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No Govt advice on LVR impacts until a month too late
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 3:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government didn’t consider the impact of LVR lending limits on first home buyers until a month after it had signed off an agreement giving the Reserve Bank the power to implement LVRs, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Cuts to personnel undermine Police efforts
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour would use scant police resources to bolster the Police force, not undermine it, says Labour’s Police spokesperson Kris Faafoi. More >>
Novopay tally too high - Hipkins
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Ministry staff and contractors called in to assist with National’s Novopay debacle are costing the taxpayer a fortune in expertise and overtime, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins. More >>
Adams must act to get Chorus workers paid
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Amy Adams must step in and ensure that people working on the taxpayer funded ultra-fast broadband roll out get paid and that the sub contractors who pay them are not left in the lurch, Labour’s communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
G20 opportunity for Syria initiative
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand should be urging Russia and the United States to agree on a common response to the crisis in Syria at tomorrow’s G20 meeting, Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Phil Goff says. More >>
Adams must extend 4G spectrum sale timeline
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 12:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s sale of the 4G spectrum is too rushed, giving companies just eight weeks to prepare bids for the auction, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Spy Checker's Secret Payment
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 11:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on the Prime Minister to release details around the appointment of Justice Andrew McGechan as Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, including how much he is being paid. More >>
Bill’s failure highlights National’s empty slogan
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 8:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A Member’s bill ensuring all new base-load electricity generation is from renewable sources has failed its first reading in Parliament, proving National’s claims to support a 90 per cent renewable energy target by 2020 are just an empty slogan, Labour’s ... More >>
Govt distances self from Māori TV appointment
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English is distancing the Government from Māori TV’s looming appointment of a CEO who controversially left his previous executive job at TVNZ, Labour’s Broadcasting spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
No guarantees for Whanganui schools
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Hekia Parata today refused to rule out closing existing state schools in the Whanganui-Rangitikei following her decision to integrate Wanganui Collegiate, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Fonterra report: Central question unresolved
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Fonterra’s admission that its systems failed to prevent and deal adequately with the contamination is the first step in preventing a similar debacle in the future but leaves the prime question unanswered, says Labour’s Primary Industries Damien ... More >>
A kick in the teeth for second-chance learners
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s decision to withdraw around $1 million in funding to trusted Dunedin second-chance education providers will come as a huge blow to Otago, where unemployment numbers are the highest they have been in 20 years, Labour MP David Clark says. More >>
Vulnerable workers in Government sights again
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 11:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A move by the Government to scrap annual checking of employers with staff hired under the minimum wage exemption is a retrograde step which could lead to further worker exploitation, says Darien Fenton, Labour’s spokesperson on labour issues. More >>
Sad day as Cantabrians remember first quake
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 9:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s three year anniversary since the first earthquake in Christchurch will be deeply emotional as those who survived both the September and February quakes remember those who did not, Labour’s Christchurch-based MPs say. More >>
Independent NZ initiatives needed on Syria
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 6:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A unilateral military strike against Syria could have unintended consequences without preventing the further use of chemical weapons or helping end the disastrous conflict, warns Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Phil Goff. More >>
Ministry can’t tell the difference between fish and sheep
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nathan Guy is fighting bush fires on all sides as he tries to defend mistake after mistake by his super Ministry for Primary Industries, Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Big RMA changes slated by environment group
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Legal advice released today by the Environmental Defence Society slates the government’s proposed changes to the Resource Management Act, saying that the changes will not achieve what the government says it wants to do, says Labour Environment Spokesperson, ... More >>
Govt must commit to Pike River recovery operation
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 2:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s approval of a staged re-entry into Pike River mine is long-awaited welcome news for the victims’ families, Labour’s MP for West Coast-Tasman Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Labour Leadership meetings go “virtual”
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 11:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party Leadership roadshow continues around New Zealand this week. There are 12 hustings meetings being held from Whangarei to Dunedin. Today we see the announcement of a “virtual hustings” meeting which is yet another new initiative in our quest ... More >>
John Key does not understand Living Wage campaign
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 11:21 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key's hysterical reaction to my proposal for government workers and contractors to be paid a living wage shows just how out of touch he is with the lives of the lowest paid in our community, Grant Robertson said. More >>
