Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Progressive Coalition Party for InfoPages here.
Progressive Coalition Party - Latest News [Page 14]
Four weeks holiday to be debated
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 3:37 pm | Progressive Coalition Party
“Parliament will soon vote on whether every worker should have at least four weeks holiday a year,” said Progressive MP Matt Robson. More >>
Safeguards in Terrorism Act
Friday, 1 November 2002, 2:03 pm | Progressive Coalition Party
Matt Robson, Progressive Spokesperson on Defence said today that he is pleased with safeguards in the Terrorism Suppression 2001 Act. More >>
End Attacks On Immigrant And Refugee Communities
Wednesday, 16 October 2002, 11:34 am | Progressive Coalition Party
"Yesterday New Zealand politics in Parliament were brought to a new low by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters" said the Progressive Deputy Leader Matt Robson MP. More >>
Making it happen gets Progressive support
Thursday, 10 October 2002, 8:42 am | Progressive Coalition Party
The Progressive Coalition is making it a priority in government to reduce child poverty and move the 'Agenda for children' forward. Matt Robson, Progressive MP welcomes the 'Making it Happen' report of fourteen NGOs on implementation of the 'Agenda for ... More >>
No trading of nukes for butter
Monday, 7 October 2002, 11:21 am | Progressive Coalition Party
"National has clearly re-opened its bid for nuclear status," said Matt Robson, former Disarmament Minister and Progressive MP. More >>
Speech in the House on Winston Peters - Robson
Wednesday, 11 September 2002, 5:38 pm | Progressive Coalition Party
I want to begin by again adding my sympathy for the victims of September 11. More >>
New Zealand must call disarmament meeting on Iraq
Wednesday, 11 September 2002, 10:44 am | Progressive Coalition Party
Progressive MP Matt Robson said that he is writing to Disarmament Minister Marian Hobbs to suggest that the New Agenda countries should meet to discuss the crisis being engendered over Iraq within the context of destroying all weapons of mass destruction. ... More >>
ACT Tries To Outbid New Zealand First
Thursday, 5 September 2002, 12:25 am | Progressive Coalition Party
Progressive Matt Robson MP has hit out at what he describes as nutty intolerant statements on immigration fuelled by sentiments increasingly close to racism. More >>
Self-interest of Opposition becomes a shambles
Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 8:51 pm | Progressive Coalition Party
The shameful self-interest of Opposition MPs has descended into a shambles, Progressive MP Matt Robson said today after the Opposition couldn’t reach an agreement on where to sit in parliament’s debating chamber. More >>
GP Charges Show Need For Free Heath Care
Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 12:44 am | Progressive Coalition Party
The introduction of $660 annual fees by an Auckland GP highlights the need for free GPs visits to be available, or many families will miss out on health care, Progressive MP Matt Robson says. More >>
Divided, Self-Interested Opposition
Tuesday, 20 August 2002, 12:02 am | Progressive Coalition Party
Progressive Coalition MP Matt Robson says the scrap between Opposition parties over seating arrangements in Parliament’s debating chamber shows that the Opposition will never work together. More >>
Complaint against New Zealand First
Monday, 29 July 2002, 2:13 pm | Progressive Coalition Party
The Progressive Coalition is lodging an official complaint against New Zealand First after they attempted to incite racism on election day, says Matt Robson. More >>
Schizophrenia Fellowship - Novartis Art Awards
Friday, 26 July 2002, 9:40 am | Progressive Coalition Party
One group in our community which has not always been encouraged to develop their talents is those who suffer from mental illness. I want to see people who have suffered from mental health episodes encouraged and supported to participate fully in New ... More >>
Nobel Prize winner endorses Progressive Coalition
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 4:12 pm | Progressive Coalition Party
Progressive Coalition leader Jim Anderton has welcomed the endorsement of Nobel Prize winner, Professor Alan MacDiarmid. More >>
More Progress, no threats - Matt Robson Speech
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 10:32 am | Progressive Coalition Party
Kia orana, Ni sa bula, Taloha ni, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Malo e lelei, Halo Oketa, Ia orana, Kia ora, Talofa lava, and warm Pacific greetings to you. More >>
Drug culture: No room for mixed message
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 2:56 pm | Progressive Coalition Party
At the opening of a new Customs facility in Mangere, Jim Anderton reinforced The Progressive Coalition’s anti-drug stance. More >>
The only party to commit to victim fund
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 9:43 am | Progressive Coalition Party
The Progressive Coalition is the only party committed to a Central Victim Fund, so that victims of crime are paid reparation immediately. More >>
Don't wake up on Sunday and think “Ooops”
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 9:26 am | Progressive Coalition Party
Jim Anderton told a Forestry Engineering Conference today that it would be a shame if New Zealanders woke up on Sunday to find the jobs and employment progress of the last two and a half years wiped in favour of a National - NZ First – United government ... More >>
Coalition Government is victim of own success
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 9:24 am | Progressive Coalition Party
It may be because the election is set against a backdrop of threats and division. More >>
CTU report shows need for work and family enquiry
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 9:18 am | Progressive Coalition Party
The CTU's "Interim Report of the Thirty Families Project: The Impact of Work Hours on New Zealand Families", released today, adds urgency to the Progressive Coalition's call for a Commission of Inquiry into balancing work and family, says ... More >>
