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Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill

It is a pleasure for the Green Party to follow the speech of Larry Baldock who has challenged us on a few points.

Crimes Amendment Bill No. 6 – Second Reading

The Crimes Amendment Bill (No 6) does have some good updating of the criminal law, but the exemptions from the interception offences - the exemptions for the police and intelligence agencies - do auth

Response to the Budget

New anti-terrorism or security spending comes up in a number of Government departmental budgets.

Prostitution Reform Bill

I support this bill and many of the amendments that have been proposed, some of which better protect prostitutes from crime, violence, ill-treatment, and super-exploitation.

New Zealand’s Foreign Policy: a Green View

Green foreign policy addresses the main problem of our time, and that is the huge differences in wealth and power between countries, and within countries.

Counter-Terrorism Bill – First Reading

The Greens will be voting against this bill, despite some good clauses in it, because it is a fraudulent bill. It is a fraudulent bill because although it is called the Counter-Terrorism Bill, much

There is simply no case for war.

This is a very sad time for the people of New Zealand, the people of Iraq, and the people of the world.

Government Communications Security Bureau bill – Second Reading

The Green party will be opposing the Government Communications Security Bureau Bill. The bill is very relevant today, in the light of the revelations in the Observer a couple of days ago that the N

International Treaties Bill – Second Reading

I am disappointed that this bill will probably be voted down after this second reading debate, although I am optimistic that members will be convinced during the debate to change their minds, just as