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Key’s comments irresponsible and wrong
Wednesday, 16 December 2015, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Inflammatory claims by John Key that drug abuse is a major contributor to child poverty are not only wrong, but irresponsible, Labour’s Children’s spokesperson Jacinda Ardern More >>
Government spending money on lawyers instead of fixing homes
Wednesday, 16 December 2015, 10:33 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister Gerry Brownlee should be insisting that the Government owned insurer Southern Response uses funds to get people’s homes fixed and not go to court, says Labour’s Canterbury spokesperson Megan Woods. “The high number of legal challenges to the ... More >>
Surplus sideshow over, time for action
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Grant Robertson Finance Spokesperson 15 December 2015 Surplus sideshow over, time for action John Key and Bill English have delivered a jobless ‘recovery’ that has come and gone with unemployment expected to keep rising over the next two years ... More >>
Govt gets its way – phone line prices going up
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 11:18 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Consumers in rural and regional New Zealand are the biggest losers in today’s Commerce Commission decision to hike copper phone line prices, Labour’s ICT spokesperson David Parker says. More >>
Court changes must get Govt go-ahead
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 8:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to act on, not just consider, a recommendation from the Law Commission to establish a separate court for victims of sexual violence, Labour’s Associate Justice (Sexual and Domestic Violence) spokesperson Poto Williams says. More >>
Lotu Iiga must come clean on rumoured u-turn
Monday, 14 December 2015, 4:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to tell us the truth regarding the funding of the Pasifika Education Centre, says Pacific Affairs spokesperson Su’a William Sio. More >>
Frostbite for NZ on Air as frozen funding reality hits
Monday, 14 December 2015, 1:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
NZ on Air’s admission that its budget is under huge pressure will be a concern to New Zealanders already disturbed at the lack of quality local television programmes, says Labour's Broadcasting Spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>
Hospitals reduce doctor numbers as financial strain continue
Monday, 14 December 2015, 8:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Hospitals around the country are cutting back on staff as they continue to grapple with multi-million dollar deficits, Labour’s health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
National forget lesson of Serco circus in less than a week
Sunday, 13 December 2015, 7:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government's misguided ideological obsession with privatisation is continuing with the building of schools the latest target, despite the Serco circus this week, Grant Robertson Labour Duty Spokesperson says. More >>
Climate change positive for Pasifika
Sunday, 13 December 2015, 12:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Limiting global temperatures to 1.5 degrees is a welcome step towards ensuring the survival of the Pasifika’s most vulnerable nations, says Labour’s Pacific Climate Change Issues spokesperson Su’a William Sio. More >>
Climate change starts at home
Sunday, 13 December 2015, 11:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Paris has delivered a landmark agreement to cut emissions from 2020 sending a strong message that more ambition and action is needed to combat climate change, says Labour’s Climate Change spokesperson Megan Woods. More >>
ETS review a farce as Groser evades advice
Friday, 11 December 2015, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Secretary for the Environment has admitted that the Ministry for the Environment gave no advice to Tim Groser about excluding agricultural greenhouse gas emissions from the review of the emissions trading scheme, says Labour’s spokesperson for ... More >>
Food recalls shows need for stand-alone agency
Friday, 11 December 2015, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Food recalls shows need for stand-alone agency A record number of food recalls this year shows the urgent need to re-establish a stand-alone food safety agency, Labour’s Food Safety spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
High risk institutions tip of tertiary iceberg
Friday, 11 December 2015, 11:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Five high risk tertiary institutions are just the tip of the iceberg that is threatening the sector, Labour’s Associate Education (Tertiary) spokesperson David Cunliffe says. "After a real funding cut in Budget 2015, a massive transfer of resources ... More >>
Government must support Pacific spend on climate change
Friday, 11 December 2015, 10:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must support vulnerable Pacific island states who want to mitigate the damage from climate change, says Pacific Climate Change Issues Spokesperson Sua William Sio. “Tuvalu has had a bid for a US$100 million flood protection scheme ... More >>
Don’t rush into military commitment, warns Labour
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 11:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand should not rush into committing combat forces to Iraq, says Labour’s Defence spokesperson Phil Goff More >>
National needs to support rate cut with fresh ideas
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 9:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today's cut in the OCR needs to be supported with fresh ideas from the National Government to grow the economy, lower unemployment and lift incomes, says Labour's Finance Spokesperson Grant Robertson. “The fall in the OCR to 2.5% matches the ... More >>
Customs cost blowout skyrocketing
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 9:01 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Treasury says the cost blowout of the troubled Joint Border Management System is now closing in on $50 million and could rise to as much as $132 million over the life of the project, says Labour's Customs Spokesperson Rino Tirikatene. “Just ... More >>
Berry recall too late for Hepatitis A case no. 5
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The belated recall of imported frozen berries suspected of being contaminated with Hepatitis A came too late for the fifth New Zealander to be infected with the virus, Labour’s Food Safety spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Complacent National letting the economy drift
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English's disinterested and lacklustre performance at the Finance and Expenditure Committee this morning reflects National’s complacency as the New Zealand economy drifts into an economic malaise, says Labour's Finance Spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
