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The benefits of a higher drinking age
Friday, 25 February 2005, 6:10 pm | Progressive Party
Progressive MP Matt Robson says he is looking forward to outlining the international evidence in favour of raising the alcohol purchasing age when he co-hosts the inaugural Alcohol Policy Roundtable forum in Parliament on Monday. More >>
Asset sales legacy continues to hurt NZ
Friday, 25 February 2005, 6:09 pm | Progressive Party
The huge outflow of dividend money from New Zealand into the bank accounts of the largely foreign owners of Auckland Airport is a timely reminder of the folly of the asset sales' policies of National and NZ First, says Progressive MP Matt Robson. More >>
Progressive praises re-offending commitment
Friday, 25 February 2005, 2:50 pm | Progressive Party
Progressive MP Matt Robson, in the Far North today at the handover ceremony of the Northland Regional Prison at Ngawha, is full of praise for the local community's leadership and commitment to early intervention and rehabilitation. More >>
robson-on-politics 24 February
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 1:20 pm | Progressive Party
Six thousand million dollars of student debt and average university fees of $3,700 a year are two real threats to our future economic performance and are a serious social menace. More >>
Robson Outlines Benefits Of Free Education
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 11:27 am | Progressive Party
Progressive MP Matt Robson on campuses this week with Young Progressives, meeting with students in Christchurch and Dunedin to outline his party's Election 2005 education policy. His campus tour will take him throughout New Zealand, from Northland to Invercargill. More >>
Plan to Sell Kiwibank Doesn't Add Up
Monday, 21 February 2005, 4:03 pm | Progressive Party
National's plans to sell successful Kiwi owned bank don't add up as first profit announced More >>
robson-on-politics 18 February
Friday, 18 February 2005, 2:28 pm | Progressive Party
Why do the Progressives want to cut company tax? - How to safeguard progressive government - Don't help the Tories - Dangers to progressive, pro-worker policies More >>
Fair scrutiny needed, not a political witch-hunt
Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 5:43 pm | Progressive Party
It is important that Te Wananga o Aotearoa is subject to fair scrutiny and held to account for its use of public money in the same way as any other tertiary institution. More >>
Food and Beverage Taskforce gets underway
Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 12:43 am | Progressive Party
"A high performing, innovative food and beverage sector is fundamental to achieving higher sustainable living standards for all New Zealanders," Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton told the inaugural meeting of the Food and Beverage Sector ... More >>
robson-on-politics 11 February
Friday, 11 February 2005, 5:30 pm | Progressive Party
A key Progressive Party policy is the reintroduction of free education at all levels. Our first step is to meet student loan repayments for three years for tertiary graduates working in New Zealand. We want to achieve that in the coalition government in the ... More >>
National's Kiwibank stance = unfair uncertainty
Friday, 11 February 2005, 3:13 pm | Progressive Party
The National Party is doing untold damage to small businesses' confidence with its stance on Kiwibank, says Progressive MP Matt Robson. More >>
Progressive policies deliver low unemployment
Friday, 11 February 2005, 12:11 am | Progressive Party
Progressive Leader Jim Anderton has welcomed the news today that the unemployment rate is at its lowest level in a generation. This puts New Zealand at the top of the OECD developed nations, a key government goal achieved. More >>
Its time for About Time
Thursday, 10 February 2005, 10:54 am | Progressive Party
Progressive MP Matt Robson said today that Chief Justice Sian Elias' thoughtful speech, 'Criminology in the age of talkback', is an important contribution to the public debate on crime and how to really beat it. "In every community throughout ... More >>
Alternative to pseudoephedrine approved for sale
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 4:10 pm | Progressive Party
Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton today welcomed news that the Medicines Classification Committee has recommended that tablet forms of the decongestant phenylephrine should be available for sale over-the-counter. More >>
NZ First guilty of cruel hoax to workers
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 2:04 pm | Progressive Party
The NZ First Party is playing a cruel hoax on working people with its alarmist and confusing statements aimed at sabotaging government efforts to get preferential trade access deals to China, the U.S. and elsewhere. More >>
Violence and settlements are obstacles to peace
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 2:02 pm | Progressive Party
President George Bush has an historic opportunity to be the American leader to help deliver a sustainable and just peace for Israelis and Palestinians, Progressive MP Matt Robson said today. More >>
Greens urged to take a more balanced view of life
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 8:50 am | Progressive Party
Progressive leader Jim Anderton is urging the Greens to take a more balanced and holistic view of life instead of their traditional extremist approach on issues. More >>
Protemix example in offshore market entry
Monday, 7 February 2005, 4:06 pm | Progressive Party
The Minister for Industry and Regional Development Jim Anderton today congratulated Auckland biopharmaceutical company Protemix Corporation on its appointment of current American Diabetes Association chairman Larry Ellingson as its new CEO. More >>
MMP democracy is working well
Friday, 4 February 2005, 4:49 pm | Progressive Party
New Zealand has the most representative and transparent Parliamentary democracy among the English-speaking countries such as Australia, Canada, the U.K. and the U.S., says Progressive Party president Grant Gillon. More >>
Clean coal exporter perfect for Aichi expo
Friday, 4 February 2005, 4:47 pm | Progressive Party
"New Zealand's exporter of the year, Solid Energy, has faced up to one of the biggest challenges there is - making coal clean. That's why they have been chosen to host the New Zealand Pavillion at the Aichi Expo 2005 in Japan," Minister for Economic ... More >>
