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Patients to bear the brunt of Acc shambles

Monday, 21 June 1999, 3:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Medical Association has got it dead right - the Government's privatisation of workplace accident insurance is a shambles, Labour ACC spokesperson Ruth Dyson said today. More >>

Labour calls for urgent action on licences

Monday, 21 June 1999, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour transport spokesperson Harry Duynhoven says Cabinet must act immediately to rectify problems with the introduction of the new photo driver licence regime. More >>

Gee whiz wow!

Monday, 21 June 1999, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that the Prime Minister's minor tinkering with ministerial portfolios scarcely justified a press conference. More >>

Fixed electricity charges need constraints: Labour

Monday, 21 June 1999, 10:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party

High fixed electricity charges should be tightly constrained by regulation because they serve the interests of the electricity industry and disempower consumers, according to Labour's energy spokesperson Pete Hodgson. More >>

Terms for DNA inquiry should be wider: Goff

Sunday, 20 June 1999, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Justice Minister Tony Ryall must broaden the terms of reference of the inquiry into the use of DNA as evidence in Court to look at the overall way in which ESR conducts its analysis, says Labour justice spokesperson Phil Goff More >>

Goff offers alternative home invasion legislation

Sunday, 20 June 1999, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour justice spokesperson Phil Goff today challenged the Government to drop its badly flawed home invasion legislation and adopt alternative legislation which he is proposing to Parliament. More >>

South Island National Party hack gets Hutt job

Sunday, 20 June 1999, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour education spokesperson and Hutt South MP Trevor Mallard said he was disgusted at the Ministerial appointment of a South Island party hack to the board of Hutt Valley Polytechnic. More >>

Integrated conservation policy the key: Labour

Sunday, 20 June 1999, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Speaking at the 76th Annual General Meeting of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society in Wellington, Labour spokesperson for conservation Jill Pettis said that Labour in government would take an integrated holistic approach to conservation. More >>

Labour warns Govt. to get it right first

Friday, 18 June 1999, 6:35 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's health spokesperson Annette King says she is shocked by the tragic news that a state-funded patient at the private Ascot Hospital in Auckland has received the wrong hip replacement operation More >>

Ryall talks housing nonsense again: Labour

Friday, 18 June 1999, 5:42 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

Unable to come up with new porkies, it seems the Minister of Housing Tony Ryall is resorting to re-hashing his old ones in an attempt to save his bacon, says Labour housing spokesperson Graham Kelly. More >>

Govt. resumes bullying over deregulation: Labour

Friday, 18 June 1999, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party

National is deregulating producer boards against the will of producers, despite Jenny Shipley's and John Luxton's promises that it is up to producers to decide on their boards' structures, Labour agriculture spokesperson Jim Sutton said today. More >>

Credit downgrade virtually guaranteed

Friday, 18 June 1999, 11:42 am | New Zealand Labour Party

"The $523 million deterioration in the balance of payments deficit is worse than most commentators were expecting and virtually guarantees a credit downgrade post-election," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today. More >>

Hasler shows a glimpse of sense

Friday, 18 June 1999, 12:44 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Judith Tizard, Labour's Cultural Affairs Spokesperson said that Marie Hasler was showing more political sense than most of her cabinet colleagues in at least considering local content quotas for New Zealand television and radio. More >>

Labour to stand up for National Library

Friday, 18 June 1999, 12:38 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour is promising a vigorous campaign to save the services provided by the National library. More >>

Nats in disarray over quotas for NZ content

Friday, 18 June 1999, 12:33 am | New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Leader Helen Clark is calling on the Prime Minister to clarify National's position on local content quota on radio and television, following the suggestion of Cultural Affairs Minister Marie Hasler that her officials should investigate the ... More >>

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