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It’s time to start listening on R&D
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 11:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
National must start listening to the growing calls for increased investment in Research and Development, Labour’s Research Science and Technology spokesperson David Shearer said today. More >>
National agrees youth rates are unfair
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 10:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is relieved by the Minister of Labour’s confirmation that the National Government will not be supporting a return to discriminatory and unfair youth rates, Labour’s Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton says. More >>
Passing of legislation cutting workers' comp
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 10:05 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The passing of legislation cutting compensation tonight means every New Zealand worker will now have less ACC cover for workplace injuries, Labour ACC spokesman David Parker says. More >>
ACC changes hurt Hawke’s Bay seasonal workers
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 9:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Changes to ACC legislation will badly hurt Hawke’s Bay seasonal workers and could act as a disincentive for people to undertake seasonal work, says Labour MP Rick Barker. More >>
Minister of Women’s Affairs must come clean
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Women’s Affairs Pansy Wong needs to say where she stands on rumours her Ministry will be axed, Labour Spokesperson for Women's Affairs Sue Moroney says. More >>
Wong needs to stop talking and start doing
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s preoccupation with holding even more talkfests will do nothing to solve the alarming problem of increasing Asian unemployment in New Zealand, says Labour Associate Ethnic Affairs spokesperson Raymond Huo. More >>
Desperate National tries to mislead on ACC
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 9:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
ACC Minister Nick Smith has blatantly attempted to mislead New Zealanders on Labour’s ACC policy, Labour ACC spokesman David Parker says. More >>
Labour rejects proposals to resume whaling
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 9:45 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Chris Carter has said Labour would not support any measures proposed at the International Whaling Commission that could see an end to the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling. He urges the National/ACT Government to resist any moves to lift the ban on commercial ... More >>
PM favours fast growth ahead of balanced growth
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 9:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Canterbury people should be worried about comments by Prime Minister John Key in relation to allocating water in the province without genuine community involvement, says Labour’s water spokesman Brendon Burns. More >>
Joyce not fighting for XT customers
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Telecom boss Paul Reynolds has exposed Steven Joyce’s lack understanding of the anger or frustration XT customers are experiencing, Labour’s Communications spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Elderly to lose home support in Govt cost-cutting
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Elderly across the country are bearing the brunt of health spending cuts with DHBs doing away with comprehensive home support help, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
West Aucklanders sound alarm on Waitakeres
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
West Aucklanders rang alarm bells about the future of the Waitakere Ranges at today’s Auckland Governance Select Committee hearing public submissions on the third super city bill, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Labour supports diplomatic ties with Fiji
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party supports the Government’s efforts to strengthen the diplomatic capacity of our Suva mission, says Labour Foreign Affairs spokesperson Chris Carter. More >>
Insulation plan puts more people out of work
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 2:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s poorly designed subsidies for home heating and insulation companies are putting people out of work, Labour’s Associate Energy spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>
Time for Minister to get on the blower
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 9:20 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The time has come for Communications Minister Steven Joyce to demand some answers from Telecom following the latest major outage in the XT network, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Redundancy grievances double in one year
Monday, 22 February 2010, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson needs to front up and look into why the number of personal grievances due to redundancy complaints has doubled in the last year, Labour’s Associate labour spokesperson Darien Fenton said today. More >>
Submitters overwhelmingly negative on super city
Monday, 22 February 2010, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says public submissions at the first day of the Auckland Governance Select Committee hearings have been overwhelmingly negative about the super city. More >>
Make consumers your priority Steven
Monday, 22 February 2010, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Communications Minister Steven Joyce must put consumers first when responding to the Commerce Commission’s report on mobile termination rates, Labour Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today. More >>
Labour to take GST campaign to communities
Monday, 22 February 2010, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff today announced his MPs will travel the length of the country to campaign against John Key’s plans to increase GST to 15%. More >>
Honesty has always been the best Health Policy
Monday, 22 February 2010, 10:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Health Tony Ryall cannot be trusted to speak the truth on doctor training nor on doctor numbers if his comments this morning are anything to go by, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
