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National needs a plan, not just a recession
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government can claim no credit for today's official greenhouse gas emissions statistics, which show the first ever reduction in transport sector emissions and a decrease in electricity sector emissions due to less coal-fired generation, Labour's ... More >>
Govt failing on jobs front
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 4:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Latest figures out today showing the number of Kiwis on the Unemployment Benefit rising by 2000 last month are a worrying sign that New Zealand is falling further behind Australia, Labour’s social welfare spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Budget papers reveal major concerns about student
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Steven Joyce's package of changes to eligibility for student loans and allowances are likely to disproportionately affect Maori and Pasifika students and successful settlement by new migrants, Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Grant Robertson ... More >>
Why not release the ACC stock-take report?
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour ACC spokesperson David Parker is questioning why the stock-take review of ACC has not been released prior to the announcement on workplace levy discounts and premiums. More >>
Labour’s final push for homelessness inquiry
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour has decided to have one last major push at establishing a Parliamentary inquiry into homelessness and welcomes the support from the New Zealand Coalition to End Homelessness who is urging Government members of the social services select committee ... More >>
Job losses expected withTourism Ministry cuts
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tourism is clearly no longer a priority for this government with cuts to staff and significant structural changes to the Ministry just around the corner, Labour’ spokesperson for Tourism Kelvin Davis said today. More >>
Conviction highlights truck safety issues
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Transport Safety spokesperson Darien Fenton says the conviction of an Auckland Transport firm for allowing its drivers to breach work time and log book rules is indicative of a bigger problem in the trucking industry and the government ... More >>
Mental Health funds slashed by more than $20m
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Community and Public Mental Health programmes have had their funding cut by more than $20 million, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Member's Bill aims to boost Kiwi industry growth
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 9:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand can only control its own future with strong, sustainable local industries and the government needs to ensure we have them, Dunedin South Labour MP Clare Curran said today. More >>
Nash urges Key to consider Napier for pandas
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Napier-based MP Stuart Nash has written to Prime Minister and Tourism Minister John Key, urging him to champion Napier if the city is a suitable home for two endangered giant pandas that may be on offer from China. More >>
Spotlight should be put on extreme drunk drivers
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
People who display such a reckless regard for human life should not have the privilege of holding a driver's licence, says Labour transport spokesman Darren Hughes. More >>
Frontline public health programmes slashed
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 11:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has slashed public health services including cutting $12 million of tobacco control programmes over the next four years, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
National takes chainsaw to afforestation grants
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 10:04 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Budget documents show that the Government will downscale the Afforestation Grant Scheme by $2m per year over the next three years before eventually ceasing it, says Labour Forestry spokesperson Stuart Nash. More >>
National ignores obesity epidemic
Monday, 12 July 2010, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It seems the National Government is happy for New Zealand to be labelled the third fattest in the world, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Rail network upgrade will improve economic growth
Monday, 12 July 2010, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Proper investment in the future of New Zealand’s rail freight network will make Kiwis safer by reducing the number of heavy truck trips by around half a million a year, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes said today. More >>
Budget Day elective surgery announcement a farce
Monday, 12 July 2010, 9:32 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Papers released by Treasury show that Health Minister Tony Ryall’s Budget Day announcement on elective surgery was deliberately misleading, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Bikers pay for Smith’s ACC con
Sunday, 11 July 2010, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The massive increases of up to 69 per cent in ACC levies for motorcyclists is hitting home now that 1 July has passed and the new registration year begins, says Labour MP Rick Barker. More >>
Maori In Lower Decile Schools Will Be Hurt
Sunday, 11 July 2010, 1:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Maori students attending lower decile schools will be unfairly affected by government changes to the operational funding of schools, says Labour Associate Maori Affairs and Education spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
Treasury papers shows Tolley misled on ECE
Friday, 9 July 2010, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government ignored Treasury warnings that its ECE policy would cause parents to withdraw their children because of increased fees, says Labour Spokesperson for Early Childhood Education, Sue Moroney. More >>
Cuts will hurt low decile schools
Friday, 9 July 2010, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Changes made by the Government to the operational funding of schools, which were revealed in Budget documents released yesterday, will hurt students in low decile schools, Labour's Education spokesman Trevor Mallard says. More >>
