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The Alliance Party is fielding candidates in the general election whose life experience ranges from active duty in World War 2 to youth spokespeople who co-ordinated the Alliance 2008 manifesto.
The most experienced Alliance candidate is Eric Gamble of Christchurch, aged 84. At list position 30, Mr Gamble is a long shot for Parliament but has a strong commitment to the Alliance Party. Read the rest of this entry »
The Alliance Party says the news that New Zealand has negotiated a free trade deal with ASEAN nations that include the fascist dictatorship of Myanmar is a disgrace of historical proportions and is a slow motion disaster for workers in New Zealand and in Myanmar.
“Free trade here will mean choice New Zealand products will be served at the tables of the fascist junta of Myanmar, while we get cheap products produced by slave labour in Myanmar destroying jobs in New Zealand. This is what Labour and National regard as a win win situation under free trade.”
Alliance Party national spokesperson Victor Billot says decisions on free trade have a massive influence on the future of our society, but were decided behind closed doors by state and corporate elites.
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The Alliance Party says it opposes the emissions trading scheme being pushed through Parliament because it does not go far enough.
Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says the Alliance is completely committed to fighting climate change, but the market approach of carbon trading won’t work. Read the rest of this entry »
The Alliance Party is appalled that parents are still being chased by schools for late fee payments.
The party believes it is offensive and wrong that under-funded state schools have to pressure parents to pay “voluntary” donations when the government continues to sit on a large financial surplus, Alliance Education spokesperson Richard Wallis says. Read the rest of this entry »
Alliance Party Dunedin North candidate and trade spokeperson Victor Billot says the loss of around 145 jobs at Cadbury’s in Dunedin was an indicator of the serious problems faced by working people in New Zealand.
“We are seeing a slow motion disaster for working people as secure jobs evaporate in Dunedin and throughout the nation as major players like Fisher and Paykel and Cadbury shut down plant and lay off the workforce.”
He says Dunedin can’t take continual hits like this, and workers needed support, but were unlikely to get it from the current Government or a National Party whose answer to unemployment was to attack the unemployed. Read the rest of this entry »
The Alliance Party says that the hypocrisy of the United States and its allies over the events in Georgia should be condemned by New Zealand.
“The double standards advocated by the US are glaringly obvious,” says Alliance Foreign Affairs spokesperson Paul Piesse. Read the rest of this entry »
Alliance tax spokesperson Professor Jim Flynn interviewed here on Channel 9 about Progressive Taxation.
UPDATE: Listen to Jim Flynn audio from Progressive Taxation lecture, 14 August 2008
Alliance national spokesperson Victor Billot (right) and Auckland Central candidate Sarita Divis address Auckland maritime workers at their 11 August stopwork meeting. Auckland waterfront workers and seafarers voted donations towards the Alliance’s worker-friendly campaign for the 2008 election.
Similar support has been offered from Wellington Seafarers and Port Chalmers workers.
9 August 2008, Palmerston North, by Richard Wallis, 2008 candidate for Wellington Central, number 5 on party list
Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to speak. I am Richard Wallis, Alliance spokesperson for education and candidate for Wellington Central. I lived here in Palmerston North for 10 years, first studying at Massey and then 5 years at the local Warehouse. I was a member of the St Pat’s community. It was the Massey Catholic group “Manako” where I was reminded of the importance of social justice. Read the rest of this entry »
Alliance Party Disabilities spokesperson and number 22 list candidate Chris Ford has called for action by the Government to achieve equity for Disability Support Services (DSS) clients.
The call comes as a campaign gets underway ahead of the general election to pressure political parties to support equity in terms of access to funding and support for both Ministry of Health/Ministry of Social Development and Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) clients. Read the rest of this entry »
