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Jibber jabber can’t hide the facts
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 11:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A flurry of statements from Health Minister Tony Ryall suggesting DHBs are collecting dud statistics is hardly reassuring for the country’s emergency department or for patients, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Government blows $8.63 million on MBIE fiasco
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 8:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National has spent $8.63 million in the last year on its botched restructure of the country's Health and Safety Inspectorate, leaving a dangerously under-resourced front line in its wake, says Darien Fenton, Labour's Health and Safety spokesperson. More >>
Defence Backdown Too Late to Reverse Damage
Monday, 12 August 2013, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
An embarrassing backdown by the Government on further budget cuts to the Defence Force comes too late to reverse the serious damage caused to our armed services, Labour’s Defence spokesperson Phil Goff says. More >>
National's big plan to reverse its own cuts
Monday, 12 August 2013, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National's new found enthusiasm for the Welcome Home Loan scheme would be more convincing if it hadn't previously slashed the scheme’s funding by two-thirds, and halved the number of Kiwis who could use it to buy a first home, says Labour Leader David ... More >>
Rio Tinto’s power bill cut. Kiwis’ bills keep rising
Monday, 12 August 2013, 2:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Meridian’s Government-sponsored Tiwai Point deal has given Rio Tinto a cut of tens of millions of dollars in electricity prices every year, while power bills keep increasing for Kiwi families, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Shorter time in ED not always good news
Monday, 12 August 2013, 9:04 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Shorter time in ED not always good news Tony Ryall’s latest ‘ good news’ - that people are staying for shorter periods in emergency departments – will be of no comfort to those patients being packed off home in the early hours of the morning, ... More >>
National needs to deal with the real barriers to home owners
Sunday, 11 August 2013, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David SHEARER Labour Leader 11 August 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT National needs to deal with the real barriers to home ownership More >>
EDs miss triage times as hospitals buckle
Sunday, 11 August 2013, 10:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Few hospitals are meeting Government benchmarks for emergency department treatment, with rising numbers of urgent cases not being seen by a doctor within recommended times, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King. More >>
Key stacks deck, plays cute with RMA
Saturday, 10 August 2013, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key is up to his usual trick of trying to emphasise a positive while at the same time disguising the truly negative impact of changes National is making to the Resource Management Act, says Labour’s Environment spokesperson Maryan ... More >>
Inquiry must be truly independent
Friday, 9 August 2013, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Announcements today that Fonterra and the Ministry for Primary Industries will conduct their own inquiries into potential contamination of baby formula will not satisfy concerned Kiwis, farmers and international consumers that the botulism scare has ... More >>
Decision more than bad optics
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
News that Callaghan Innovation is to narrow its focus to assist successful businesses with near-market-ready products, raises questions about the research and development body’s actual commitment to innovation, says Labour’s Associate Science and Innovation ... More >>
Households facing Government imposed copper tax
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Almost 80 per cent of New Zealand households will be hit with what is effectively a copper tax as Amy Adams provides a corporate welfare hand-out to Chorus, Labour’s Communications and IT Spokesperson Clare Curran says. More >>
End the double talk Nathan Guy
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Fisheries Minister Nathan Guy must listen to Labour and the recreational fishing community and take unfair snapper cuts for Kiwi fishermen off the table, Labour fisheries spokesperson David Cunliffe said today. More >>
Bill English didn’t ask Rio for a jobs guarantee
Friday, 9 August 2013, 10:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English never even bothered to ask Rio Tinto for a jobs guarantee and as the ink was drying on the $30 million cheque Rio was proposing to cut 30 jobs, showing this Government has been walked over yet again, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson ... More >>
No relief from house price rises under National
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will not sit by and watch the relentless rise in house prices push home ownership ever further out of the reach of young New Zealanders, Labour Leader David Shearer says. More >>
Minister must shoulder the blame for MPI’s mistakes
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy must take responsibility for a series of mistakes involving his ministry which have damaged our export reputation, Labour’s Primary Industries Spokesperson Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Otago unemployed number hits 22 year high
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Otago now has the largest number of unemployed people since 1991 yet Steven Joyce is living in a dreamland by claiming he’s ‘very positive’ about Dunedin’s future, Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Clark says. More >>
Nathan Guy facing the wrath of Kiwi fishers
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nathan Guy is facing the wrath of thousands of Kiwis after bungling his Snapper quota consultation, Labour’s Fisheries spokesperson David Cunliffe said today. “By proposing drastic cuts to the recreational snapper bag limit from nine fish to three ... More >>
Why not wholly independent reporting, Minister?
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Amy Adams’ announcement of the government’s intention to establish an ‘in-house’ environmental reporting system is a back-down by National on its promise to have truly independent reports, says Labour’s Environment spokesperson, Maryan Street. More >>
Giving babies the best start in life
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 10:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour will expand the role of Plunket and other child health providers so that for the first time they can get alongside vulnerable mums before their baby is even born, Labour Leader David Shearer has announced. More >>
