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Export-led recovery increasingly the stuff of myth
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Reserve Bank has confirmed that New Zealand is unlikely to experience an export-led economic recovery despite Finance Minister Bill English’s boasting, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. “This underlines again just how few ideas ... More >>
Doubling of workplace deaths predictable
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The doubling of workplace deaths in the last five months of this year was predictable and the government’s cuts to Health and Safety and ACC will mean that unnecessary deaths will continue, says Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton. “Labour ... More >>
Ed Minister in another world on National Standards
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Education Minister Anne Tolley is living in another world when it comes to National Standards, says Labour Associate Education Spokesperson Kelvin Davis. “Anne Tolley talks as if teachers are opposed to good reporting to parents. They are not, and ... More >>
Investigate crimes against humanity in Burma
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 2:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A significant number of New Zealand MPs are joining the call to urge the UN Security Council to launch an investigation into crimes against humanity committed by the military regime in Burma, says Labour MP Maryan Street. “They are joining over ... More >>
User-pays ACC approach picks off groups one by one
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s treatment of ACC motorcycle levies is symptomatic of an increasing user-pays approach which is picking off groups of New Zealanders one by one, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. “Today’s levy announcement also confirms ... More >>
Cabinet paper proves ACC cuts target low income NZ
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 10:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A Cabinet paper detailing changes to ACC legislation is further proof that hard-working, lower income families and other particularly vulnerable New Zealanders will be hardest hit by the cuts, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. “Labour's been ... More >>
TVNZ now an official cash cow, not a broadcaster
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 10:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The bill abolishing the Television New Zealand charter is the latest step by the Government toward making TVNZ a cash cow and ending any requirement to behave as a state broadcaster, says Labour’s broadcasting spokesman Brendon Burns. The Television ... More >>
Power must meet Manukau lawyers
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 9:27 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Justice Spokespeople Lianne Dalziel and Charles Chauvel are calling on Justice Minister Simon Power to meet members of the Manukau criminal bar to get their perspective on Dame Margaret Bazley’s Legal Aid Review report. Lianne Dalziel, ... More >>
Ports of Ak to be stripped of anti-privatisation
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has decided to repeal the law that would prevent the privatisation of the Ports of Auckland unless a majority of Aucklanders voted to approve the sale, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. More >>
Children with disabilities deserve better
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 3:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A petition calling on the Government to reverse its devastating cuts to occupational and physical therapy in schools will today be presented to Parliament by Labour Disability Issues Spokesperson Lynne Pillay. “Education Minister Anne Tolley is denying disabled ... More >>
National must cut Kiwi power bills
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders currently feeling the squeeze when paying the bills will not get any help from the Government’s electricity market review, Labour’s Energy spokesperson Charles Chauvel said today. “John Key and Gerry Brownlee blustered during the election ... More >>
English manipulating expenditure numbers a "farce"
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 3:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Treasury confirmed at today’s Finance and Expenditure select committee meeting that government expenditure as a percentage of GDP actually fell between 1999 and 2008, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. David Cunliffe said Bill English’s ... More >>
A Break-Away for young people these school holiday
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Young people in Auckland will have a chance to challenge themselves across a range of sports and activities thanks to the new Break-Away school holiday programme. Paula Bennett, Minister for Social Development and Employment, today confirmed that 26 ... More >>
Aged Care Inquiry shunted aside again
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
An inquiry into aged care, proposed by Labour MP Hon Luamanuvao Winnie Laban, was voted down by Government members sitting on the Health Select Committee for the third time today. "It amazes me that with the approaching crisis in care for the elderly, ... More >>
Start advocating for senior citizens Minister
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government is treating older New Zealand as a burden and refusing to acknowledge their needs, Labour Senior Citizens spokesperson Ross Robertson says. “Decisions being made by the Government in cutting ACC programmes that affect older ... More >>
Premature to congratulate yourself on P war, Key
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It's premature for Prime Minister John Key to be congratulating himself over the recent drug busts at the border – when his own Customs Minister is on record as saying he doesn’t know how much of the drug and precursors cross our borders undetected, ... More >>
Ministers break law
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Bill English was given a car for his personal use before the regulations were changed to make it legal. Questioned in Parliament today the Prime Minister confirmed that Mr English had use of the car before May 26th, the date that regulations ... More >>
Chauvel to Copenhagen
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party will be represented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (COP15) this month by its Climate Change Issues Spokesperson Charles Chauvel. "Climate Change is one of the most pressing ... More >>
Collins seeks to hide from harsh truth
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Police fear that their traditional Christmas workload will be even tougher to handle this year because National budget cuts have forced police to chop 340 vehicles from their fleet, says Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. “Police Minister ... More >>
Manufacturers, exporters justified in slating Govt
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 11:00 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Manufacturers and exporters are justifiably exasperated that the Government is not even prepared to discuss possible options to move beyond the OCR as the instrument of monetary policy, says Labour Associate Finance spokesperson David Parker. The ... More >>
