🗳️ That the following words be added to the Address: "and that it informs Her Excellency that this House has no confidence in the Labour - New Zealand First Government because it has no serious programme to secure rising incomes for all New Zealanders; because the Labour component of the Government has coasted over the last six years on the back of strong export prices, and utterly failed to lay the foundations for reducing the gap between living standards on this side of the Tasman and those in Australia; because it fought a dishonest election campaign, one that ransacked the public purse for irresponsible party purposes; because during that campaign it suppressed vital information about the financial consequences of its policies; and because it has trampled over all previous constitutional conventions in cobbling together a bizarre set of coalition arrangements that put personal ambitions well ahead of the national interest.”

Hon RUTH DYSON (Minister of Labour): I add my congratulations to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, on your very well-deserved appointment. It has been rather frustrating to listen to the National Party tonight. It has been a bit like the days—as many people in the... Read more →