McCully winds back clock on sport and rec
Sports Minister Murray McCully is winding back the clock with plans to split high-performance sport from the umbrella of SPARC, Labour’s Sport and Recreation spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.
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Hipkins joins fight against council mergers
Rimutaka MP Chris Hipkins joined the fight against the National/ACT government’s Auckland Super City legislation last week, speaking several times during the 40 hour parliamentary filibuster to delay the legislation. Mr Hipkins said he was very concerned that the way the legislation had been rushed through parliament set a dangerous precedent for local government reform in other parts of the country, including here in the Hutt Valley.
“Fundamentally I objected to the Super City legislation being pushed through parliament under Urgency because the people of Auckland haven’t had their chance to have a say on it. I think any reform as significant and extensive as the Auckland Super City proposal needs to be endorsed by a referendum,” Chris Hipkins said. Read the rest of this entry »
Government axes essential police resources
Recent moves by the government to axe essential police resources show National’s talk about focusing on the frontline is nothing more than a hollow promise, Rimutaka MP Chris Hipkins says.
National continuing to politicise the public service
Parliament’s ability to hold the public service accountable for its effectiveness is being sabotaged by the new National Government, Labour’s Internal Affairs spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.
National Raids the Public Purse Again
The entire public service is rapidly becoming another arm in the National Party’s political machinery, Labour Internal Affairs Spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.
ACE Funding Cuts Incredibly Short Sighted
Rimutaka MP Chris Hipkins says he was incredibly disappointed to learn that the new National/ACT/Maori Party government has taken the axe to Adult and Community Education programmes as part of this year’s Budget.
Local councils still under threat - Hipkins
Rimutaka MP Chris Hipkins is concerned that Local Government Minister Rodney Hide is already talking about using the new Auckland Super City model as a blueprint for reform in other parts of the country.
Rejection of advice compromises public service
Government rejection of official advice to pay $2000-a-day private purchase advisers like Graeme Scott out of ministerial funds shows how far National is down the track of politicising the public service, says Labour Internal Affairs spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
$2000 a day for English’s bagman
Bill English needs to release in full all details around the contracting of his private purchase advisors, Labours Internal Affairs Spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.
Brownlee’s biodiesel plan a sham
The announcement today by Gerry Brownlee that he wants to kick start the New Zealand biodiesel industry is laughable, Labour Energy Spokespersons Charles Chauvel and Chris Hipkins say.
Hipkins joins fight against council mergers
Rimutaka MP Chris Hipkins joined the fight against the National/ACT government’s Auckland Super City legislation last week, speaking several times during the 40 hour parliamentary filibuster to delay the legislation. Mr Hipkins said he was very concerned that the way the legislation had been rushed through parliament set a dangerous precedent for local government reform [...]
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