National’s tax plan is a fizzer rather than a game-changer, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe.
“If raising GST on hard-working New Zealanders is the answer, what on earth was John Key’s question?
Figures showing the number of long-term unemployed has almost trebled in a year make a mockery of John Key’s pledges to reduce long-term welfare dependency, says Labour Deputy Leader Annette King said today.
Once again, we’ve heard the rhetoric but have been denied the substance.
It’s Alan Bollard one, John Key nil.
It’s proved Alan Bollard right – John Key’s promise to catch up with Australia is a hollow one – there’s nothing in this speech that represents step change.
It’s a step back.
Labour Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove has told today’s rally of Corrections officers at Parliament that the Government’s plan for private prisons is a cop-out on a core Crown responsibility.
“Labour agrees with Corrections officers that the Government needs to come clean on its plans,” Clayton Cosgrove said.
It’s my privilege to present this annual statement to Parliament setting out the government’s priorities for the year ahead.
Last year, National took office with the support and cooperation of the Act Party and the Maori Party in agreements that set out to be close and mana-enhancing relationships.
Labour’s Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson is asking sevens fans to sign his on-line petition to ensure the IRB’s New Zealand leg remains at its natural home, in the capital.
“Tens of thousands of rugby fans have just enjoyed another spectacular weekend in Wellington and the city is a major part of the event’s success,” Grant Robertson said.
Even the Reserve Bank Governor doesn’t believe John Key’s election promise that he had a plan for New Zealand to catch up with Australia, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today.
Labour Leader Phil Goff has invited Justice Minister Simon Power to Te Hurihanga, a specialised rehabilitation centre in Hamilton for youth on track to a life of crime, to see the centre’s real value.
Mr Power announced last week he would be closing the successful programme in order to save money.
170 years ago tomorrow a new nation was created at this place and we commemorate that occasion.
We celebrate what that nation has achieved and given to us but we do not gloss over the things which were subsequently done which dishonoured the treaty and created injustice which must be resolved.
Labour Associate Ethnic Affairs spokespersons Raymond Huo and Rajen Prasad are urging Ethnic Affairs Minister Pansy Wong to speak out forcefully on the rising ethnic unemployment rate before even more ethnic people are forced on the dole.
