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Budget fails to protect Kiwi jobs
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Hardworking New Zealanders will be disappointed by the failure of John Key’s first Budget to set out a real plan to keep Kiwis in work, Labour Leader Phil Goff says. More >>
National votes down $15 minimum wage
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 10:51 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour MP Darien Fenton’s Minimum Wage and Remuneration Bill was voted down by the National/Act Government in Parliament last night. The Bill would have brought minimum wage rights to thousands of contractors who are currently without protection ... More >>
Another 220 jobs axed under National
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 9:34 am | New Zealand Labour Party
On the eve of the Budget ACC has confirmed that 220 jobs are being axed, bringing the total number of public sector jobs lost this year to about 1,200, says Labour’s State Services Spokesperson Grant Robertson. More >>
$2000 a day to work from home for purchase advisor
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 9:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English needs to release in full all details around the contracting of his private purchase advisors, Labours Internal Affairs Spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. “Today it was revealed thanks to in-depth questioning by a reporter that his own department ... More >>
Bennett won’t guarantee funding for over 800 group
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paula Bennett is refusing to guarantee funding for over 800 community and voluntary sector groups who expected automatic increases in tomorrow’s Budget, says Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Annette King. “Under the Pathway to Partnership ... More >>
Key and English at odds on eve of Budget
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders looking for direction, urgency and action on the jobs front from tomorrow’s budget must be alarmed at the lack of unity between John Key and his deputy Bill English, Labour Leader Phil Goff says. “Once again the Prime Minister and the Finance ... More >>
English leaves vulnerable at mercy of loan sharks
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Bill English and the National Government are dragging their heels on reining in loan-sharks, Labour Associate Justice Spokesperson Charles Chauvel says. “Vulnerable New Zealanders are being charged up to 2000 percent interest ... More >>
NZ Govt’s lack of response to N Korea provocation
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party condemns North Korea’s latest sabre-rattling missile launch, and the New Zealand Government’s lacklustre response to it, says Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter. “During the past 48 hours North Korea has outraged world opinion, ... More >>
Sharples planned Budget no-show appalling
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is appalled to discover that Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples was planning to avoid fronting on tomorrow’s Budget and remain in Australia instead, says Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesman Parekura Horomia. “We understand it dawned on someone in ... More >>
National’s spin on public services busted
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Tomorrow’s Budget should be about developing a public service that can provide New Zealanders with the services they need and deserve, rather than cutting services and jobs, Grant Robertson, Labour State Services Spokesperson says. More >>
National’s shoddy approach to democracy continues
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 1:14 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National is continuing to ride roughshod over democratic processes by refusing to allow Labour to put a fourth non-voting member on the Super City select committee, says Labour’s Shadow Leader of the House Darren Hughes. “National’s unprecedented ... More >>
Anniversary of Detention of Aung San Suu Kyi
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 10:09 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Today in Parliament, just after 2pm and before Question Time, Hon Maryan Street will move a Notice of Motion without debate which will state: That the New Zealand Parliament note the anniversary on 27 May 2009 of the detention under house arrest of Nobel ... More >>
Hide tries divide & rule tactics over Maori seats
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 10:03 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide’s attempts to blame Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples for the Government’s ongoing refusal to support Maori seats on the Super City is a pathetic diversion, says Labour MP Mita Ririnui. “Rodney Hide’s ... More >>
Housing NZ becomes judge and jury under Heatley
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Housing Minister Phil Heatley must explain how he can justify the draconian decision to allow Housing New Zealand to ban people on bail from applying for a state house, says Labour’s housing spokesperson Moana Mackey. “It is simply not appropriate ... More >>
Do not pull plug on sexual abuse crisis line
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is calling on the Government to guarantee funding for the Auckland Sexual Abuse Help Foundation’s 24 hour crisis line, following confirmation that ACC has withdrawn funding for the service, says ACC spokesperson David Parker says. “ACC ... More >>
Key’s mixed messages on drugs and alcohol
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister John Key’s mixed messages about alcohol and drug addiction are undermining efforts to responsibly respond to substance abuse in New Zealand, says Labour’s Associate Health Spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway. In today’s NZ Herald, Mr Key ... More >>
Davis: Time for Key to deliver for tourism
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Prime Minister and Tourism Minister John Key needs to ensure that the tourism industry receives substantial new money in Thursday's Budget, says Labour Tourism spokesperson Kelvin Davis. “Tourism is our biggest export earner, and when global economic conditions ... More >>
Government urged to step up anti-nuke campaign
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government should take the advice of former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and launch a new anti-nuclear campaign, says Labour's disarmament spokesperson Phil Twyford. Mr Fraser met the Prime Minister yesterday and is advocating New Zealand ... More >>
Cosgrove says boy racer laws “window dressing"
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Police Minister Minister Judith Collins talks tough and threatens to get tough on boy racers, but the so-called crushing legislation unveiled by the Government today is simply window dressing, says Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. ... More >>
Proper consultation on Waterview essential
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A briefing on the proposed Waterview connection has left Labour’s Mt Albert candidate David Shearer with more questions than answers. Today he went a briefing by the New Zealand Transport Agency about the proposed Waterview Connection. “I went along ... More >>
