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Deal keeps smelter for less than four years
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 10:04 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National has cut a short term deal with Rio Tinto that gifts the multinational $30 million of taxpayers’ money so the Government can get the Meridian asset sale monkey off its back, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Progress for Pike River victims’ families
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 9:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
All indications are that a plan to re-enter the Pike River mine to recover the bodies of the 29 men killed there should get the go-ahead, Labour MP for West Coast-Tasman Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Wage growth plunges to lowest in 13 years
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwis are suffering the lowest average annual wage growth in 13 years, in a sign of the two-speed economy National has created, Labour’s Employment Spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
Earthquake-prone buildings policy must be balanced
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s policy to deal with earthquake-prone buildings must balance public safety, costs, heritage issues and the wider interests of communities, says Labour’s Building and Construction spokesperson Raymond Huo. More >>
Contractors the real winners in welfare reforms
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The government is paying private contractors more to get sole parents off its books than it would cost to boost their long-term career prospects by reinstating support to study, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
From the dire to the disastrous
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is looking to bring in expensive overseas hires to fill gaps in the local labour inspectorate following its botched change process, Labour’s Health and Safety spokesperson Darien Fenton says. More >>
National’s legacy for Pasifika looks bleak
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government’s legacy will be one of increased hardship for Pasifika people, says Labour’s Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson Su’a William Sio. There are currently 18,100 Pacific people unemployed in New Zealand an increase of 600 ... More >>
Northey Achieves Fair Rates in Maungakiekie Tamaki
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Maungakiekie Tamaki Auckland Councillor and Candidate Richard Northey has managed to advocate for lower rates increases in Maungakiekie-Tamaki despite pressure from the National Government for the same rating system across Auckland City which would ... More >>
Devil in the detail of health and safety reforms
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 12:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Workplace health and safety reforms announced today are on the right track, but the devil will be in the detail of the new regime, says Labour’s Health and Safety spokesperson, Darien Fenton. More >>
5000 more Kiwis join the dole queue
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A further 5000 Kiwis are out of work in the past three months, showing the Government has no plan to create jobs, Labour’s Employment Spokesman Grant Robertson says. More >>
Lucrative high-tech contracts vetoed
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The future of a world-renowned high-tech company hangs in the balance after Steven Joyce’s Callaghan Innovation stopped it securing multi-million contracts, Labour MPs Megan Woods and Trevor Mallard say. More >>
National acts for its Chorus mates, not Kiwis
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 11:25 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National has given its mates at Chorus a huge windfall by proposing to keep the price of copper broadband at the more expensive level of fibre broadband, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Hiroshima Day remembered - visit of international activist
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 5:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The cross-party group, New Zealand Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (NZPNND), today commemorated the two occasions on which nuclear weapons have been used in war 68 years ago. More >>
Defence of empty houses rings hollow
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing Minister Nick Smith’s defence that 3700 vacant state houses is a very small number shows how out of touch he is with the desperate need for state housing, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
No good news in growing list of complaints
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 4:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Growing numbers of health care horror stories make a lie of Tony Ryall’s ‘better, sooner, more convenient’ mantra, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Clear rules needed for goods repossession
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 3:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to take action to rein in aggressive repossession agents, says Labour’s Consumer Rights and Standards spokesperson Carol Beaumont. More >>
David Shearer response to Ministerial Statement on Fonterrra
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Mr Speaker, Our priority today and over the next few days is making sure that parents here and abroad have the accurate information they need to ensure that their children are safe. As a parent, I understand how anxious they’re feeling. More >>
Privacy Bill puts timely pressure on Govt
Monday, 5 August 2013, 1:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Privacy Commissioner would have been able to launch her own inquiry into the breach of a journalist’s privacy under a law being proposed by Labour MP, Sue Moroney. More >>
Miscarriage of justice warrants inquiry
Sunday, 4 August 2013, 11:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
There is nothing stopping Minister of Justice, Judith Collins, from setting up an inquiry into the Teina Pora case, and in light of the Police Association call to do so, she should now give the issue her urgent attention. More >>
Govt must step up efforts to save Cook Islands language
Sunday, 4 August 2013, 11:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Cook Islands Language Week from 4 – 10 August should serve as a reminder to the Minister of Pacific Islands Affairs, that simply saying it is up to the community to maintain their language is not good enough. More >>
