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The future of Auckland
Monday, 26 April 2010, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
I’ve asked you to come along today because there are some big decisions being made about the future of Auckland. More >>
This is an open health privatisation agenda
Monday, 26 April 2010, 9:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is very concerned about the privatisation of Southern hospital services, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Labour Expresses Shock At ANZAC Day Crash
Sunday, 25 April 2010, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff today expressed his sadness at the Iroquois helicopter crash North of Wellington that has claimed the lives of three Defence Force personnel and injured a fourth person. More >>
Maritime search & rescue improvements needed
Friday, 23 April 2010, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Recommendations from the Auditor General for improvements in maritime search and rescue should implemented as quickly as possible, says Labour Transport Safety Spokesperson Darien Fenton. More >>
Commercial whaling quota harpooned
Friday, 23 April 2010, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter today welcomed the Government’s decision to reject a resumption of commercial whaling, which was negotiated by New Zealand’s diplomats at the International Whaling Commission. More >>
Low, Fixed Income Kiwis won’t get GST compensation
Friday, 23 April 2010, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s promise to compensate low and fixed-income Kiwis for a 2.5 percent GST hike is now even less credible in the wake of a small business survey showing many prices may jump five percent or more, says Labour revenue spokesman Stuart Nash. More >>
Behind the spin, public services are struggling
Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
State Services Minister Tony Ryall is continuing to hide behind PR spin as cuts to public services are beginning to affect the quality of services and the morale of those that deliver them, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Grant Robertson said ... More >>
Competition in ACC means privatisation
Friday, 23 April 2010, 11:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National is intending to privatise ACC, and saying it is opening the organisation up to competition cannot hide that reality, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Health cuts show National Government’s shame
Friday, 23 April 2010, 10:12 am | New Zealand Labour Party
On the day Bill English told New Zealanders he was cutting low value programmes, newspaper headlines read ‘cuts to hit terminally ill’, Labour health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Outdated business models undermine copyright law
Friday, 23 April 2010, 9:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand’s copyright law will not address the fundamental issue of copyright infringement and unauthorised file sharing until it reflects new business models, Labour spokesperson for Communications and IT Clare Curran said today. More >>
Outdated business models undermine copyright law
Friday, 23 April 2010, 9:32 am | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand’s copyright law will not address the fundamental issue of copyright infringement and unauthorised file sharing until it reflects new business models, Labour spokesperson for Communications and IT Clare Curran said today. More >>
Govt treating rural NZ as poor cousin on broadband
Friday, 23 April 2010, 9:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A just-released KPMG report has confirmed Labour’s view that the National Government is under-investing in rural broadband, Labour’s Communications and IT Spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Names don’t matter --- loss of democracy does
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The announcement today of the names of Commissioners to replace Environment Canterbury is not a sign of progress, but depressing confirmation that democracy has been killed in Canterbury, says Labour Water spokesperson Brendon Burns. More >>
Early Childhood Education being targeted for cuts
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 4:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government appears to be eyeing Early Childhood Education for cost cutting, Labour Early Childhood Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. More >>
Alcohol debate needs courage
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 4:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The public statement by leading New Zealand doctors and nurses on alcohol issues is a significant breakthrough in terms of a mature New Zealand dialogue, says Labour Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel. More >>
Vital services cut to benefit National’s mates
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National seems set on slashing more vital public services to fund tax cuts for its rich mates, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Brownlee reforms will end up costing taxpayers
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 3:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Warnings today by a major ratings agency that a key aspect of the Government's proposed electricity reforms will pile costs onto taxpayers are a real concern, Labour’s Energy spokesperson Charles Chauvel says. More >>
Nats block enquiry into truck safety
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Transport Safety spokesperson Darien Fenton says she is disappointed the National Party voted against holding an enquiry into the link between truck safety and low rates of pay. More >>
No plan for employment as Christchurch bleeds jobs
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 10:04 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The latest indicated job losses in Christchurch at Telstra Clear’s call centre are part of a jobs haemorrhage that the Government has no plan to address, says Christchurch Central MP Brendon Burns. More >>
Fairness needed for Hamilton train petition
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Hamilton-based Labour MP Sue Moroney is calling on local MP David Bennett to stand aside from chairing the select committee that will consider the petition to establish a commuter passenger train service between Hamilton and Auckland so that the petition ... More >>
