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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 >>
GPs forced to do specialist work as budget cuts bite
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 9:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Patients are being refused specialist treatment as cuts to health spending force more work onto GPs, Labour Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Did Murray McCully break Public Finance Act?
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Murray McCully appears to have breached the Public Finance Act by dressing up the cash payment paid to Al Khalaf as a joint venture, new documents show, Labour’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson David Parker says. More >>
Minister must engage community in school closure decision
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Education Minister must sincerely engage with the local school community before deciding whether she will close Turakina Māori Girls’ College, Labour’s local MP for Te Tai Hauāuru Adrian Rurawhe says. “Closing Turakina would have a devastating ... More >>
Law must allow bars to open for other sporting events
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New legislation allowing bars to stay open for early morning Rugby World Cup games must be broadened to include other national sporting events, Opposition Leader Andrew Little says. More >>
Westpac: ‘The tide has turned’ on the economy
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 9:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Westpac has rung alarm bells over the state of the economy, predicting growth will plummet, unemployment surge and the housing market to slow, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
Complaints laid with OAG and Treasury over McCully
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 8:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Export Growth and Trade spokesperson David Parker has today written to the Auditor-General and Treasury Secretary, asking them to investigate whether Murray McCully and MFAT misled them over the Saudi sheep scandal More >>
Note to Bill English: this policy is a dog
Saturday, 8 August 2015, 10:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New polling showing 75 of New Zealanders oppose the Government’s plan to sell-off state houses to overseas companies like Gold Coast-based Horizon, should be the final straw for Bill English to dump this failed policy, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson ... More >>
Reckless complacency as billions lost to regions
Friday, 7 August 2015, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National's complacency in the face of plunging global dairy prices is recklessly irresponsible as farmers and the communities around them see billions of dollars disappear in front of their eyes, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
Breaches should be ringing alarm bells
Friday, 7 August 2015, 12:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The staggering number of offenders breaking their electronic monitoring conditions shows an urgent need for a major rethink of how Corrections and Police keep track of high-risk criminals, Labour’s Correction spokesperson Kelvin Davis says. More >>
Balancing security and flexibility in Future of Work
Friday, 7 August 2015, 11:05 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Flexible work arrangements can improve work/life balance and make transitions in working life easier, but insecurity in work and income can be stressful and ultimately detrimental to health and family. The second of the Future of Work Commission’s ... More >>
