Yearly Archives: 2011

Conundrum for PM on changes to royal succession rules

Prime Minister Key said this morning he was “not uncomfortable” with a suggestion that he was leading Commonwealth discussions on ending discrimination in the laws Read More

Keith Locke reflects on the ‘claim of right defence’...

we do support the intention of the bill to put more moral sanction on assaults on children

Claim of right defence being restricted after Government lose...

One of the problems with bills amending the Crimes Act is that they sometimes contain disparate provisions, some of which we support, others we oppose. Read More

Keith Locke on the Arms (Military Style Semi-Automatic Firearms...

KEITH LOCKE (Green): It is with pleasure that the Greens will be supporting the Arms (Militar

SAS present 35 times when prisoners taken, but minister...

Denials that our SAS troops could be handing Afghan prisoners over to torture are getting less and less credible. The government claims that on joint Read More

Need for War Crimes Investigation in Sri Lanka

It’s pleasing to see Foreign Minister Murray McCully has responded positively to my Parliamentary Question asking if he would support the call by a UN Read More

Legislation allows for more snooping

The Security Intelligence Service (SIS) Amendment Bill contains insufficient mechanisms to control the misuse of the extensive surveillance powers it bestows on the SIS, Green Party security services spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

Our MP in Havana

On Sunday morning your Green MP headed west from Havana to visit the Terreza eco-village, now designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The project began in Read More

Cuba’s contribution to a healthier Pacific

I am writing from Havana where I am being hosted, as Green foreign affairs spokesperson, by the Cuban Parliament. One topic of my meetings has Read More