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National continues trickiness on benefit stats
Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Acting Social Development Minister Judith Collins is carrying on the trickiness of Minister Paula Bennett by withholding official benefit statistics, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Refugees seek an inclusive society
Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 11:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Associate Ethnic Affairs Spokesperson Raymond Huo says the National Government is neglecting the needs of migrants. More >>
Labour offers support for kiwifruit industry
Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 11:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is offering its support to the kiwifruit industry while it awaits the outcome of further testing on infected kiwifruit vines, says Labour’s bio-security spokesperson Damien O’Connor More >>
Hughes calls meeting canned by ‘scared’ Joyce
Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 11:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes will chair a meeting for the Mana and Otaki electorates tonight to replace the scheduled expressway meetings National has cynically canned until after the by-election. More >>
Alcohol law reform package doesn’t go far enough
Monday, 8 November 2010, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Alcohol law reform package doesn’t go far enough Labour's Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel says the Alcohol Law Reform Bill tabled today will be hugely disappointing to those who keenly anticipated a once in a generation chance to substantially reduce ... More >>
Joyce leads broadband policy into rocky waters
Monday, 8 November 2010, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Joyce leads flagship broadband policy into rocky waters Communications and IT Minister Steven Joyce should not decide which companies win the $1.5 billion broadband fibre contract, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More >>
Action must be taken to ensure safety of fans
Monday, 8 November 2010, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Action must be taken to ensure safety of fans Labour Leader Phil Goff is calling on the Government to take action to ensure the safety of spectators at Rugby World Cup events after the shocking behaviour of some drunken fans at Eden Park. More >>
English scratches head as economy stays stalled
Monday, 8 November 2010, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s inability to come up with an economic plan to lead New Zealand out of the recession is underlined by the latest government accounts which show a $2.2 billion blowout in the operating balance before gains and losses, says Labour Finance spokesperson ... More >>
Women losing ground under National
Monday, 8 November 2010, 10:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The backwards slide for women under the John Key Government had been exposed for the third time in a month and the Government must act, says Labour spokesperson for women's affairs, Sue Moroney. “Today the Census of Women's Participation from the ... More >>
Burmese elections - outcome predictable
Monday, 8 November 2010, 9:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today Burmese people have had their first opportunity in two decades to elect a new government. It is a shame that these elections are a farce, says Maryan Street, the Opposition Foreign Affairs Spokesperson. More >>
Government delivers half a tobacco control policy
Friday, 5 November 2010, 11:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on the National Government to reinstate the $12 million it stripped from smoking cessation programmes if it is serious about tobacco control, Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says. More >>
Snedden latest casualty of Government games
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is becoming increasingly clear that Health Minister Tony Ryall’s arrogant leadership style is causing an exodus of experience in the health sector, with Pat Snedden of Auckland DHB the latest departure, Labour health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Key admits even magic won’t close gap by 2025
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 2:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key’s so-called commitment to closing the wage gap with Australia by 2025 has become so blurred that he’s now saying that even ‘magic’ won’t do the trick, says Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Dip in unemployment welcome
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The slight dip in the unemployment rate in the last quarter is good news but compared to last year unemployment remains flat and there are still 150,000 New Zealanders out of work, says Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Annette King. More >>
Ohariu's Two Govt MPs Don't Avert Standards Revolt
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 11:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
That an Ohariu-based school is refusing to cooperate with the rushed introduction of National Standards is neither surprising nor pleasing to Charles Chauvel, Labour List MP based in the Ohariu electorate. More >>
Brownlee’s gone quiet on petrol prices
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 10:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff says Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee has gone silent on the issue of fuel prices after making a big song and dance about them shortly after National won the last election. More >>
Fruit and Vegetable Contamination Study Timely
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 10:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A new study into how contaminants in water and fertilisers can end up in fresh fruit and vegetables has been welcomed by Labour’s food safety spokesman Dr Ashraf Choudhary. More >>
Key’s faith in Tolley falters
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 10:12 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key’s secret visits to schools to check out what’s happening with national standards is an admission he’s lost faith in what Education Minister Anne Tolley’s telling him, says Labour Education spokesperson Trevor Mallard. More >>
National puts multibillion dollar industry at risk
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 10:07 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National puts multibillion dollar industry at risk New Zealand’s multibillion meat industry may be put at risk by a move to get rid of meat inspectors, says Labour’s Agriculture spokesperson Damien O’Connor “The potential for meat inspectors to ... More >>
Government hiding bad news in changes
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government's decision to delete air and water quality from this year's social report shows that it is trying to hide a deterioration in both areas on its watch, says Labour's Environment spokesperson Charles Chauvel. "Page 6 of the 2010 ... More >>
