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Maori Party frustration mounts
Friday, 31 July 2009, 2:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tariana Turia’s sharp criticism of the recent business migrant policy changes reflects growing dissatisfaction within the Maori Party about the Government’s direction, says Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia. On Radio NZ’s Waatea ... More >>
National fails to deliver green jobs package
Friday, 31 July 2009, 1:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders will be asking how “Australia can create 50,000 green jobs while we are getting just 160 so far for a bike track”, Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe says. David Cunliffe said National should be urgently investigating a green ... More >>
Key and McCully must talk to PNG
Friday, 31 July 2009, 10:01 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter has called on Prime Minister John Key and Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully to lobby Papua New Guinean Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, and Foreign Minister Sam Abal, to scrap plans to reactivate ... More >>
Brash confirms it’s Groundhog Day
Friday, 31 July 2009, 8:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
If there was lingering doubt that the centrist face National presented during the election was nothing but a mask, Don Brash’s speech today removes it, says the Labour Party’s Labour Spokesperson Trevor Mallard. More >>
Law Comm report on Alcohol "sobering" - Labour
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party today welcomed the Law Commission's comprehensive report on the sale of liquor in New Zealand. Labour Justice Spokesperson Lianne Dalziel and Associate Health Spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway have commended the Law Commission on providing ... More >>
Nats indifferent to skilled workforce
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government has no commitment to a skilled information and technology workforce and is indifferent to moves that will drive down wages and fragment this important workforce, Labour Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said ... More >>
Cosgrove lays breach of privilege against Garrett
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove has laid a breach of privilege complaint against ACT MP David Garrett for his comments at the law and order select committee yesterday. More >>
Labour hopes National supports provocation repeal
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has been handed an early opportunity to remove the provocation defence in murder trials with today’s drawing of the Abolition of Defence of Provocation Amendment Bill from the Ballot, Labour's Justice spokesperson Lianne Dalziel says. More >>
Expenses out at last
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“I welcome the release of these figures. Kiwis now know what taxpayer funds their MPs are spending and what they are spending it on,” Acting Shadow Leader of the House Trevor Mallard said. “Analysis of the figures will show that it costs more ... More >>
Labour welcomes expense transparency
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 11:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“Labour welcomes the release of these figures. There is now transparency in the system,” Labour Junior Whip Steve Chadwick said today. “Analysis of the figures will show that it costs more for some Members to get to and from Wellington. “Also ... More >>
Hide must censure out-of-control, bullying Garrett
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 9:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
ACT leader Rodney Hide must insist that his ill-disciplined MP David Garrett apologises to prison officers who today spoke at a select committee of their misgivings about private prisons, says Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. “His ... More >>
Bullying by Govt Ministers & MPs a worrying trend
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 9:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Associate Justice Spokesperson Charles Chauvel is lamenting what he labels a “worrying trend” emerging amongst Government MPs to engage in bullying. “It is a matter of record that I have helped put together a complaint to the Privacy ... More >>
Bullying by Ministers and MPs a worrying trend
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 5:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Associate Justice Spokesperson Charles Chauvel is lamenting what he labels a “worrying trend” emerging amongst Government MPs to engage in bullying. More >>
Bennett must front on process
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 4:57 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett must come clean on exactly what process she followed before embarking on her intimidation campaign because it looks like a straight case of an abuse of power, says Labour Social Development spokesperson Annette King. More >>
Fundraising for Nats OK, But Banking Inquiry Not
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 3:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Chris Carter has contrasted Speaker Lockwood Smith’s refusal to allow a Select Committee room at Parliament to be used for the cross-party Inquiry into short term Bank interest rates with Ethnic Affairs Minister Pansy Wong’s questionable ... More >>
Closing date for submissions banking inquiry
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The closing date for submissions to the multi-party inquiry into banking issues will be 31 August, six weeks after the inquiry was announced, Labour finance spokesperson David Cunliffe says. “There has been a growing history this year of insufficient ... More >>
Kiwis excel in the Rockies
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Winning seventeen gold and silver medals at the recent International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) World Youth Championships is an outstanding result for the young athletes and for our nation, Labour’s Disability Issues spokesperson Lynne Pillay ... More >>
Sharples agrees to agree with National
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 10:41 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The admission by Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples that he disagrees with funding cuts to the Adult Community Education programmes, but still voted for them in Budget 09, is evidence the Maori Party is little more than a plaything for National, says ... More >>
Transferring public school land into private hands
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government is refusing to rule out transferring publicly owned school sites into private hands, Labour’s Education spokesperson Trevor Mallard said today. “Minister of Education Anne Tolley today not only refused to rule out the transfer ... More >>
Labour to lodge privacy complaint over Bennett
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Associate Justice Spokesperson Charles Chauvel plans to lay a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner over Paula Bennett’s clumsy and vindictive attempts to silence her critics. More >>
