Tag: Global Affairs
Exclusion would send Indonesian military a strong message
Green MP Keith Locke wants New Zealand to advocate Indonesia's exclusion from a naval symposium scheduled to take place in Auckland in early November.
Locke urges Govt. to speak out over Burma crackdown
Green MP Keith Locke wants the Government to speak out against the latest crackdown on pro-democracy opposition in Burma.
Locke disappointed with speculative approach to refugees
Green MP Keith Locke said he was disappointed with Auckland police for publicly linking Afghani refugees to a supposed terrorism plot, without laying any charges against them.
Australian Minister’s disparaging comments rejected
Green MP Keith Locke has rejected Australian Defence Minister John Moore's claim that the Project Sirius Orion upgrade would have been
Fijian peacekeepers should go home – Greens
Green MP Keith Locke wants Fijiian troops under New Zealand command to be sent home from East Timor, and Fiji to be excluded from all future UN peacekeeping missions.
Budget Speech
I want to talk about the huge amount being spent in the Defence Budget. $1.63 billion.
Australia Setting Bad Example On Asylum Seekers
The Green Party wants the Government to distance itself from Australia's treatment of asylum seekers which contravene Australia's international obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention and other international treaties.
Green MP Flies To East Timor
Green MP Keith Locke left this morning with seven other MPs on a delegation to East Timor led by the Minister of Defence, Mark Burton.