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Shearer welcomes u-turn on Waterview connection
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 12:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Transport Minister Steven Joyce’s decision to back down from his preferred route for the new Waterview road connection in Auckland was welcomed today by Mt Albert Labour MP David Shearer. More >>
National makes a deceitful Christmas grab
Monday, 21 December 2009, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour says that the government’s announcement today about changes to the Holidays Act is a deceitful grab back of workers’ holidays entitlements. More >>
Labour - Cautious Welcome to Copenhagen Outcome
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The end of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit appears to be neither a resounding failure nor a major milestone on the road to curbing greenhouse gas emissions, said Labour's Climate Change Issues Spokesperson Charles Chauvel. More >>
Aged Care inquiry more urgent than ever
Friday, 18 December 2009, 12:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Revelations today that ill elderly people are being turned away from rest homes because of the cost of care provides yet more evidence that the sector desperately needs an overhaul, Labour’s Aged Care spokesperson Luamanuvao Winnie Laban said. A rest ... More >>
Copyright - Improving, but could do better
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran says the Government’s latest copyright plan is an improvement on its previous proposal, but more scrutiny is required to see if it will actually work. More >>
Key’s climate fund a missed opportunity
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 12:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s announcement today of US, Canadian and NZ financial contributions to a Global Agriculture Fund is a huge missed opportunity for NZ Inc, Labour’s climate change spokesperson Charles Chauvel said. More >>
Heatley at odds w Housing NZ over housing policy
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 10:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing Minister Phil Heatley is at odds with his Chief Executive of Housing New Zealand Lesley McTurk over the Government’s policy to extend Labour’s Welcome Home Loan scheme to Maori multiply owned land, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson ... More >>
Passing of disability educator Todd Fernie
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Disability spokesperson Lynne Pillay today acknowledged the passing of disability educator and leader Todd Fernie. Todd Fernie was the Scholarship Recruitment and Training Adviser for disabled students at AUT. More >>
Let’s walk and talk Gerry
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A pair of walking shoes and a few days is all the Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee needs to learn why he should not open up Mt Aspiring National Park to mining, Labour Conservation spokesperson David Parker says. More >>
Sexual abuse survivors and ACC cutbacks
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 4:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Prime Minister must put a halt to ACC cutbacks that have restricted the ability of survivors of sexual abuse to access counselling, Labour Deputy Leader Annette King says. More >>
Speech: goff - hardworking Kiwis
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A year ago today Bill English also moved the adjournment debate. He began it by accusing the former Labour administration of being "scandal-ridden". This at the very time he was busy – busy rearranging his personal affairs to get twice the level of housing ... More >>
Rest homes: A-G puts acid on National to lift Game
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Auditor General's report today on the need to ensure standards in New Zealand rest homes is a wake-up call for those who deny there are problems in the aged care sector, said Labour's spokesperson for aged care, Luamanuvao Winnie Laban. More >>
Guarantees on family violence court advocates
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must spell out once and for all whether it plans to follow the recommendations of the experts and place family violence advocates in courts, says Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Annette King. “Contrary to ridiculous claims by Tariana ... More >>
Taskforce report vindicates Labour’s approach
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Commerce spokesperson Lianne Dalziel says the Capital Market Development Taskforce’s final report vindicates Labour’s decision to set up the taskforce, but Labour Labour Commerce spokesperson Lianne Dalziel says the Capital Market Development Taskforce’s final report vindicates Labour’s decision to set up the taskforce, but Labour would not support even the partial listing of SOEs. “When I established the taskforce in 2008 to develop a blue print for the development of New Zealand’s financial system, I was thinking of how we could add depth and breadth to our capital markets to help firms raise funds and allow New Zealand to capture more of the gains for business growth,” Lianne Dalziel said. More >>
Taskforce feared stalking horse for privatisation
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The final report of the Capital Market Development Taskforce could be used by the Government as a stalking horse for privatising State Owned Enterprises, says Labour SOE spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. Clayton Cosgrove said that while Labour welcomed ... More >>
Treasury predicts high joblessness to last longer
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Treasury predictions that unemployment will remain high for longer than expected provides worrying confirmation that National still has no plan to help Kiwis who have suffered most in the recession, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. ... More >>
Govt must take harder line on ‘clothing trucks’
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 10:39 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to ensure a harder line is taken against mobile clothing trucks after renewed concerns they are “financially trapping” hundreds of vulnerable families, says Labour’s Consumer Affairs spokesperson Carol Beaumont. “The Manukau ... More >>
Minister invites civil disobedience
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 10:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Moves to silence teachers and principals from criticising the Minister of Education and Anne Tolley's threat to sack boards of trustees who allow staff to boycott the National Standards are like a red rag to a bull, says Kelvin Davis. “They have ... More >>
What’s happened to Heatley’s rental law urgency?
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 10:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Phil Heatley needs to explain to tenants, landlords and vulnerable boarding house tenants what’s happened to much-need improvements to tenancy laws which he promised in May was a priority, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Moana Mackey. “The ... More >>
Shoddy and dangerous polytech Bill progresses
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 9:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Shoddy and dangerous legislation stripping away guaranteed representation for Maori, students, staff, industry and community representatives from polytech councils passed its second reading today, says Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan ... More >>
