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Crucial Auditor General investigation welcomed
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 3:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Auditor General’s decision to investigate the Saudi sheep scandal is important, necessary and welcome, Labour’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson David Parker says. More >>
Contact bows to pressure
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Contact Energy’s decision to cut its pre-pay rates to be in line with its customers who pay monthly is good news and the company deserves credit for responding so quickly, says Labour’s Consumer Affairs Spokesperson David Shearer. More >>
KiwiSaver sign-ups continue to fall
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New KiwiSaver sign-ups in July were 45 per cent below the monthly average, despite John Key saying axing the kickstart “will not make a blind bit of difference to the number of people who join KiwiSaver”, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>
Landcorp sales will go to foreign investors
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 11:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government cannot let mismanagement of another State Owned Asset see large sales of productive farmland end up in foreign investors’ hands, Opposition leader Andrew Little says. “Just a week after Solid Energy went into voluntary administration ... More >>
Key must explain why Health and Safety Bill pulled
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 11:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key must explain why his Government is delaying the Health and Safety Bill when Pike River families have travelled to Wellington specifically to register their opposition, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “Yesterday afternoon John Key ... More >>
Backdown whiff in state house leasing option
Monday, 17 August 2015, 10:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English’s admission that the Government is looking at leasing large numbers of state houses to non-government providers has the whiff of a backdown, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. “This is an acknowledgement by Bill English ... More >>
Foreign investment must add real value
Monday, 17 August 2015, 9:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders must be told what value foreign investors are creating when they buy our productive land, Labour’s spokesperson on the Overseas Investment Office Stuart Nash says. More >>
Hypocrisy right under National’s noses
Sunday, 16 August 2015, 8:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s hypocrisy has been laid bare by its skyrocketing cost and number of staff in its Ministerial offices while it tells the rest of the country to tighten its belt, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Kris Faafoi says. More >>
Govt must learn Solid Energy lessons in Landcorp review
Saturday, 15 August 2015, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National must learn the lessons from Solid Energy’s final collapse this week and apply them to Landcorp, Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Housing crisis downgrade threatening banking sector
Friday, 14 August 2015, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The out of control Auckland housing market is now threatening the banking sector, with Standard and Poor’s downgrading the credit rating of our banks out of fear of the bubble bursting, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
DHB budgets not keeping up with emergency work
Friday, 14 August 2015, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
DHB budgets are not able to cope with rises in emergency department visits, putting patients at risk, Labour Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Good money after bad for failed experiment
Friday, 14 August 2015, 11:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National government are throwing good money after bad with their decision to pump even more funding into their failed charter school experiment, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
English admits responsibility for Solid failure
Friday, 14 August 2015, 9:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English has finally admitted he shares responsibility for the collapse of Solid Energy by encouraging the company to ramp up debt levels but it comes far too late, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. “On Morning Report Mr English ... More >>
National borrows Labour’s idea on Urban Development
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Associate Environment spokesperson Phil Twyford says he welcomes the Government's adoption of Labour's policy for a National Policy Statement on urban development, and has called on the Government to take up Labour's offer to work together on these ... More >>
Toothless OIO never refused a single farmland sale
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Overseas Investment Office has approved more than 290 consents from foreign investors to buy sensitive land in New Zealand, but has not turned down a single application says Labour’s Land Information spokesperson Stuart Nash More >>
Secret meetings to sell-off state houses
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is having secret meetings with groups interested in buying state houses and refuses to release the names of these organisations, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
Joyce's penny pinching dooms Generation Debt
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 12:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
NZ tertiary students have become Generation Debt after repeated penny pinching from a Minister who just does not care, says Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>
Abuse shows need for social worker register
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
More than 75% of publicised cases of abuse and misconduct by social workers were carried out by unregistered staff, proving the need for better oversight of those looking after our most vulnerable, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Carmel ... More >>
Solid Energy’s workers deserve more
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 12:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Solid Energy’s workers and the West Coast community face two more years of uncertainty with today’s announcement of the State Owned Enterprise going into voluntary administration, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Forcing amalgamation on democracies is undemocratic
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 11:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Forcing amalgamation on democracies is undemocratic A private member’s bill that would have put more democracy back into local council amalgamations was voted down in Parliament last night, says Labour MP Stuart Nash. “My private members bill ... More >>
