Tag: Global Affairs

There has been a good discussion in the House over the stages of this debate, from the second reading, through the Committee stages, to the debate we are having today.

Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke says there is a creeping erosion of our civil liberties under the Counter-Terrorism Bill, introduced into Parliament today.

The Green Party will be abstaining on this bill, because on the one hand the Green Party supports the main purpose of the bill, which is to assist bringing to justice those believed to be responsible

Helen Clark is insulting our Asian neighbours and giving credibility to a US invasion of Iraq by not categorically rejecting pre-emptive strikes on other countries, Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

France's raid on the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland would have been legal under John Howard's rationale for "pre-emptive" strikes on countries that harbour groups seen as a threat to another country's national interest, Keith Locke s

Green MP Keith Locke remains unconvinced that trials regarding sex offending on Pitcairn Island should be held in New Zealand.

The Government's explanation of its new military commitment to the Gulf is untenable.

New Zealand's latest commitment to the "war against terror" effectively means it has joined the US build-up against Iraq, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

New Zealand should condemn the dawn raids on Australia's Muslim community, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.