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Banks should front up
Friday, 4 September 2009, 9:21 am | Progressive Party
“The big Australian banks would have helped themselves more if they had openly fronted up to questions at the multi-party inquiry on banking,” Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. This week ANZ National Bank released its financial results ... More >>
Act irresponsible in walking out too quickly
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 1:12 pm | Progressive Party
Making threats to get your way in government as Act leader Rodney Hide is doing is the wrong way to go about getting cooperation in government, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. More >>
Time for Kiwibank critics to admit they were wrong
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 12:35 pm | Progressive Party
The time has come for Kiwibank’s critics to admit they were wrong, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says, after the people’s bank today announced an after-tax profit of $52.5 million for the past year. Loans grew by 52 per cent. Retail deposits ... More >>
Farmers to pay for Auckland roads
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 9:38 am | Progressive Party
Farmers will be paying more for Auckland roads because of National’s decision to replace a regional fuel tax with a general increase in petrol tax, Opposition agriculture spokesperson Jim Anderton says. “The roads are still regional, but now the bill ... More >>
Urgent debate on sending NZ SAS to Afghanistan
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 4:48 pm | Progressive Party
The Progressive Party was established only after a policy disagreement over intervention in Afghanistan. So we have passionate views about this issue. And today we believe we must continue to support stability in Afghanistan, but the days when we should ... More >>
Speech: Robson - Arctic Nuclear Weapons Free Zone
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 11:04 am | Progressive Party
We live in an unbalanced world in terms of what humanity needs and what humanity gets. That means we live in a world of contradictions. Billions of our fellow citizens live without adequate, shelter, food or clothing. Over 2.5 billion human beings, ... More >>
Electricity poverty crisis
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 4:06 pm | Progressive Party
There is a crisis of electricity poverty underway in New Zealand this winter, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. More >>
Treasury claims privatisation boosts productivity
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 3:20 pm | Progressive Party
Treasury’s claim that privatisation boosts productivity is an old song that Treasury should be embarrassed about, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. “Treasury made the exact same claim about the privatisation of rail. It could not have been ... More >>
Banks have questions to answer
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 2:56 pm | Progressive Party
Banks are charging interest rates in New Zealand that are higher than the same banks charge in Australia, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. He is supporting a cross-party inquiry into bank profits, because he says the banks have questions to ... More >>
Fitch warning a wake up on bank profits
Friday, 17 July 2009, 3:08 pm | Progressive Party
Warnings of a credit downgrade because of our current account deficit are a wake up call about the sums we are paying foreign banks in interest and profit to fund the deficit, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. The Fitch rating agency warns ... More >>
How to reduce prison populations
Friday, 17 July 2009, 2:26 pm | Progressive Party
There are too many people in prison and the Chief Justice is right to raise the issue, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. But he says the only viable way to reduce prison overcrowding is to reduce the level of crime by targeting drugs and ... More >>
All talk and no jobs
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 3:47 pm | Progressive Party
National is talking big about agriculture, but it’s running up a surrender flag with no new ideas, Opposition agriculture spokesperson Jim Anderton says. “Today John Key billed his speech as a major statement on the economy, but he had no new ... More >>
Complaints over secret agreements
Monday, 13 July 2009, 4:17 pm | Progressive Party
An attempt to hold negotiations over Auckland’s water services in secret might be a breach of the law, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. He is going to the Ombudsman and Auditor-General with complaints over a ‘confidentiality agreement’ ... More >>
Biosecurity cuts threaten agriculture
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:52 am | Progressive Party
Big cuts in MAF Biosecurity staff announced today are likely to threaten New Zealand's agriculture, opposition agriculture spokesperson Jim Anderton says. More >>
Why do Aussie banks charge us more than Aussies?
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 4:55 pm | Progressive Party
Interest rates charged by the big Australian banks are not only higher than the rates charged by New Zealand’s own bank - they’re higher than the rates the Aussies charge themselves, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. More >>
Banks repatriating ‘enormous amounts’
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 3:59 pm | Progressive Party
New Zealand bank branches paid their overseas owners $11.7 billion in interest and profit last year. More >>
Anderton: Federated Farmers conference
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 3:58 pm | Progressive Party
I would like to thank you for the opportunity to talk to you as the Opposition spokesperson on agriculture. Can I also acknowledge the generous comments I have received from many farmers in recent months. More >>
Comparing Tamils with Te Whiti is not credible
Thursday, 4 June 2009, 3:50 pm | Progressive Party
Maori Party leader, Tariana Turia’s claim that Tamil Tiger leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, the inventor of the suicide belt has left the same legacy and made the same historical contribution as Parihaka’s non-violent prophet Te Whiti o Rongomai ... More >>
National is already causing super damage
Wednesday, 3 June 2009, 1:28 pm | Progressive Party
Increasing calls this week for changes to superannuation entitlements shows that national has already caused damage by cutting contributions to the Superannuation Fund, Wigram MP Jim Anderton says. “The cancellation of contributions to the Super ... More >>
Huge cuts in primary sector science
Friday, 29 May 2009, 9:37 am | Progressive Party
Nearly as much is being cut out of science and research in the primary sector as the government is investing in infrastructure, Opposition agriculture spokesperson Jim Anderton says. More >>
