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Dalziel addresses Community Law Centre AGM
Tuesday, 10 March 2009, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Party Justice Spokesperson Lianne Dalziel today spoke at the Community Law Centre AGM focussing on finding a resolution to the funding crisis facing this service. More >>
Dalziel: Coalition of Community Law Centres
Tuesday, 10 March 2009, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
I am pleased to be able to address you today as the Opposition spokesperson on Justice, although I wish the circumstances that this address relates to were a lot more favourable than they are. I have been given a short period of time to summarise my views on ... More >>
Collins needs to show same standards as Matthews
Tuesday, 10 March 2009, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove says he agrees with Prime Minister John Key that Corrections head Barry Matthews needs to set high standards, but Mr Key should be demanding similar standards from Corrections Minister Judith Collins. More >>
Joyce gives SuperGold Card holders reason to worry
Tuesday, 10 March 2009, 1:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Transport Minister Steven Joyce will have set alarm bells ringing among SuperGold Card holders by saying he plans to monitor monthly the costs of free off-peak travel on public transport, say Labour transport spokesperson Darren Hughes and Senior Citizens ... More >>
Private prisons won’t solve corrections issues
Monday, 9 March 2009, 5:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Placing a greater emphasis on private management of prisons won’t make prisons any easier or cheaper to run, says Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. “The Government says its decision to go down the private management track is based ... More >>
National continues attack on ACC
Monday, 9 March 2009, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government’s besmirching of ACC board members is unjustified and it should come clean on the real political motives behind its decision to sack them, says Labour ACC spokesman David Parker. More >>
Red faces for Collins and Key over SSC report
Monday, 9 March 2009, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Corrections Minister Judith Collins and Prime Minister John Key are both being forced to eat a massive dose of humble pie now that the Corrections Department chief executive and senior managers have been cleared by a State Services Commission report, says ... More >>
National rejects artists’ rights
Monday, 9 March 2009, 9:17 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The decision by the National Government to drop the Artists Rights Resale Bill is a slap in the face for some of New Zealand's most creative people, Labour Associate Arts Culture and Heritage Spokesperson Grant Robertson said today. More >>
Nats Politicising Electricity Spend - Labour
Monday, 9 March 2009, 9:15 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Predictions in the media over the weekend that National will bring forward a number of electricity infrastructure projects tomorrow has been greeted with caution by the Labour Party. More >>
Labour Says Ryall Caused Surgery Cancellation
Monday, 9 March 2009, 9:14 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour appalled as Health Minister causes surgery cancellation Reports that Health Minister Tony Ryall is directly responsible for the West Coast District Health Board cancelling patients’ elective surgery are deeply concerning, Labour Health spokesperson ... More >>
Labour joins calls for ceasefire in Sri Lanka
Sunday, 8 March 2009, 11:19 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour's Associate Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Grant Robertson today joined the UN Secretary General's call for a ceasefire in the conflict in Northern Sri Lanka, amid reports of thousands of civilian casualties. More >>
Moroney: launches petition for pay equity
Friday, 6 March 2009, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Spokesperson on Women's Affairs, Sue Moroney supports the call from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Government to set a target for reducing New Zealand's gender pay gap. More >>
TVNZ jobs more important than dividend
Friday, 6 March 2009, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour broadcasting spokesperson Brendon Burns says it is becoming clearer by the day that the Government is putting profits ahead of jobs at Television New Zealand. More >>
Maori Party must speak to save Bioethics Council
Friday, 6 March 2009, 12:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour environment spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta says the Maori Party must speak out urgently against the planned scrapping of the Bioethics Council which is likely to happen on Monday. More >>
Commonwealth decision on Fiji welcome
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Rt Hon Helen Clark, Labour Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed the support of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) for the position on Fiji taken by Pacific Islands Forum Leaders in Port Moresby in January. More >>
Coleman plays petty politics
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Immigration Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman today released the Ernst and Young Department of Labour Pacific Division report, exactly three months after it was completed, and chose to misrepresent its findings, Labour Immigration spokesperson Pete Hodgson ... More >>
National slashing frontline services
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The decision to cut at least 70 jobs from the Tertiary Education Commission makes a mockery of National’s policy to shift public services to the ‘frontline’, Grant Robertson Labour Spokesperson on State Services said. More >>
National admits to scaremongering
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
ACC Minister Nick Smith admitted today that despite scaremongering yesterday that ACC levies could increase by $2400 per household, he has no intention of increasing levies to such a high level, says ACC spokesman David Parker. More >>
McCully axes $1.95m Pacific aid programme
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has axed a $1.95 million a year Pacific aid programme, in advance of his plans to disestablish the government development agency NZAID and end its focus on poverty elimination, says Labour’s Associate Spokesperson ... More >>
International Women’s Day
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 3:55 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Dunedin South MP Clare Curran sees International Women’s Day this Sunday, 8 March, as an opportunity to bring women together to develop a collective voice. The recent National Government decision to stop the investigations into pay equity for workers ... More >>
