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Government should stump up for IHC support
Friday, 8 October 2010, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party believes that Government should stump up the cash needed so that IHC can afford to pay its night workers sleepover back pays. More >>
Alliance Party slams GST rise, calls for new tax
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 5:34 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says raising GST to 15% will hurt the majority of New Zealanders and cause financial stress and hardship. More >>
Labour's new GST policy a "wilted vegetable"
Monday, 27 September 2010, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
"Timid" is how Alliance Party co leader Kay Murray describes Labour's announcement that they will remove GST from fresh fruit and vegetables. More >>
National MPs should pay more attention
Friday, 17 September 2010, 11:07 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party is supporting New Zealand’s teachers and has called on the Ministry of Education to return to the bargaining table with with an offer that will improve the learning conditions of New Zealand’s youth and not undermine teachers in their ... More >>
Alliance Party backs workers rallies this weekend
Friday, 20 August 2010, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says all New Zealand workers should support rallies this weekend protesting the National Government's attacks on employment laws. More >>
Welfare Working Group declares war on disabled
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 10:07 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party disability issues spokesperson Chris Ford says the Welfare Working Group and the National Government are intending to declare war on disabled beneficiaries. More >>
Welfare working group expensive make work scheme
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 10:04 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says about the only positive thing to come out of the Welfare Working Group so far is that it has provided the eight members of the group and their support crew with well paid jobs for most of the year. More >>
Was NZ's UN vote flop due to privatization plans?
Friday, 30 July 2010, 5:53 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has criticized a decision by New Zealand delegates at the United Nations to abstain from a vote to have safe drinking water and sanitation recognized as a basic human right. More >>
National and Labour singing the same old economic
Friday, 30 July 2010, 10:10 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says National and Labour are squabbling over meaningless details of economic policy while the gap between wage rates in New Zealand and Australia grows larger. More >>
Nats Employment Changes Will Hurt Workers
Saturday, 24 July 2010, 10:33 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
John Key's attempt to sell the 90 day trial period as an act of kindness to "help" the jobless into work should be treated with contempt, says the Alliance Party. More >>
Taihape situation shows dangers of private health
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The failure of Otaihape Health Trust to manage its budget shows the danger of relying on private providers to service New Zealand's health needs, says Alliance Party Health Spokesperson Tom Dowie. More >>
Workers must fight back against Nats attacks
Friday, 16 July 2010, 9:36 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party says John Key's announcement of attacks on working New Zealanders and their unions must be resisted. More >>
Rail Campaign Meeting Attracts Positive Response
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 4:16 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
A public meeting in South Dunedin to support the campaign to build new trains for Auckland in New Zealand workshops attracted around 50 people last night.The message they heard was that Dunedin people will have to fight to make it a reality. More >>
Campaign to build trains in Dunedin
Friday, 2 July 2010, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The campaign by rail workers to get new trains for Auckland built in New Zealand workshops is pushing ahead with a public meeting to be held in South Dunedin. More >>
"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 >>
