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Child Support "posturing" comes back to haunt Nats
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 11:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Hysterical posturing by Judith Collins when she was in Opposition on the issue of child support has come back to haunt the National Government, says Labour Revenue spokesperson Stuart Nash. More >>
Showcasing Science and Technology on TVNZ 7
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 11:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour spokesperson for Research, Science & Technology David Shearer congratulates TVNZ 7, the Royal Society of New Zealand and MoRST for bringing Spotlight on Science and Technology to our screens in the month of August More >>
Time for broadband oversight, transparency
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 11:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has today called for Telecommunications Commissioner Ross Patterson to be given an independent oversight role in the government’s ultrafast broadband (UFB) scheme. More >>
The right decision on mobile termination rates
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 10:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour today welcomed Communications Minister Steven Joyce’s decision to regulate mobile termination rates. More >>
Loss of New Zealand soldier
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 9:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today with enormous sadness we learned of New Zealand’s first combat loss in Afghanistan, with the tragic death a New Zealand soldier who was serving with the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamyan, Labour Leader Phil Goff said. More >>
High Country decision reflects Labour position
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 9:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
High country rentals based on earning capacity is a good principle to base lease payments to the Crown said Damien O’Connor Labour’s Agriculture Spokesperson. More >>
Minister’s reluctance to look at dairy regulations
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 9:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s decision to continue subsidised support for foreign owned dairy companies in New Zealand is unfortunate and will undermine Fonterra at a time of major change, said Damien O’Connor Labour’s Agriculture Spokesperson. More >>
Joyce a bystander as students are locked out
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 5:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Steven Joyce’s plans for performance funding for tertiary institutions runs the risk of being an exercise in compliance rather than helping develop quality tertiary education, Labour’s spokesperson for Tertiary Education Grant Robertson said today. More >>
National should sort out concerns in pork industry
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 5:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister David Carter needs to step up and resolve the growing concerns in the pork industry, says Labour Agriculture spokesperson Damien O’Connor. More >>
Tolley can’t have it both ways
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Anne Tolley can’t have it both ways ---- saying she’s disappointed some schools are just reporting on reading, writing and mathematics standards, though that’s what she told them to do, says Labour Education spokesperson Trevor Mallard. More >>
Gender pay gap widens under National
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 4:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
As the gender pay gap increases, it is clear the Government has no plan to reduce that gap despite the Minister of Women’s Affairs saying it was a top priority, Labour women’s affairs spokesperson, Sue Moroney says. More >>
Appropriation Debate
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Fundamental purpose of his Government, John Key promised before the election would be to close the wage gap with Australia. More >>
Time for broadband transparency
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has today called for Telecommunications Commissioner Ross Patterson to be given an independent oversight role in the government’s ultrafast broadband (UFB) scheme. More >>
When you have no plan, take axe to state services
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 3:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
In the absence of a real plan for growing the economy National is planning another round of cuts to public services, Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe and State Services Spokesperson Grant Robertson said today. More >>
Member’s Bill tackles attack on workers’ rights
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni’s member’s bill that seeks to overturn National’s attack on workers rights will go before Parliament tomorrow. More >>
Income relativity goes backward under National
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwi family incomes have fallen further behind Australia for the past 18 months, and the National Government has no credible plan to turn this around, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Taxpayers foot bill for levy, not offenders
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s much-touted $50 offenders’ levy, designed to fund services for victims of serious crime, is now clearly becoming largely a taxpayer levy, says Labour Courts spokesperson Rick Barker. More >>
Where’s the plan, Mr Mapp, where’s the plan?
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 10:21 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Tinkering around the edges of Research, Science and Technology funding simply indicates that Wayne Mapp, like the rest of the Key Government, has no plan for the future, David Shearer, Labour’s, Research, Science and Technology spokesperson, said today. More >>
Street welcomes Palmer’s appointment to UN panel
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 9:58 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maryan Street has welcomed the appointment of former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer to chair the United Nations panel investigating the flotilla incident off the coast of Gaza in May. More >>
Transparency needed on broadband
Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 9:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A revised proposal by Telecom to take the lion’s share of the government’s $1.5 billion ultrafast broadband plan is big on rhetoric but light on detail, demonstrating a lack of transparency and certainty on how this major piece of infrastructure will ... More >>
