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Politicised public services must be investigated

Monday, 15 February 2010, 9:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party

An email from the Ministry of Education that indicates a policy of dealing with advocacy for students with disabilities differently if the matter is raised by an opposition MP rather than a government MP must be investigated, Grant Robertson Labour State ... More >>

Boag And Banks Put Supercity Integrity on the Line

Sunday, 14 February 2010, 12:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford says Aucklanders should be very worried about the politicisation of the Auckland Supercity management team. “It’s been revealed Michelle Boag, has been hired to appoint Supercity staff. More >>

Salvation Army Report Should Be Wake-Up Call

Friday, 12 February 2010, 3:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

A damning Salvation Army report showing that children are bearing the brunt of the economic downturn should be a frightening reality check for the National Government, Labour deputy leader Annette King says. More >>

Whanau Ora Shenanigans Getting Ridiculous

Friday, 12 February 2010, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government’s handling of Whanau Ora is getting more ridiculous by the day and the Prime Minister needs to front up and explain what exactly is going on, says Labour Social Development spokesperson Annette King. More >>

ACC Bill Will Erode Protection For Injured

Friday, 12 February 2010, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Injured New Zealanders will be the losers from a Government Bill which will reduce the protection and care they have until now received from ACC, says Labour’s acting ACC spokesperson Maryan Street. More >>

Waitakere Ranges under threat from super city bill

Friday, 12 February 2010, 9:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour MPs have condemned provisions in the Government's third Super City Bill which could gut the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act and see Aucklanders losing control over Waitakere's prized Centennial Park. More >>

Minister shows no interest in Pacific unemployment

Friday, 12 February 2010, 9:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Minister for Social Development and Employment Paula Bennett shows no empathy for the more than 12,000 Pacific people currently unemployed in New Zealand, says Labour Associate Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni. More >>

Labour urges Kiwis' response to drugs issues paper

Friday, 12 February 2010, 9:21 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Labour Party is urging Kiwis to respond to today’s Law Commission Issues Paper on Controlling and Regulating Drugs. More >>

Time For Joyce To Clean Up Tolley’s Mess

Thursday, 11 February 2010, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Disability Issues spokesperson Lynne Pillay says it’s time for Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce to clean up the mess Anne Tolley left around sign language education. More >>

What Does This Government Have Against Youth

Thursday, 11 February 2010, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

ACT MP Roger Douglas’ lodging of a Member’s Bill advocating a return to youth rates is an ominous sign, especially given the Labour Minister’s apparent support for such a backwards step, say Labour MPs Darien Fenton and Jacinda Ardern. More >>

English Evades Tax Questions

Thursday, 11 February 2010, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe said Mr English pretended in the House to have forgotten scenarios which Labour sought to table, but which he and other Government MPs blocked. More >>

Brownlee To Consumers - Sort It Out Yourselves

Thursday, 11 February 2010, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's energy spokesperson Charles Chauvel says National has no solutions on offer to the problem of ever-increasing power prices. “News that Contact Energy will raise domestic energy prices for in Marlborough and Northland by 5% is another blow ... More >>

Talk On Domestic Violence Not Matched By Action

Thursday, 11 February 2010, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour welcomes today’s release of the discussion paper by survivors of domestic violence, but questions the Government’s response in light its continual stalling on key domestic violence reforms, says the party’s Justice spokesperson Lianne ... More >>

Ryall labels frontline health cuts as ‘changes’

Thursday, 11 February 2010, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

While the Health Minister Tony Ryall continues to make statements about increasing frontline health services, the public are experiencing just the opposite and he has even gone as far as to try to re-label the cuts as ‘changes’, Labour Health spokesperson ... More >>

Aussie Unemployment Shows Benefits Of A Plan

Thursday, 11 February 2010, 2:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Australians are reaping the benefits of their Government having a clear plan to weather the recession with their unemployment level falling for the fourth consecutive month, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. More >>

Entrenchment mess highlights Maori Party misses

Thursday, 11 February 2010, 10:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Maori Party’s submitting and subsequent withdrawing of a member’s bill to entrench the Maori seats in Parliament once again highlights just how hamstrung it is by its relationship with National, says Labour MP Mita Ririrui. More >>

Government double-whammy hits working poor

Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Lower paid Kiwis, still reeling from last month’s miserly 25 cents minimum wage rise, will find it even harder to get by when the Government raises GST, probably to 15 per cent, Labour’s associate spokesperson on labour issues Darien Fenton ... More >>