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No hiding another tertiary provider going belly up
Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 9:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"Cynically dumping news of the liquidation of rort-ridden Agribusiness Training Ltd (ABT) over a long weekend can't hide the fact that the tertiary sector is in a compliance crisis", Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson David Cunliffe ... More >>
Baa-d behaviour or a bit of a dag?
Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 9:26 am | New Zealand Labour Party
No matter how he spins it Steven Joyce will be a laughing stock over revelations of expensive repairs to model sheep roughly treated at a government department Christmas function, Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Clark says. More >>
Medical advice on obesity fails to tip scales
Monday, 26 October 2015, 10:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government snubbed advice from its chief child health adviser to set an obesity target in favour of soft pedalling in the interests of big business, Labour’s Acting Health spokesperson David Clark says. More >>
Medical advice on obesity fails to tip scales
Monday, 26 October 2015, 10:33 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government snubbed advice from its chief child health adviser to set an obesity target in favour of soft pedalling in the interests of big business, Labour’s Acting Health spokesperson David Clark says. More >>
Detainees isolated and desperate
Saturday, 24 October 2015, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders in Australia’s remote Christmas Island Detention Centre have spoken about the trauma of being locked up thousands of miles away from their families in a facility designed to house people considered to be a terrorism threat. More >>
Patients get sicker on ‘ghost’ waiting list
Saturday, 24 October 2015, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Jonathan Coleman owes an apology to tens of thousands of Kiwis who have been denied surgery assessments over the last five years, Labour’s Acting Health spokesperson David Clark says. More >>
Register urged for those with asbestos concerns
Friday, 23 October 2015, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling for Health Minister Jonathan Coleman to set up a register so that people who believe they may have been exposed to asbestos at Dunedin Hospital can be assessed and monitored if they wish. More >>
Disturbing report shows need for EPA Bill
Friday, 23 October 2015, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A landmark report on the state of the environment paints a disturbing picture and highlights the need for a private member’s bill that reinforces the role of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), says Labour’s Water spokesperson Meka ... More >>
Security guard’s death must lead to change
Friday, 23 October 2015, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Adding the security industry to the list of high risk industries under the Health and Safety Reform Act would be the best memorial for slain 22-year-old Charanpreet Singh Dhaliwal, Te Atatu MP Phil Twyford says. More >>
Labour Day tradition worth preserving
Friday, 23 October 2015, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
While Labour Day offers many working people a great opportunity to spend precious time with our families, there’s more to do before we can really celebrate about our rights at work again, Labour Relations spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says. More >>
Bloated uber-Ministry continues spend up
Friday, 23 October 2015, 9:22 am | New Zealand Labour Party
MoBIE is living up to its acronym with bucket loads of taxpayer cash being spent on media monitoring and news tracking services, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Kris Faafoi says. The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment has become a ... More >>
Government continues to hide over Canterbury legislation
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has again reduced the timeframe for Cantabrians to have their say, this time shortening the select committee process for the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Bill, says Labour’s Canterbury spokesperson Megan Woods. “Just as with the ECan ... More >>
55km Cable to Nowhere serves one customer
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 3:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A 55km Cable to Nowhere has been laid between Wairoa and Tuai to apparently serve just one company, while in many other regions there is limited rural internet access, says Labour ICT spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>
Catastrophe as Coleman’s complacency continues
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The discovery of dangerous levels of asbestos at Dunedin Hospital confirms everyone’s worst fears and should jolt Jonathan Coleman into action, Labour’s Acting Health spokesperson David Clark says. More >>
Questions remain over the Christchurch Regeneration Bill
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
While Labour will support the Christchurch Regeneration Bill at its first reading, a raft of questions remain, says Canterbury spokesperson Megan Woods. “This is an important measure for the city as it marks the first steps back from crisis government ... More >>
Minister sacks Ministry for rural broadband
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Amy Adams must start an independent technical audit of the delivery outcomes on the Government’s $300m rural broadband scheme after the Minister sacked the ministry responsible for its management, says Labour’s ICT spokesperson Clare Curran. More >>
Bennett resorts to snide attack on the vulnerable
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett is once again engaging in snide attacks on our most vulnerable citizens when under her Government more Kiwis than ever before are living in garages and campgrounds, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “The Social Housing Minister ... More >>
From Rock Star to Risk Watch in a year
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The same bank that labelled the New Zealand economy a rock star last year has now put New Zealand on risk watch – a striking failure of economic management from National, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson says. “This is a dramatic ... More >>
Ozone hole gases on the rise
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 11:31 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Two of the gases that deplete the ozone layer above New Zealand are on the rise, says Labour’s Environment spokesperson Megan Woods. More >>
Govt broadband scheme slammed by regions
Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s rural broadband initiative is failing the regions and prompting an outcry among local mayors, councils, National MPs, Fonterra and Federated Farmers, Labour’s ICT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
