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Christchurch rebuild tax another nonsense
Monday, 11 March 2013, 3:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s plan to tax accommodation for earthquake rebuild workers is more akin to the actions of a vulture picking over a carcass for every last morsel than it is to sensible fiscal management, Labour’s Revenue spokesperson David Cunliffe ... More >>
National’s car park compliance catastrophe
Monday, 11 March 2013, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s proposed car park fringe benefit tax is a nightmare of unnecessary compliance costs, gaping avoidance loopholes, worker safety issues, and cost transfers, Labour’s Revenue spokesperson David Cunliffe says. More >>
Black Sox win will inspire young Kiwis
Monday, 11 March 2013, 8:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s associate spokesperson for Sport and Recreation, Louisa Wall, today congratulated the New Zealand Men’s Softball team, the Black Sox, for winning ISF Men’s World Softball Championship outright for the fifth time. More >>
Heads must roll over Kaimai Tunnel Gas incident
Sunday, 10 March 2013, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Revelations that ten rail contract workers could have died through exposure to gas in the Kaimai Tunnel shows gross negligence on the part of those responsible, says Darien Fenton, Labour's Health and Safety spokesperson. More >>
Evidence-based Policy and the Voice of Women
Sunday, 10 March 2013, 11:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Thank you for inviting me to address you today in recognition of the fact that yesterday was International Women’s Day. More >>
Business rejecting Nats hands-off approach
Sunday, 10 March 2013, 11:08 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s hands-off approach to the economy is not only costing thousands of jobs, it’s also losing them the support of business, says Labour’s Employment spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
NZ and Colombian Primary Industries Ministerial statement
Friday, 8 March 2013, 6:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy and his Colombian counterpart Andres Felipe Garcia Azuero have issued a joint statement agreeing to look for areas of strategic cooperation between the two countries. More >>
Education Minister ticks the wrong box in Hamilton
Friday, 8 March 2013, 6:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Hekia Parata has shown little understanding of Hamilton’s priorities with her announcement of two new schools in the north-east of the city, Labour List MP Sue Moroney says. More >>
Young must agree to full Solid Energy inquiry
Friday, 8 March 2013, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Commerce Select Committee chair Jonathan Young has been given the green light to bring former Solid Energy chief executive Dr Don Elder before the committee but he must also allow a full inquiry, says Labour’s SOE spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
High power prices cost jobs and hit industry
Friday, 8 March 2013, 1:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Rising power prices are loading more costs on to industry and that will lead to even more jobs losses and hinder the expansion of industries we need to grow, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Labour calls for inquiry into Solid Energy
Friday, 8 March 2013, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is writing to the chair of the Commerce Select Committee to request an inquiry into the collapse of Solid Energy and to issue a subpoena to its former chief executive Dr Don Elder if necessary, says Labour’s SOE spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Real drought relief requires direct action
Friday, 8 March 2013, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Damien O’CONNOR Spokesperson for Primary Industries 8 March 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Real drought relief requires direct action More >>
Kiwis powerless in face of rising electricity bills
Friday, 8 March 2013, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand businesses and families are being taken for a ride by power companies with some putting their prices up by five per cent on average, Labour Leader David Shearer says. “Contact Energy raked in $88 million in profits in the second half ... More >>
Practical solutions needed this Women’s Day
Friday, 8 March 2013, 11:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand’s disgraceful record on violence against women requires more action here at home, says Labour’s spokesperson for Women’s Affairs Sue Moroney. More >>
Joyce too little, too late on procurement
Friday, 8 March 2013, 11:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
David CLARK Economic Development Spokesperson 8 March 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Joyce too little, too late on procurement Steven Joyce has finally woken up to the need for procurement policies to support Kiwi companies but his tepid proposals don’t ... More >>
Don Elder gets $1.3m for sitting on his sofa
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Former chief executive Dr Don Elder is earning a salary of $1.3 million per annum to sit at home and answer phone calls from Solid Energy managers explaining how the company went from an award-winning exporter to a basket case, Labour’s SOEs spokesperson ... More >>
Rental WOF - we’ll believe it when we see it
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing Minister Nick Smith’s sudden interest in a WOF for rental properties is encouraging, but piling work onto officials is no substitute for leadership, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Flooding charter schools with taxpayer cash not on
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National government is preparing to throw large sums of taxpayer cash at charter schools even before legislation allowing for them has been passed into law, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Exploration not such a golden opportunity
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The government appears to be drawing its economic strategy from reruns of the “Beverly Hillbillies” - crossing its fingers and blindly hoping it will strike oil, Labour’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Moana Mackey says. More >>
Nick Smith’s urban sprawl wrong for Auckland
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 10:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
David SHEARER Labour Leader 07 March 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT Nick Smith’s urban sprawl wrong for Auckland Nick Smith’s threat to smash Auckland’s urban limits to free up more land for housing shows National is out of touch, confused and wedded to a ... More >>
