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Brutal health cuts confirmed, crucial services suffer
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 7:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Chronic underfunding by National has seen the health budget slashed by $1.7 billion since 2010, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Dismantling Pharmac’s power a betrayal of NZ
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 1:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s National Government is betraying New Zealanders by trading away Pharmac’s long-term buying power, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. “Today John Key finally admitted that medicines will cost more under the TPP his Government is negotiating, ... More >>
Ministers failing women and their own targets
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 12:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New figures showing just five Ministers have met the Government’s own reduced targets for appointing women to state sector boards is evidence National is failing Kiwi women, Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
Meth ring under Serco’s nose
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The news that two Serco inmates have been arrested for helping to run a methamphetamine ring from prison should be the final straw and see their contract cancelled, says Labour’s Corrections Spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Charges up for some as funding up for grabs
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 7:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A proposal being considered by the Government would see some people having to pay more for health care and district health boards forced to fight amongst themselves to fund regional health services, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says More >>
Public Meeting this Friday over GMOs in Northland
Monday, 27 July 2015, 11:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The NZ Labour Party in Whangarei has organised a public meeting to discuss the very important subject of the real possibility of Genetically Modified pine trees being planted in NOrthland forestry plantations. More >>
Key is trading away New Zealand land and homes
Monday, 27 July 2015, 11:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key yesterday admitted what National dishonestly refused to confirm in Parliament last week – he is trading away New Zealand’s right to control who buys our homes and land, says Opposition leader Andrew Little. More >>
Nats miss another opportunity to fix housing crisis
Monday, 27 July 2015, 9:06 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National has missed another opportunity to fix the Auckland housing crisis, with nothing in John Key’s speech to tackle it, says Labour’s housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. “First home buyers are drowning under the ever rising tide of Auckland ... More >>
Razor gang takes scalpel to health
Monday, 27 July 2015, 9:04 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Plans by the Government to take a scalpel to democratically elected health boards are deceitful and underhand, coming just months after an election during which they were never signalled, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Labour will fix broken health and safety bill
Sunday, 26 July 2015, 11:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has heeded forestry widow Deborah McMillan's protest outside National’s conference today and is stepping in to fix the government's broken health and safety law, says Labour’s spokesperson for Labour issues, Iain Lees-Galloway More >>
Ladder removal gets tenants fired up and endangers lives
Sunday, 26 July 2015, 10:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Ladder removal gets tenants fired up and endangers lives It is inexcusable that Housing New Zealand is endangering lives by removing emergency escape ladders from Dunedin homes, Labour’s Dunedin North MP David Clark says. More >>
Spin lines show a department in chaos
Saturday, 25 July 2015, 10:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Corrections spin doctors sending their place holder lines to journalists instead of responding to serious allegations shows the scale of chaos at the department over the Serco scandal, says Labour’s Corrections Spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Court ruling shows law should never have been passed
Friday, 24 July 2015, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Court ruling shows law should never have been passed A High Court ruling that a law banning prisoners from voting is inconsistent with a properly functioning democracy should be a wake-up call for the Government, Labour’s Justice spokesperson Jacinda ... More >>
Serco bail-out shows failure of Nats’ privatisation agenda
Friday, 24 July 2015, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s decision to step in and take over the management of Mt Eden prison is an admission that privatising the prison was a mistake, says Labour’s Corrections Spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Charanpreet Dhaliwal death demands genuine reform
Friday, 24 July 2015, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The killing of a security guard on his first night on the job is exactly the kind of incident that National’s watered-down health and safety bill won’t prevent, says Te Atatu MP Phil Twyford. The coronial inquest into 22-year-old Charanpreet ... More >>
Arbitrary sanctions hit children hardest
Friday, 24 July 2015, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Increasing numbers of single parents are being penalised under a regime that is overly focussed on sanctions rather than getting more people into work, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni says. “Figures, obtained through Parliamentary ... More >>
Hekia just won’t face the facts
Friday, 24 July 2015, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Hekia Parata’s decision to keep troubled Whangaruru Charter school open despite being presented with a catalogue of failure defies belief, goes against official advice and breaks a Government promise to close these schools if they were failing, ... More >>
Labour to oppose gutted Health and Safety Bill
Friday, 24 July 2015, 1:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Health and Safety Reform Bill is a backwards step for New Zealand workers and Labour will not support it in its current form. More >>
Minister must cancel Serco’s contract today
Friday, 24 July 2015, 10:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s top secret meeting with the Corrections CEO is Sam Lotu-Iiga’s chance to cancel Serco’s contract and get back on top of his portfolio, says Labour’s Corrections Spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Minister must take responsibility for problem gambling
Friday, 24 July 2015, 9:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s handling of the Problem Gambling Foundation’s axing in a cost-cutting exercise has been ham-fisted and harmful to some of the most vulnerable people in society, Associate Health Labour spokesperson David Clark says. “Today’s court ... More >>
