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Cost of living: Kiwis find it tougher and tougher
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The higher than expected jump in living costs in the September quarter highlights the problems faced by hard-working New Zealand families battling to make ends meet, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Sexual abuse victims now victims of ACC cutbacks
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The tragic case of two young boys from Taranaki who were brutally sodomised and abused but who have been denied sexual abuse counselling by ACC is horrifying, says Labour’s Victims Rights Spokesperson Lynne Pillay. More >>
PM ‘slams’ Coleman’s inept handling of RWC fiasco
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 10:47 am | New Zealand Labour Party
John Key’s criticism of ministers over the RWC free-to-air television fiasco is particularly aimed at Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman, who is floundering in his portfolio, says Labour broadcasting spokesperson Brendon Burns. “The Prime ... More >>
English must stop talking economy down
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 9:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government needs to stop talking the economy down and to show it has a real plan to help hard-working Kiwi families battling to make ends meet, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. More >>
Nick Smith’s scaremongering exposed again
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
While ACC levy increases will be hard on people’s pockets, they won’t be nearly as steep as those the Government tried to frighten the public with last week, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Labour supports Parliamentary staff protest
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MPs joined security officers, library staff, reception workers, building maintenance staff, messengers and other administrative staff at a lunchtime rally at Parliament today to show support for their protest against a pay freeze and cuts ... More >>
Nuclear free work gains international recognition
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Kiwi peace activist Alyn Ware has been recognised internationally for his work to rid the world of nuclear weapons, says Phil Twyford MP chair of the cross-party parliamentarians group on nuclear disarmament. More >>
Labour supports UK moves on tobacco
Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 5:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Associate Health Spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says the decision by the UK Parliament to support a ban on tobacco displays is embarrassing for the New Zealand Government that can't even decide whether or not it is in favour of similar action ... More >>
Government must look at tsunami preparation
Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government should invest in the safety of New Zealanders by purchasing tsunami warning buoys, Labour Civil Defence spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni. “The recent tsunami and spate of earthquakes in the Pacific show just how important investing ... More >>
Patients go without under National’s health plans
Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Patients are suffering from cuts to frontline health services under National, with elderly missing out on home support and patients losing out on $60 million of elective surgery, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. “While Health Minister Tony ... More >>
Govt's punt shows broadcasting policy a shambles
Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A government decision to back a competing bid against Maori Television to provide free-to-air coverage for the Rugby World Cup confirms its own shambolic policies, says Labour’s broadcasting spokesman Brendon Burns. Brendon Burns said: “Broadcasting ... More >>
Afghanistan political situation in crisis
Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 12:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The political situation in Afghanistan is in crisis following findings of electoral fraud, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told Labour leader Phil Goff in New York today. Phil Goff, who worked personally with Mr Ban when he was Korea’s foreign ... More >>
ACC scaremongering has got to stop
Monday, 12 October 2009, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The irresponsible scaremongering being undertaken by the Government and the ACC board around expected ACC levy increases has got to stop, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. More >>
Another chapter written in National’s dodgy ETS
Friday, 9 October 2009, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Environment Minister Nick Smith has continued his shonky practices in the latest attempt to conceal just how bad for hardworking Kiwi families National’s ETS deal with the Maori Party is, Labour says. Climate change spokesperson Charles Chauvel ... More >>
Goff: Speech to US Partnership Forum, Washington
Friday, 9 October 2009, 1:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is three and a half years since we were here in Washington for the first US/NZ Partnership Forum and we can celebrate the forward movement made in the relationship between our two countries over this period of time. More >>
Canterbury loses frontline community policing
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 2:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The loss of thousands of hours of frontline community policing in the Canterbury district strips vital resources from police at a time when they are more concerned than ever about youth crime and alcohol abuse, says Labour law and order spokesperson ... More >>
ACC must go back to drawing board on sexual abuse
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Opposition to ACC plans to change sexual abuse counselling practices is mounting and damaging the credibility of the agency and a two week delay is not good enough - it must revisit the plans, says Labour's Victims Rights spokesperson Lynne Pillay. ... More >>
Bail for arsonist proves Nat’s points-scoring
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The bailing of a self-confessed arsonist back to the same block of council flats where he lit five separate fires proves what a farce the Government’s bail changes have been, says Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More >>
Desperate families get nothing but platitudes
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Reports that the debts of families seeking budgeting advice have risen by 25 per cent show the Government’s promises to help struggling families are nothing more than platitudes, says Social Development spokesperson Annette King. More >>
ACC must clarify plans for the seriously injured
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
ACC needs to spell out exactly what changes are being introduced to reduce costs associated with caring for seriously injured New Zealanders, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson David Parker. ACC is reported today to be seeking to reduce the cost ... More >>
