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Alliance Challenges Students With Alternative Aiew
Tuesday, 29 June 1999, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
APEC is in danger of being taken over by trade liberalisation evangelists, who refuse to face the facts that their policies have caused untold damage in New Zealand industries, businesses and communities, Alliance leader Jim Anderton has told an APEC Business ... More >>
Jim Anderton Speech To Employers
Tuesday, 29 June 1999, 4:23 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
I'm delighted to have the opportunity to speak to this Employers Federation conference today. More >>
Jim Anderton speech to Employers
Tuesday, 29 June 1999, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
I’m delighted to have the opportunity to speak to this Employers Federation conference today. More >>
Alliance wants ‘jobs fund’
Tuesday, 29 June 1999, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance will establish an Economic Development Fund to fund job-rich new developments in both the private and the public sector, Alliance leader Jim Anderton told an Employers Federation conference in Christchurch today. More >>
Alliance challenges students with alternative view
Tuesday, 29 June 1999, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
APEC is in danger of being taken over by trade liberalisation evangelists, who refuse to face the facts that their policies have caused untold damage in New Zealand industries, businesses and communities, Alliance leader Jim Anderton has told an APEC Business ... More >>
Government Bullies BIll Off Agenda
Friday, 25 June 1999, 5:35 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The majority of public submissions to the Select Committee support Paid Parental Leave, but Mrs Shipley's government has used First Past The Post bully boy tactics to sabotage what should have been an MMP process, Alliance spokesperson on workplace ... More >>
25,000 jobs lost though tariff reduction, axe to f
Friday, 25 June 1999, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance has released figures that show at least 25,000 New Zealanders lost their jobs as a direct result of tariff reductions since 1987. The jobs were lost in the industries the government has been claiming show the benefits of tariff reductions. More >>
'Truth In Sentencing Bill' cost $1/2 billion
Thursday, 24 June 1999, 5:36 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
New figures released today by Alliance spokesperson on justice, Matt Robson show that Act leader Richard Prebble would cost the country half a billion dollars to implement his Truth and Sentencing Bill. More >>
Government thinking about selling student loans
Thursday, 24 June 1999, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Education spokesperson Dr Liz Gordon today released Ministry of Education briefing papers saying 'securitisation' of student loans is 'an option'. More >>
Tax cuts mean job losses and falling GDP growth
Wednesday, 23 June 1999, 12:10 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Cold water has been poured on Act-National claims that tax cuts boost the economy. More >>
Government bows to pressure over licensing fiasco
Tuesday, 22 June 1999, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The government has been forced to re-think its muddled and unfair licensing legislation, but it's still a mess, Alliance spokesperson on Transport John Wright said today. More >>
Stop Wringing Your Hands, Vote For Parental Leave
Tuesday, 22 June 1999, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
"Im fed up with the hand-wringing from people who say they support Paid Parental Leave, people who know New Zealanders want it, know the government hasn't delivered it, know that we're open to discussion on our Bill, but won't use their negotiating ... More >>
Anderton meets Lockwood's challenge
Monday, 21 June 1999, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Responding to Lockwood Smith's challenge to name organisations where our free trade agenda is hurting our international reputation, Jim Anderton has named ASEAN and the WTO. "New Zealand is regarded with suspicion by members of ASEAN and Mike ... More >>
Kiddie lighters still on the shelves
Sunday, 20 June 1999, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Banned cigarette lighters are still easily available in most shops, and Alliance MP Grant Gillon is warning that a tragedy is likely to result unless the Government takes action to get them off the shelves. More >>
Alliance pledges full State Sector review
Sunday, 20 June 1999, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
A full review of the public service and the State Sector Act is being pledged by the Alliance in the wake of a series of scandals involving state sector management. More >>
Women Exceed Men at Uni, But Still Worse Off
Friday, 18 June 1999, 5:44 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The number of women at university has shot up, and yet they still earn less than men, get less returns for their tertiary education and take an average 34 years longer than men to pay off their student loans, Alliance spokesperson on education, Liz ... More >>
Investment deficit shows idiocy of asset sales
Friday, 18 June 1999, 4:26 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
A huge deficit in New Zealand's net investment income shows the idiocy of Government and Treasury claims that assets sales are good for the economy, the Alliance says. More >>
Balance of Payments deficit - consider tariffs
Friday, 18 June 1999, 12:33 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Any Government is going to have to look seriously at the use of tariffs to address New Zealand's serious chronic balance of payments deficit, Alliance leader Jim Anderton said today. More >>
Auckland amputees left in the lurch again
Thursday, 17 June 1999, 4:08 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The private company at the centre of a long-running controversy over inadequate amputee services in Auckland and Northland has announced it is ending its contract with the Health Funding Authority three months early. More >>
US lamb decision mocks NZ's tariff removal
Wednesday, 16 June 1999, 4:47 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance says US hypocrisy over New Zealand lamb imports highlights the flaw in New Zealand's reliance on free trade. More >>
