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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 >>
Labour Supports law change to reduce vehicle levy
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 11:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour is urging ACC Minister Nick Smith to make an urgent law change so that the increase in the motor vehicle levy will be limited to $20 rather than $120, says its ACC spokesman David Parker. More >>
Law of the jungle good enough for National
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 10:04 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton says Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson’s confirmation in the House today that National will not be supporting her member’s bill is a further indication that the Government thinks the law of the jungle is ... More >>
Slashing of Tertiary Education Commission jobs
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 9:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party
News that more than 70 jobs are to be cut from the Tertiary Education Commission makes a mockery of the government’s promise to cap, not reduce job numbers in the public service,” said Maryan Street, Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson. More >>
Tolley confirms she is not committed to pay parity
Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
In Parliament today Education Minister Anne Tolley refused to endorse pay parity between teachers in different parts of the education sector. “This is a serious new development and will have profound implications for the education of our children ... More >>
Report shows former ministers exonerated
Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
National’s claims that the last Government ran a deliberate strategy of leaving “nasty surprises” behind have been proven wrong by the report on the ministerial inquiry into ACC released today, says Labour MP Maryan Street. More >>
PM further undermining progress on Climate Change
Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The withdrawal by Greenpeace yesterday from the ETS Review Select Committee, when it learned of John Key’s latest position on climate change science, puts progress in this area at further risk, says Labour spokesperson for Climate Change Charles ... More >>
Collins' fault if Matthews takes legal action
Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Corrections Department head Barry Matthews’ refusal to rule out taking legal action against the Crown means that Corrections Minister Judith Collins’ ham-fisted handling of the portfolio could end up costing taxpayers a huge payout, says Labour law and ... More >>
