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Pharmacies in chaos as DHBs press on with contract
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Pharmacies across the country are reporting that they are being bullied into signing a new contract for service with their local DHB, without knowing what it is they are signing up to, says Labour’s Health Spokesperson Maryan Street. More >>
Joyce attacks green business report
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 3:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce’s attack today on the Pure Advantage green business report, New Zealand’s Position in the Green Race , was scathing and unwarranted, says Labour’s economic development and clean-tech spokesperson ... More >>
Is Justice Minister Weakening Alcohol Reform?
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Justice Minister needs to clarify whether or not she has done a deal with supermarkets to weaken the Alcohol Reform Bill, says Labour’s Associate Health Spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway. “Yesterday I visited a new supermarket in my electorate and ... More >>
More debt, fewer exports
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 1:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
David PARKER Finance Spokesperson 21 June 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT More debt, fewer exports Growth in our economy is still being fuelled by borrowing with new GDP figures today showing exports down and imports up, Labour’s finance spokesperson David ... More >>
Heatley crumbles under pressure in housing as well as energy
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 11:32 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key, take note -- Housing and Energy Minister Phil Heatley is crumbling under the pressure in both the housing and energy portfolios, says Labour’s Energy and Acting Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey. More >>
Vacancies clearly don’t equal jobs
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour finds it odd that the Labour Department is continuing to release reports of an increase in skilled job vacancies on their Jobs Online when the Government is doing nothing to ensure that New Zealand’s 160,000 unemployed and 273,300 jobless ... More >>
Real commitment needed for Canterbury skills training
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It’s time this Government made a real commitment towards encouraging young people into skills and trade training for the rebuild of Christchurch, says Labour’s Youth Affairs spokesperson Megan Woods. More >>
Current account ‘moving into the danger zone’
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Urgent action is needed to modernise our economy, with current account figures out today showing it’s moving into a danger zone, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Government sitting on its hands on trade training in Chch
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Confirmation by Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce at a Select Committee today that only $7 million of the $42 million allocated for skills training in Canterbury has been spent is an indictment on the Government’s slow and ad-hoc approach to ... More >>
Even Tolley’s ‘Dr Seuss’ defence can’t hide police pressures
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 1:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Police Minister Anne Tolley is running away from the serious pressure the Police budget is under, says Labour’s Police spokesperson Kris Faafoi. "At Select Committee today Anne Tolley refused to answer questions around the financial pressure the Police ... More >>
Cooperation welcomed within independent foreign policy
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 10:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Foreign Affairs and Defence spokespersons have welcomed the signing of a defence cooperation arrangement between New Zealand and the United States. More >>
Heatley condemned for inability to answer
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Energy and Resources Minister Phil Heatley has egg all over his face after being criticised strongly by the Speaker for failing to answer a simple question on power prices, but sadly Kiwis remain in the dark, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton ... More >>
Blind belief in privatisation fails taxpayers again
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s blind belief that privatisation will save the taxpayer money has been proven wrong once again and it needs to face the facts before we sell off further assets, says Labour’s Associate Education Spokesperson Chris Hipkins. More >>
Time for Dunne to do what he promised
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on United Future Leader Peter Dunne to honour his election campaign commitment and vote against privatising our water resources, says Labour SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
National using Europe as a new excuse for doing nothing
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 10:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The risk of slumping global conditions make it more urgent to modernise the New Zealand economy but the National-led Government is acting as if there’s nothing it can do, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Drugged-up truck drivers lethal on our roads
Monday, 18 June 2012, 5:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Drugged-up truck drivers are putting lives at risk --- and the Government must take urgent action to address the root causes, says Labour’s Transport Safety Spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway. More >>
Judith Collins misusing departmental website
Sunday, 17 June 2012, 12:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Ethnic Affairs Minister Judith Collins should stop using her own department’s website to promote the National Party and to solicit donations, says Labour’s ethnic MPs Rajen Prasad and Raymond Huo. More >>
Volunteers are the Backbone of our Community
Sunday, 17 June 2012, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Volunteers are the backbone of our community and we should celebrate the contribution they make to our society, says Labour’s Community and Voluntary Sector spokesperson Louisa Wall. More >>
Government Must Support our Gifted Children
Sunday, 17 June 2012, 11:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must step up its commitment to our gifted children and increase their ability to learn and extend themselves through education, says Labour’s Education Spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta. More >>
Retirement Report Piles More Pressure on PM
Sunday, 17 June 2012, 11:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The prime minister is playing politics on an issue that calls for leadership as we face a looming crisis of the future affordability of superannuation, says Labour leader David Shearer. More >>
