The Greens are calling on the Government to increase its foreign aid budget by $60 million a year for the next ten years so New Zealand can fulfil its international obligations to the world's poor.
Green MP Keith Locke is warning that proposed changes to terrorism law that extend the ban on financing to 'non-designated' terrorists and expand the definition of such funding could easily be misused by politicians.
Green MP Keith Locke has revealed that the high-powered Parliamentary committee charged with monitoring the country's intelligence services has met for a total of just three and a half hours over the past two years.