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New regulator can restore investor confidence
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 3:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Party Commerce spokesperson Lianne Dalziel is welcoming the creation of a new regulator for New Zealand’s financial markets. More >>
Biosecurity risk assessment faulty
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand’s pork industry is at risk because of a deficient biosecurity risk assessment and cutbacks to baseline funding, Labour Biosecurity spokesperson Damien O’Connor said. More >>
Labour seeks support for tenancy law improvements
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 11:52 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil Heatley has an opportunity to make much needed improvements in proposed tenancy laws, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey. More >>
Labour to begin open policy process
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 11:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is embarking on its first open policy process, inviting the public to participate in developing its policy on what an open, transparent government might look like. More >>
Labour supports legislation on tobacco tax
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour supports moves to increase tax on tobacco to encourage New Zealanders to kick the habit, Labour Associate Health spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway said. More >>
National halves op funding for Maori schools
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s decision to slash base operational funding for Maori language area schools is either discriminatory and unfair to Maori or a foretaste of wider cuts to school funding, Labour’s Education spokesman Trevor Mallard said today. More >>
Private members bill drafted to stop mining
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 3:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Concern about changes to schedule 4 conservation land that open up protected land to mining has led Labour MP Jacinda Ardern to lodge her first Private Members Bill. More >>
National idle bystander of ‘rape and run’ industry
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 3:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
While National sits by and allows research and development programmes to stall, the future of New Zealand’s timber industry is being put at risk, say Labour Finance and Economic Development spokespersons David Cunliffe and Shane Jones. More >>
Health cuts pick up steam as Budget looms
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Despite increasing the spend on health services in the last budget, National have cut more than 50 frontline patient services, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Labour farewells Pacific broadcasting pioneer
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff today passed on his sympathy to the family and former colleagues of Radio New Zealand journalist Elma MaUa who passed away today. More >>
Workers are dying on our roads
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Transport Safety and Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton has marked Workers Memorial Day by calling for more attention to work-related road accidents, the single largest cause of work-related injury death in New Zealand. More >>
Certainty and clarity needed on mobile termination
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 12:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Communications Minister Steven Joyce should move swiftly to regulate mobile phone termination rates once he receives revised advice from the Commerce Commission, Labour Communications & IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Labour will restore democracy to ECan
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 7:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s Labour caucus meeting pledged to rescind the Act foisting commissioners on Environment Canterbury, and to hold elections as soon as practicable. More >>
National won’t help most Kiwi families get ahead
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 5:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Increasing the rate of GST and providing tax cuts for the wealthiest New Zealanders won’t help most Kiwi families get ahead, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Smith continues to mislead on sexual abuse
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Victims of sexual abuse are being denied access to much needed counselling services while the Minister of ACC plays petty politics, Labour’s Victims Rights spokesperson Lynne Pillay says. More >>
National embarrassed again on mining plans
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National's shonky plans to mine New Zealand's most beautiful areas have been exposed yet again, this time by Parliament's environmental watch dog, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. More >>
National hardest on worst off
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 1:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Over 60 people gathered to hear Labour Leader Phil Goff speak at a public meeting in Johnsonville last night. At the meeting, Mr Goff said people were beginning to realise how mean spirited the National government is. More >>
Alcohol Bill should ensure public has a say
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel says the Law Commission’s review of liquor laws in New Zealand shows that the overwhelming message from the public is that there is a need to change New Zealand’s drinking culture. More >>
Victims go without treatment under National
Monday, 26 April 2010, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
ACC Minister Nick Smith’s ineptitude is forcing sexual abuse victims to go without counselling, Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker and Victims Rights spokesperson Lynne Pillay say. More >>
Vulnerable Kiwis and tourists must be protected
Monday, 26 April 2010, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Potentially risky unlicensed taxi services need to be stamped on before an innocent and vulnerable Kiwi or tourist is attacked or robbed, says Labour Tourism and Associate Maori spokesperson Kelvin Davis. More >>
