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Do nothing govt must act on redundancy rights
Friday, 6 November 2009, 10:10 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The rise in unemployment announced today shows the urgent need for guaranteed redundancy protections, says Labour’s associate labour spokesperson Darien Fenton. More >>
Labour welcomes MP pay freeze
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Deputy Leader Annette King has welcomed the decision by the Remuneration Authority today of a zero percent salary increase for MPs this year. “In a time of recession it is only right that when all New Zealanders are having to exercise restraint MPs ... More >>
Don’t delay ag’s entry into ETS – new survey
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A major new international study shows that Government proposals to delay the entry date of agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) should not proceed, the Labour Party says. NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York has just ... More >>
Government missing in action on affordable housing
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing New Zealand’s admission that it has been directed not to promote the shared equity scheme is yet further evidence that this Government is doing nothing to help struggling Kiwi families into home ownership, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson ... More >>
Unemployment stats damning indictment of National
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s Household Labour Force Survey statistics provide a damning indictment of the Government’s hands-off approach to helping hard-working New Zealanders keep their jobs, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. “The Government is ... More >>
Taxpayers can’t afford ACC’s political propaganda
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Taxpayer money is being scandalously wasted on newspaper ads that don't tell the real story about the reasons behind huge ACC fee rises, Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker says. “The large display ads in major dailies today claims ‘motorcyclists ... More >>
Labour pays tribute to Sir Don Beaven
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 12:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson today paid tribute to the enormous talent and dedication of diabetes expert Sir Don Beaven who is assumed to have passed away tragically in a house fire. More >>
Crown accounts proof of Govt ACC scaremongering
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The release of Crown Accounts show ACC investment returns in the last three months are $700 million higher than forecast, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. “This is further proof of the Government’s manufactured ACC crisis. “Labour ... More >>
Roading cuts could force Crown Range closures
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tourism operators in central Otago should be very concerned at the possibility of the Crown Range Road being closed for long periods next winter because of the Government’s cuts to local road maintenance funding, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darren ... More >>
Brownlee’s foot in mouth over West Coast dam
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Gerry Brownlee’s comments on the Meridian Energy-backed Mokihinui River hydro-generation application confirm that he is out of his depth in his portfolio, and that National does not understand how to plan for our country's future energy security, Labour's ... More >>
National won't monitor complex health issues
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National has admitted it has committed the ultimate PR spin on difficult health issues, it simply will not monitor them, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More >>
Bill English decisions on Super, ACC short-sighted
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s $175 million operating deficit for the first three months of the financial year would be far worse if Super Fund and ACC investments had not made gains, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Declining work - bad times for redundant workers
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Figures out today showing that jobs and hours continue to decrease means more hard times for workers facing redundancy, says Darien Fenton, Labour’s Associate Labour spokesperson. The Quarterly Employment Survey released by Statistics New Zealand ... More >>
Nick Smith gets rev up over ACC bike hike
Monday, 2 November 2009, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Slapping huge increases on ACC levies for motorbikes is unjustified, unfair and divisive, Labour leader Phil Goff said today. More >>
Archives independence should be protected
Monday, 2 November 2009, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Plans by the National Government to put Archives New Zealand under the control of another government department are a backward step, Labour State Services Spokesperson Grant Robertson said. The Government is undertaking a review of where Archives New ... More >>
National’s own supporters don’t want ETS changes
Monday, 2 November 2009, 10:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Maori Party should re-think its support for National's changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme in light of the overwhelming public opposition to those changes, including from Maori voters, says Labour's climate change issues spokesperson Charles Chauvel. ... More >>
Visit to Samoa and Tonga
Friday, 30 October 2009, 4:26 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Phil Goff leaves Monday for a four-day visit to Samoa and Tonga. The visit will focus on recovery and rehabilitation needs in both countries following the tragic loss of life and major damage caused by the recent tsunami. "New Zealanders ... More >>
National brushes aside voices for fair pay
Friday, 30 October 2009, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National has dismissed out of hand a call by nearly 16,000 Kiwis to reduce the pay gap for women, Labour’s Associate Spokesperson on labour issues Darien Fenton said today. The National Party-majority Transport and Industrial Relations Committee today ... More >>
ACC reforms will short-change older New Zealanders
Friday, 30 October 2009, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s unprecedented attack on New Zealand’s world-leading accident compensation scheme will have serious impacts on older New Zealanders who are particularly vulnerable to injury, says Labour’s Senior Citizens spokesperson Ross Robertson. More >>
Tolley deluged with complaints from colleagues?
Friday, 30 October 2009, 3:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Anne Tolley's refusal to provide correspondence about night class cuts from National MPs to herself and John Key, on the grounds that it would take too much work to collate, suggests the pair have been deluged with correspondence from unhappy National backbenchers, ... More >>
