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Bill to increase protection for investors
Friday, 19 March 2010, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Commerce and Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel has today launched a Private Members Bill to better protect investors. More >>
Labour works to win back Waitakere
Friday, 19 March 2010, 11:29 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s campaign to win back supporters in Waitakere kicks off in earnest tomorrow with a four-way contested candidate selection. More >>
Minister must insure taxpayers money is well spent
Friday, 19 March 2010, 9:50 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey is calling on Housing Minister Maurice Williamson to intervene and assure taxpayers that the money being spent by Housing New Zealand to develop a business case for replacing their IT systems is justified. More >>
Productivity Commission needs proper purpose
Friday, 19 March 2010, 9:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on the government to better explain the role and purpose of the proposed Productivity Commission. More >>
No plan to save the whales Mr Key?
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Foreign Minister Murray McCully today claimed in Parliament that the National-ACT Government did not have an alternative plan to end Japanese Whaling in the Southern Ocean, and dodged questions about Prime Minister John Key’s public statement that ... More >>
Government leaves out budget 'leak' from inquiry
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government seems to have conveniently omitted a major unauthorised release of information from its witch-hunt into public service leaks, Labour State Services spokesman Grant Robertson said today. More >>
Minister needs to review broadcasting
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Confirmation by Television New Zealand of another round of job cuts including $5m slashed from the news and current affairs budget should cause the Government to re-activate plans to review broadcasting competition issues, says Labour's broadcasting spokesman ... More >>
Crocodile tears from Govt over dairy effluent
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Promises by Agriculture Minister David Carter to crack down on dairy farmers who fail to observe the Clean Streams Accord are hollow when the Government is about to push through more water allocation without better environmental controls, says ... More >>
Government has only itself to blame for leaks
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 10:48 am | New Zealand Labour Party
If the government had been more open about its intentions to mine the conservation estate and mergers of public services then it would not find itself in the embarrassing position of investigating leaks from the public sector, Labour State Services Spokesperson, ... More >>
Mental Health Bill voted down by National
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 10:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Party put politics before metal health patients and their families when it voted against a bill to improve the delivery of mental health services last night, Luamanuvao Winnie Laban says. More >>
Kids suffer from Tolley’s haste to close Aorangi
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 4:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The education of children forced to leave Christchurch’s Aorangi School last year is suffering from Education Minister Anne Tolley’s haste to shut it down, Christchurch East MP Lianne Dalziel said today. More >>
Kiwis need quality services not Ryall’s PR spin
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 3:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders deserve efficient quality public services not the PR spin the Government is using to try and justify cuts, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Grant Robertson said today. More >>
Frontline services cut as well as jobs
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 3:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Cut backs at the Ministry of Health have not resulted in resources being moved to the frontline. The opposite will be the case, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Government’s failure to consult insults Maori
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 3:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s failure to consult either Associate Corrections Minister Pita Sharples or the Maori Party on the three strikes policy is an insult to the Maori Party and proves how limited its influence is, says Labour MP Shane Jones. More >>
Sharples sidelined in Corrections role
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A Cabinet document reveals that Associate Corrections Minister Pita Sharples was deliberately not consulted on the Government’s three strikes policy, says Labour Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
National tinkers while Kiwis suffer and toil
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
More evidence of Kiwi’s distrust of National’s plans to hike GST have been unearthed in the latest Westpac consumer confidence survey, Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe said today. More >>
Rural broadband sounds good but concerns remain
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 10:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour remains concerned that Government plans for rural broadband will create a digital divide between urban and rural New Zealand. More >>
Congratulations Adam Hall on Paralympics win
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 9:59 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Disabilities Issues Spokesperson Lynne Pillay MP today congratulated Adam Hall on winning the gold medal in the men's standing slalom at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. More >>
Minister of Conservation needs to take control
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson needs to take control of the biggest issue in her portfolio and give New Zealanders certainty that there will be no mining in National Parks, Labour Conservation spokesperson David Parker says. More >>
Hide spins in face of mounting opposition
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson, Phil Twyford says “Minister of Local Government, Rodney Hide is misleading Aucklanders on a daily basis as the list of super city critics grows longer and longer.” More >>
