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Tolley hides in House
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Anne Tolley’s decision to hide in the House instead of meeting the hundreds of people who marched to bring their concerns about ACE cuts to Parliament shows just how much she cares, says Labour Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street. More >>
Government cuts put most vulnerable kids at risk
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government’s decision to cut funding for special needs kids in our schools is wrong and must be reversed, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. More >>
Bennett denies public “full story” on unemployment
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 12:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key’s claim that Labour is scaremongering on unemployment numbers is hypocritical given his Social Development Minister has repeatedly refused to release her weekly updates, Labour Social Development spokesperson Annette King says. More >>
Govt must assure Kiwis public holidays are safe
Monday, 3 August 2009, 4:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government’s decision to vote down a Matariki public holiday is a worrying sign ahead of a significant Government review of New Zealanders’ holiday entitlements, says the Labour Party’s Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton. More >>
Guide dog result asserts rights for the blind
Monday, 3 August 2009, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A two year fight for a blind woman who was denied accommodation because she had a guide dog is over, but it never should have happened, Labour disability issues spokesperson Lynne Pillay said today. More >>
Cuts to Uni’s ability to meet needs is shameful
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Disestablishing programmes designed to assist people to prepare for tertiary education is shameful and a backward step, said Opposition Tertiary Education spokesperson, Maryan Street today. “The government is applying enormous pressure to our universities ... More >>
Bennett confused over access to TIA funding
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s spokesperson on Justice Lianne Dalziel has challenged Paula Bennett to spell out what parts of the student loan scheme apply to people who are trying to get off benefits by undertaking degree or diploma level courses. “I am sick of ... More >>
Youth job initiatives ok, but too timid
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:43 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today’s jobs and training package for young people is a step in the right direction but is not ambitious enough, Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street and Youth Affairs spokesperson Jacinda Ardern said today. “Labour has been calling ... More >>
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 >>
