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The hologram of electricity competition
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A key industry self-regulator has pointed to delays of up to six months for customers trying to change electricity retailers and says that the delays have the potential to become an election issue. More >>
Pipe Dream Economics from Act
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Act's pipe-dream costings show Richard Prebble and Rodney Hide are living in fiscal fantasy land," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
Slippery Shipley shoots dollar-for-dollar Bill
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 11:40 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"Jenny Shipley's sudden rewrite of National's tax policy has exposed Treasurer Bill English's dollar-for-dollar tax-and-spend promise as a shabby con trick," says Labour's finance spokesperson Michael Cullen. More >>
Too long a wait for immigrant doctors
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 9:30 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government's announcement of a training package for overseas doctors comes far too late and still leaves some questions unanswered, Labour health spokesperson Annette King said. More >>
Labour Party video-clips on-line
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 12:35 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Internet users can now view Labour campaign video clips from their computer desktops, Labour campaign spokesperson Pete Hodgson said today. More >>
"Labour and Tax" - Cullen speech
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 6:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to talk about tax because National is now revealing just how much its agenda is one of personal greed, Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen told a public meeting in Ponsonby this evening. More >>
Shipley's rank opportunism exposed
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"The Prime Minister's claim that an Auckland company is poised to take on the 98 people who will lose their jobs when Bendon closes its Te Aroha factory this month was exaggerated and self-serving," Labour leader Helen Clark said today. More >>
Shipley makes it up, again
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Mrs Shipley's determination to mislead people about her Government's record shows up again today in her claim that domestic purposes benefit numbers are dropping," says Labour's social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey. More >>
ACT: good health for the rich, forget the poor
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A National-ACT government would destroy our already struggling public health system and replace it with an American-style user pays model, Labour health spokesperson Annette King said today. More >>
Tell the real story Mrs Shipley!
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 3:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A new student loan report out today shows that Jenny Shipley is completely misrepresenting the number of students with student loans, Labour associate education spokesperson (tertiary) Steve Maharey said. More >>
Tell the real story Mrs Shipley!
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
A new student loan report out today shows that Jenny Shipley is completely misrepresenting the number of students with student loans, Labour associate education spokesperson (tertiary) Steve Maharey said. More >>
Shipley heads into fiscal meltdown
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Jenny Shipley's reckless $800 million tax cut promise risks taking New Zealand into fiscal meltdown," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
ACC- the facts
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Twenty-five years ago, ACC started in New Zealand. It was hailed as a major breakthrough in the delivery of medical treatment and compensation for people who had suffered an injury. For the first time, non-earners (predominantly then and still now, women ... More >>
What next in National's theatre of the absurd?
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 11:53 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"If today's National Party 'policy launch' is going to be as bizarrely entertaining as yesterday's I wish they'd invite me," says Labour campaign spokesperson Pete Hodgson. More >>
Rank outsiders go off the rails in election race
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 11:24 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Truth was a casualty early in the running of the Election Stakes when it was bowled over by the two rank outsiders in the field. More >>
Clark: Tax cuts 'grossly irresponsible'
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 10:56 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that National’s promises of ever more tax cuts were grossly irresponsible when students are being threatened with huge fee increases, skills shortages are showing up in critical areas of the economy, and health services ... More >>
Shipley spins out of orbit
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 10:22 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Deputy Leader Michael Cullen says Jenny Shipley is clearly out of control on economic policy and is now into promising-anything-to-win territory. More >>
The race for Epsom turns ugly
Tuesday, 2 November 1999, 8:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour candidate for Epsom David Jacobs today deplored the petty and personal squabbling between his National and Act opponents. More >>
Significant? I don't think so
Monday, 1 November 1999, 4:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"If this is the Prime Minister's idea of a "significant policy announcement," I'd like to see her definition of a non-event," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
Act now, pay later - Cullen
Monday, 1 November 1999, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"Act's goal of cutting Government spending by a third - or by $12 billion in today's dollar terms - would entirely wipe out both the health and education budgets," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>
