Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Wikileaks has just posted a guidance document for TPPA ministers on SOE-related issues ( https://wikileaks.org/tpp-soe-minister/ ). Although dated December 2013, Professor Jane Kelsey, a law professor from the University of Auckland who has monitored …
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Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: In light of his admission yesterday that health funding has not kept up with all inflationary pressures under this Government, how will the health budget absorb the increased cost of purchasing medicines that …
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Press Release – The Maori Party The Mori Party stands firmly opposed to the TPPA Mounting concerns about the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on tangata whenua are shared by the Mori Party Co-leaders Marama Fox and Te Ururoa Flavell, as final negotiations continue …
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Press Release – Wikileaks Today, 29 July 2015, WikiLeaks releases a secret letter from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP or TPPA) Ministerial Meeting in December 2013, along with a comprehensive expert analysis of the document.
TPP Leak: SOE Issues for Ministerial Guidance Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell While New Zealand may feel flattered at being called the Saudi Arabia of milk it would be more accurate to regard us as the suicide bombers of free trade. Ever since the Uruguay Round kicked off in the 1980s New Zealand has set a socially self …
Gordon Campbell on D-Day for dairy at the TPP Read More »
Press Release – Walters PR The Multiple Sclerosis Society of New Zealand (MSNZ) is extremely concerned by the potential implications of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement for people with multiple sclerosis.
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Press Release – Jane Kelsey The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) has given up another secret unprecedented new restrictions on state-owned enterprises (SOEs), says University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey who has monitored the SOE negotiations intensively. …
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Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. JAMI-LEE ROSS (NationalBotany) to the Minister of Finance : How has the New Zealand economy been affected by recent international economic developments?
Questions and Answers – July 29 Read More »
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party Hundreds of millions of dollars will be added to the taxpayer tab with John Keys sell out of New Zealands drug buying agency, as indicated by the savings of just one drug purchased by Pharmac, Opposition leader Andrew Little says. John Key …
Real cost of Pharmac betrayal revealed Read More »
Press Release – Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand The Chairmen of the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) and DairyNZ are urging TPP Governments not to miss this once in a generation opportunity to improve dairy trade in the region. DCANZ Chairman, Malcolm Bailey, and DairyNZ Chairman, …
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Press Release – New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union The Taxpayers Union is cautioning Prime Minister John Key for his comments that the Government would pick up the tab for increased costs of medicines as a result of a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. Taxpayers UnionExecutive …
Key’s Comments on TPP Medicine Costs Disturbing Read More »
Press Release – Green Party The Green Party is calling on the Government to guarantee not one cent of the health budget will be funnelled into additional subsidies for Pharmac when its forced to pay more for medicines under the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). John …
Cost increase, under TPPA, must come from new funding Read More »
