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Big questions around mismanaged bill

Monday, 15 December 2008, 8:57 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour MP and Associate Labour spokesperson Darien Fenton says the passing of the 90 day fire at will Employment Relations Amendment Bill was mismanaged by the government and will lead to more difficulties for business and workers. More >>

Labour welcomes EU commitment to Climate Change

Monday, 15 December 2008, 8:21 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Labour Party has welcomed the announcement by European leaders of a sweeping new package of measures designed to tackle Climate Change, Labour spokesperson for Climate Change, Charles Chauvel said. More >>

National should take a breath

Sunday, 14 December 2008, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour MP David Parker this evening thanked the National government for seeing sense and delaying legislation scrapping biofuels. More >>

Ethnic People alarmed by ‘Fire at will’ law

Sunday, 14 December 2008, 1:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Ethnic Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter has been inundated with calls from ethnic New Zealanders alarmed by the draconian ‘Fire at will’ Employment Relations (Amendment) Act. More >>

Labour rejects exams for 5 year olds

Friday, 12 December 2008, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour will vote against the Education (National Standards) Amendment Bill when it is introduced into the House later this evening. More >>

Pacific Island Families suffer at National’s Hands

Friday, 12 December 2008, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National has broken faith with the electorate by pushing through legislation that removes the right of employees to take personal grievance claims if they are dismissed within 90 days and will undermine the interests of Pacific workers and Pacific families ... More >>

Scrapping Bio-fuels Act costs New Zealanders jobs

Friday, 12 December 2008, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The scrapping of bio-fuels legislation by the National government has already cost New Zealand jobs and killed a fledgling industry as National prepare to ram it through Parliament, Labour MP David Parker said. More >>

‘Window-dressing’ Nat's don't tackle issues

Friday, 12 December 2008, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Phil Goff says legislation being rushed through Parliament under urgency, including the Bail Amendment Bill, the Sentencing Amendment Bill and the Education (National Standards) Amendment Bill, amount to nothing more than window-dressing. More >>

Labour will repeal fire-at-will legislation

Friday, 12 December 2008, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The next Labour Government will repeal National’s short-sighted and ill-considered fire-at-will legislation, Labour spokesperson Trevor Mallard confirmed today. More >>

Cosgrove: Bail law changes all about slogans

Friday, 12 December 2008, 2:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove says the National Government is rushing through bail law changes that amount to “nothing more than smoke and mirrors.” More >>

Scrapping Bio-fuels Act costs New Zealanders jobs

Friday, 12 December 2008, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Reserve Bank Governor’s price concerns supported

Friday, 12 December 2008, 1:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The Labour Party supports the actions of Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard in expressing concern about inflationary price movements, Finance Spokesperson David Cunliffe said. More >>

Xmas grinch tax act a sad opener for National

Thursday, 11 December 2008, 5:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National’s kinder, gentler facade faded today as it rammed through unfair tax legislation that penalises low income families, Labour Finance Spokesperson David Cunliffe said. More >>

Back-down on state housing cap weasel words

Thursday, 11 December 2008, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Nationals’ reported back down on a state housing cap is nothing more than an attempt to cover-up a publicly unpopular stance, Labour Party Housing spokesperson George Hawkins said More >>

NZ helping democratic reform process in Tonga

Thursday, 11 December 2008, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand is committing $1.5 million to supporting the democratic reform process in Tonga, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today. More >>

Fire-at-will Bill will add to worker insecurity

Thursday, 11 December 2008, 2:16 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Ramming through employment legislation that removes the right of employees to take personal grievance claims if they dismissed within 90 days will markedly increase worker insecurity at a time when the economic situation already makes them vulnerable, ... More >>

Tolley wrong about 90 day fire at will Bill

Thursday, 11 December 2008, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Education Minister Anne Tolley must explain to the education sector how she could get it so wrong when she told delegates at the NZEI conference during the election campaign that schools would be exempt from National’s plans to erode workers’ ... More >>

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