Kiwifruit Claim To Seek $334m+
Press Release – The Kiwifruit Claim KIWIFRUIT CLAIM TO SEEK THIRD OF A BILLION IN DAMAGES FOR PSA-V – BUT OTHER GROWERS RISK MISSING FRIDAYS DEADLINE TO SIGN UP
State Sector
Gordon Campbell on Govt’s favourite crony Serco, and the TPP
Column – Gordon Campbell Gordon Campbell on Sercos emerging role as the governments favourite corporate crony, and the TPP fallout
Gordon Campbell on TPP dairy , and investor-state disputes
Column – Gordon Campbell Gordon Campbell on New Zealands TPP done deal on dairy, and on investor-state disputes
Protesters Arrested Attempting to Seize TPPA
Press Release – Show Us Ya Text Just before 2pm today arrests began of over 15 protesters from citizens group Show Us Ya Text, while attempting to seize the TPPA outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
TPP Leak: SOE Issues for Ministerial Guidance
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.
Gordon Campbell on the PM’s TPP concessions on medicines
Column – Gordon Campbell So, on the eve of the last round of talks meant to finalise the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, Prime Minister John Key has conceded that yes New Zealand will probably have to pay more for medicines under the TPP .
Gordon Campbell on new bureaucratic tests for solo parents
Column – Gordon Campbell Offhand, its hard to think of a more cynical example of political opportunism than the requirement that solo parents will now need to re-apply for their benefits each year. This new rule is being enforced in the full knowledge that a significant number …
Gordon Campbell on Treasury’s plans for Kiwirail
Column – Gordon Campbell Is there any more terrifying phrase in the English language than Treasury recommends? The latest idiotic idea to emerge from the Treasury lets close down Kiwirail deserves to be filed away alongside previous gems such as Treasury push for …
Time to wave the white flag on TISA secrecy
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Less than a month ago, Wikileaks posted 17 documents leaked from the secretive negotiations for a Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). New Zealand is part of the group of countries calling themselves the Really Good Friends of Services who are trying to negotiate …
Gordon Campbell on the dairy contamination threats
Column – Gordon Campbell The sole upside for the government in its release of a three month old threat to contaminate infant formula is that the story knocked Winston Peters off the front pages. In case that sounds like a conspiracy theory, the government was in a no win …
Gordon Campbell on the Northland by election, and TPP news
Column – Gordon Campbell Incredibly, Winston Peters is back at centre stage of New Zealand politics, and in the role he likes best as the virtuous underdog, fighting the forces of entrenched political patronage in the Northland by-election. Currently, a rattled Key government …
Medicine affordability, public health at risk in TPP
Press Release – Public Health Association of Australia A report released today by a large team of academics and non-government health organisations reveals that the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) poses risks to the health of Australians in areas such as provision of affordable medicines, tobacco and alcohol …
