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National considers clumsy bribe to students
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 9:36 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark today said that it was a sign of the level of desperation in National's ranks that the government is now considering eleventh hour changes to the student loans system. More >>
Women's access to the law
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 12:46 am | New Zealand Labour Party
A comprehensive report on the problems women have accessing the law should be carefully examined when the next Parliament considers proposed changes to Legal Aid, Labour women's affairs spokesperson Dianne Yates said today. More >>
Labour: Act's tertiary policy recipe for poverty
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 12:13 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark and Labour’s tertiary spokesperson Steve Maharey said today that Act’s tertiary education policy would condemn students to even more poverty than National’s. More >>
Privatised ACC: fully-funded or not?
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Reported comments from the chief executive of the Insurance Council have raised serious concerns about the funding practices of companies that have entered the newly privatised workplace injury market, Labour ACC spokesperson Ruth Dyson said today. More >>
Huge gaps in Victims' Rights Bill
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Huge gaps in the Victims' Rights Bill debated in Parliament today leave victims with second-class protection, said Labour Justice spokesperson, Phil Goff. More >>
Labour supports forests petition
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour conservation spokesperson Jill Pettis has welcomed the launch of a new petition to save West Coast native forests on Crown land. More >>
Tau's cultural window dressing
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Maori affairs spokesperson Dover Samuels today condemned Maori Affairs Minister Tau Henare's proposal for all public servants to learn Maori language as being unworkable. More >>
Clark: election crucial for tertiary education
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 12:54 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark told Victoria University students today that this year’s election presented a chance for students to vote for a Labour government to rebuild tertiary education. More >>
Labour vindicated by Audit report
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 6:29 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Auditor-General's report into the letting of a contract for sexual health services in Wellington has highlighted yet another failure in the Health Funding Authority's contract procedures, Labour health spokesperson Annette King said today. More >>
National's lies getting ridiculous
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 6:18 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
"David Carter is lying when he suggests I spent time in the debating chamber after leaving today's meeting with West Coast logging interests," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said. More >>
Keep biosecurity focussed, separate
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 5:39 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour strongly endorses the view of the Forest Owners Association chief executive Sir Ron Carter that New Zealand airports should continue to have separate biosecurity checks. More >>
Government not interested in student debt
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government showed in Parliament today that it has no interest in finding ways to reduce the burden of student debt through a fairer student loan and repayment scheme. During Parliament's question time today, Labour's associate education spokesperson ... More >>
Government not interested in student debt
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government showed in Parliament today that it has no interest in finding ways to reduce the burden of student debt through a fairer student loan and repayment scheme. During Parliament's question time today, Labour's associate education spokesperson ... More >>
Clark: National has nothing to be proud of
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that reports that many children have been turning up to school with empty bellies confirm the utter failure of the National Party’s policies. More >>
McCully insults industry and the truth
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
ACC Minister Murray McCully insulted the convenors and participants at the International Forest Industry Safety Conference today by lying about Labour's ACC policy and the National Government's ACC "reforms", Labour ACC spokesperson Ruth Dyson ... More >>
Nats refuse to learn poverty lesson
Monday, 4 October 1999, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
News that South Auckland schools are extending food programmes and scheduling lessons to take account of pupils' hunger will surprise only the National Party, says Labour's social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey. More >>
Immunisation a priority under Labour
Monday, 4 October 1999, 1:47 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Labour Leader Helen Clark and Labour health spokesperson Annette King said that boosting the childhood immunisation rate would be a priority under Labour. More >>
Cyber launch for Labour's eCommerce policy
Monday, 4 October 1999, 9:02 am | New Zealand Labour Party
"eCommerce represents a huge opportunity for New Zealand because it minimises the problems of geographical isolation," Labour commerce spokesperson Paul Swain said today. More >>
Govt ducking questions on Winz debacle
Monday, 4 October 1999, 12:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government appears determined to duck Parliamentary questions on the Auditor-General's inquiry into the Work and Income NZ chartered aircraft affair, says Labour's social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey. More >>
"Wasted" with CYPFA
Friday, 1 October 1999, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
News that a 14-year-old girl was "wasted and out of it" while in the care of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Agency highlights the need for a renewed Government commitment to the service, says Labour social welfare spokesperson ... More >>
