9:39 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has denounced the decision of Kiwirail management not to bid for the contract to build Auckland's new electric trains. More >>
No Hide(ing) from Water Privatisation
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance is 100 percent opposed to the creeping privatisation of local facilities, especially water, that is being promoted by Local Government Minister Rodney Hide. More >>
Free trade link in Govt attitude to rail purchase
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 11:19 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is asking whether the Government's obsession with free trade agreements is behind its refusal to support the manufacture of rail rolling stock in New Zealand by Kiwirail. More >>
ACC declares war on claimants
Monday, 26 April 2010, 11:17 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party believes that the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has declared war on scheme claimants in order to make it profitable ahead of possible privatisation. More >>
Wellingtonians get up to speed on political issues
Friday, 23 April 2010, 11:14 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is hosting a "3 speakers 3 issues" meeting in Wellington on Thursday 29 April. It's free and open to the public. More >>
Alliance backs IHC workers pay claim
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party wonders if IHC Chief Executive Ralph Jones actually knows what his frontline workers are paid. More >>
National's Anti-Social Policies Reason For Crime
Saturday, 3 April 2010, 12:50 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
A rise in crime rates of 4.6 percent, though not good news, should come as no surprise, says the Alliance Party. Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says National's failed, simplistic and cynical policies merely "slam the stable door shut after the horse ... More >>
NZ Must Take Firm Line In Peter Bethune Case
Saturday, 3 April 2010, 11:13 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says it is deeply disturbing that anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune could be jailed for up to 15 years in Japan. Alliance Party fisheries and maritime spokesperson Trevor Hanson says it's time for the New Zealand Government ... More >>
IHC sleepover staff not slumber party attendees
Monday, 29 March 2010, 9:38 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party today called on IHC to stop treating its sleepover staff like slumber party attendees by paying them a full hourly rate for each hour worked. More >>
Put the children first, Ms Bennett
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 3:26 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance asks whether the National Government wants seven year old school children coming home to a locked, empty house. More >>
Arrest of whaling activist a major incident
Monday, 15 March 2010, 9:47 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says the arrest and trial of Peter Bethune by the Japanese is a major diplomatic incident for New Zealand. More >>
National's Threat To Schools Must Be Stopped
Sunday, 14 March 2010, 10:26 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says a plan to have schools built and owned by private companies is shortsighted and full of potential problems. Official documents have revealed the National Government will announce the construction of a privately-built state ... More >>
Service cuts for elderly must be resisted
Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has joined calls from Age Concern and others to stop an Otago and Southland District Health Board move to scrap home help services for the elderly. More >>
Alliance To PM: What About "Jobs In Local Rail"
Sunday, 28 February 2010, 11:22 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance is backing a campaign by rail workers to have KiwiRail's new locomotives and wagons built in New Zealand. The Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) is using an open day at Hutt Rail workshops today Sunday 28 February 2010, from 11am ... More >>
