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Collins unconvincing on police cars
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Government confusion over the number of new police cars for Counties Manukau doesn’t conceal the fact that the Government is not committed to providing police with the resources they need to do their job, says Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton ... More >>
Tolley refuses to bat for better tertiary ed
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is ignoring the growing need to make tertiary education a priority, says Labour Tertiary Education Spokesperson Maryan Street. “Anne Tolley today claimed at Select Committee that she had cut funding for Adult Community Education Courses ... More >>
Tolley refuses to bat for tertiary education
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 3:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is ignoring the growing need to make tertiary education a priority, says Labour Tertiary Education Spokesperson Maryan Street. More >>
1000 Pasifika kids need to go to school
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 2:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The recently highlighted plight of over 1000 Pasifika children who are not allowed to go to school must be addressed immediately, says Labour’s Immigration spokesperson Pete Hodgson. More >>
Government MPs sink bank inquiry
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
An inquiry into bank interest rates has been blocked by Government MPs on Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee. Labour and Green MPs on the committee supported an inquiry and say that until recently it seemed to have backing from Government ... More >>
Coleman biffs money and gets the biff
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Immigration Minister Jonathon Coleman has decided to appoint a new deputy chief executive for immigration when he already has one, Labour’s Immigration spokesperson Pete Hodgson says. More >>
Labour demonstrates bipartisan approach
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 11:49 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s determination to see an ETS with integrity introduced was behind its decision to support legislation delaying obligations for the forestry sector - but the Government must show the same leadership, says Labour’s Forestry spokesperson Mita Ririnui. ... More >>
Minister of Labour continues to mislead
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 8:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson seems oblivious to the thousands of women who have been disadvantaged by her closure of the Pay and Employment Equity Unit, says Labour Spokesperson for Women's Affairs Sue Moroney. “Today the Minister repeated her ... More >>
Regions suffer as frontline services go
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s promise that it would shift resources to the ‘frontline’ of the public sector is empty, as staff in regions across New Zealand are losing their jobs and services cut by cut, Labour State Services Spokesperson Grant Robertson says. More >>
Minister drops Disability Issues
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 5:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett’s announcement today that she has dropped her Disability Issues delegation is a belated recognition that she was never up to speed with the portfolio, Lynne Pillay, Labour Spokesperson on Disability Issues says. More >>
There’s nothing romantic in running down rail
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nothing exposes the National Government’s inability to think beyond the short term more than its constant belittling of KiwiRail and its rail network, says Labour Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes. More >>
John Key’s naivety exposed
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 4:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key’s naivety over the issue of child abuse was exposed today, when he tried to suggest that raising awareness of child abuse was no longer necessary, says Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Annette King. “Mr Key was trying ... More >>
National muzzles public servants
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
It is outrageous that the rights of public servants to participate in the rally at Parliament today in support of pay equity have been muzzled, Grant Robertson, State Services Spokesperson said. More >>
Health services harder to get under National?
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government is refusing to guarantee GP fees will not increase substantially, Labour’s Health Spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. “This year the Government has confirmed that GP fees will rise 6.5 percent and is refusing to rule out further substantial ... More >>
Labour MPs to show support for pay equity rally
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 11:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MPs will today join a rally to show their support for pay equity, Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney says. “The National Party has been in Parliament for just a few months but already their record on the issue of pay equity ... More >>
Victims of domestic violence are short-changed
Monday, 29 June 2009, 3:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Victims of crime in New Zealand have been let down by the National Government, says Labour Spokesperson for Victims Rights Lynne Pillay. “While the Government’s Domestic Violence (Enhancing Safety) Bill provides police safety orders for victims ... More >>
Rural Kiwis second class citizens on broadband
Monday, 29 June 2009, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A quarter of New Zealand’s population living in rural areas is not included in the National Government’s ultrafast broadband scheme, creating what is essentially a digital divide between urban and rural communities. Labour communications and IT ... More >>
Mallard to meet principals, union re league tables
Monday, 29 June 2009, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Education Spokesperson Trevor Mallard will tomorrow meet with school principals and the New Zealand Educational Institute to discuss possible solutions to the league table impasse. “Anne Tolley has created a stand-off between herself and schools ... More >>
Ratepayers pay water costs for those who benefit
Monday, 29 June 2009, 9:16 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Environment Canterbury rates in Christchurch this week rise by nearly 8 percent more than needed because farmers and other major water users aren’t being directly charged a single dollar for water management, says Labour water quality spokesman Brendon ... More >>
Government’s priorities perverse
Monday, 29 June 2009, 9:05 am | New Zealand Labour Party
In difficult economic times, people expect governments may need to find savings and be careful about spending, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. “But the recent budget and revelations about the willingness of ministers to spend up large on themselves ... More >>
