Press Release – Tertiary Education Union Employment negotiations for thousands of university staff at seven of New Zealand’s eight universities will begin in three months’ time, and union members are already working out what the main issues they need to see addressed to improve their working …
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Press Release – iPredict New Zealand Labour’s David Shearer wins Super Thursday speeches, and forecast to govern without needing NZ First · Fonterra payout forecasts plummet · NZ Police funding forecast to be increased by 2.8% in May Budget · Queensland Labor on the …
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Speech – New Zealand Government First of all, on behalf of my three other Parliamentary colleagues who are with us today – the Hon Jonathan Coleman, and two new MPs, Dr Jian Yang and Maggie Barry, MP for the North Shore – I would like to acknowledge the North Harbour Club and the …
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The 11th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiations between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Malaysia and four other countries ends today, slowed again by resistance to US corporate demands on medicine prices and broad investor …
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Press Release – US State Department Good morning everyone – what a pleasure to be among so many friends and distinguished colleagues today.
The APCAC U.S.-Asia Business Summit Read More »
Column – Gordon Campbell The launching of a Citizens Initiated Referendum on the question of the partial asset sales is a useful shot across the bows of the government’s intentions – although even if the required amount of valid signatures are gathered, it will be mid 2013 …
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Press Release – NZUS Council The NZ US Council will be represented at the eleventh round of negotiations to expand the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) being held in Melbourne next week. “Since the broad outlines of TPP were released at APEC in Honolulu last November negotiators …
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Press Release – US State Department Thank you, it’s my great pleasure to be here in Malaysia. And I am honored to be here at the Malaysian Armed Forces Defense College. I appreciate the Commandant’s hospitality in hosting me for what I hope will be a lively discussion today. Before …
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Press Release – US State Department Thank you Ambassador Negroponte for those kind words and to the Council of the Americas and the Center for Strategic and International Studies for hosting this event. I would also like to thank the Council for its continued leadership on hemispheric …
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Press Release – Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch As organizations dedicated to government openness, scientific integrity and accountability, we are writing to urge you to increase the transparency of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiating process. Currently, without any public …
Civil Society Groups Send Letter to Obama on TPP Secrecy Read More »
Press Release – Creative Freedom Foundation Last week the CFF attended a Stakeholders Briefing on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a treaty that will affect copyright in New Zealand, the United States and other nations. New Zealanders have just spent in excess of $600,000 to develop an …
How TPP affects NZ artists Read More »
Press Release – Joint Media Statement The 11th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiations between Australia , the US , New Zealand , Malaysia and four other countries starts in Melbourne on March 1. Civil society groups from those countries are in Melbourne to contest …
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