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Axe the ACC tax now, not in election year
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government talked up a crisis in ACC so it could push levies to artificially high levels as a backdoor route to get to surplus, ripping off Kiwis in the process, Labour’s ACC spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says. More >>
National breaks its promise to elderly state housing tenants
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Older New Zealanders will be thrown out of their state homes in the latest round of tinkering by Housing Minister Nick Smith, Labour’s housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
Housing announcement a desperate distraction
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is selling off one hundred dilapidated state houses a year in places like Otorohanga and Invercargill where there is no housing crisis, Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says. More >>
Taxpayer pays for Govt’s Solid Energy stuff-up
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Solid Energy’s restructure is too little, too late and comes at a cost of up to $155 million to the taxpayer, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Key’s LVR numbers wide of the mark
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key is trying to scare Kiwis with claims that thousands of dollars will be added to mortgages, but the problem is his numbers are totally different from the Reserve Bank’s estimates, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. More >>
Youth hotline crisis needs response
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Thousands of calls to crisis lines going unanswered confirms a pre-election promise by the Prime Minister to make youth mental health a priority has been put in the too hard basket, Labour’s Youth Affairs spokesperson Louisa Wall says. More >>
LVRs will turn funding tap off for many SMEs
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 11:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New mortgage lending restrictions will be a kick in the guts to the many small businesses that borrow against the family home – although the Government has yet to do any work in the area, Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Clark says. More >>
Key out of step with drink drive stance
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 10:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Prime Minister’s comments suggesting that his Government will not support lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit for drivers by way of an Opposition member's bill are unfortunate, says Labour's Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway. More >>
Evidence mounts Chorus bail out costs consumer
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 9:11 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A new analysis of the Government’s ‘copper tax’ shows consumers will be paying hundreds of millions in corporate welfare to subside Chorus, Labour’s ICT spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>
More Kiwis left in cold after power cut off
Monday, 30 September 2013, 6:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New figures obtained by Labour show almost 20,000 Kiwis have had their power cut off this year because they can’t afford to pay their electricity bills, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. More >>
Listen to the people on asset sales, John
Monday, 30 September 2013, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on the Government to take its fingers out of its ears over asset sales and listen to the result of the November/December referendum, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. More >>
Mismanaged LVR process hurts first home buyers and regions
Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has completely mismanaged the mortgage lending limits process and failed to consider the impacts on first home buyers or regions where house prices are stagnating, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. More >>
Minister’s decision-making on trial once again
Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Hekia Parata’s controversial decision to close and merge Christchurch schools goes on trial again today, with Phillipstown School seeking a judicial review of its proposed merger with Woolston, says Labour’s Associate Education spokesperson ... More >>
Police told to zip it over drink drive limits
Saturday, 28 September 2013, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Yet another National minister is attempting to gag a government department, Labour’s Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says. More >>
IPCC report puts Government on final warning
Saturday, 28 September 2013, 1:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A landmark report on climate change makes for grim reading and should serve as a final warning to governments around the world, including our own, says Labour's Climate Change Spokesperson Moana Mackey. More >>
US signs Arms Trade Treaty
Friday, 27 September 2013, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The signing of a landmark arms trade treaty by 111 UN member states, including the United States, has been welcomed by Labour’s Associate Spokesperson for Disarmament and Arms Control and Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) President, Ross Robertson. More >>
The Right to Know: Erosion of Our Democracy
Friday, 27 September 2013, 1:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
I am profiling each Minister in turn outlining the researching the adequacy (or inadequacy) of their responses to Official Information Act requests. In March, we sent a request to all Ministers asking for the number of OIA requests received between 1 January ... More >>
Detention for judges who miss deadlines?
Friday, 27 September 2013, 11:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will co-operate as much as possible over proposed court reforms but believes rigid deadlines for court judgments may end up causing injustices rather than helping litigants, its Justice spokesperson Andrew Little says. More >>
Children growing up in garages a real crisis
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Reports that social service agencies are dealing with increasing numbers of homeless children and young people show the housing shortage has reached crisis levels, despite the Government’s denials, Labour’s Spokesperson for Children Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
Tuvalu Language Week is about survival
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson, Su’a William Sio moved a motion in the Parliament this afternoon to acknowledge the inaugural Tuvalu Language Week from 30th September to 6 October. More >>
