Sue B launched the Greens’ children’s policy for the 2005 election at a child summit in Hamilton yesterday. Some key points:
Work towards eliminating child poverty by 2010.
Increase the rate of state house provision.
Encourage a far more child-friendly workplace culture, including through flexible working hours, breastfeeding facilities, and tax incentives to employers.
Retain the right of sole […]
There’s a debate about tax on TV One at 8.30pm tonight, featuring representatives of almost all parties in Parliament, including Rod. The Herald is focusing on the fact that Labour is putting up Steve Maharey, not Michael Cullen, for the debate. This is being portrayed by National as Dr Cullen running scared.
I’m more interested […]
Last week, the Greens’ launched, in conjunction with our environment policy, a series of ads highlighting the fact that only 5 percent of New Zealand’s lowland rivers are safe for drinking and swimming in.
The posters were a parody of Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Pure campaign, and had the headline 5% Pure. However, it’s […]
The other aspect of the Government’s shameful spinning on the Zimbabwe issue is the way it has tried to seamlessly move from ambivalence to staunch opposition to the tour without anyone noticing, So, let’s have a little history lesson. What started as a “we’re not going to get involved - whether the tour goes ahead […]
The Government was caught napping on Zimbabwe. Rod raised the issue with them in April. Now, in late July, having failed to do anything for two and a half months, they’re finally changing their tune. However, this changing of tune has required some incredible spinning that hasn’t really been exposed in the media coverage. One […]