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Minister for Enterprise and Commerce Max Bradford today praised the commitment to workers by retiring trade union leader Ken Douglas.

Steve Maharey's comments about student debt are nothing more than hand-wringing given that Labour's policy would make student debt worse, Tertiary Education Minister Max Bradford said today.

Quarterly work stoppage statistics released today show the continuing downward trend in work stoppages under the Employment Contracts Act, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford says.

A survey on employers' attitudes to the Holidays Act contains no surprises, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

Defence Minister Max Bradford today sent his condolences to the family of the late Rt Hon David Thomson.

"I wish the family of Mr Thomson well at this sad time.

"Labour's so-called employment policy would boost unemployment not job growth," Enterprise and Commerce Minister, Max Bradford says.

Alliance MP Laila Harre has again revealed the deception of Labour's desperate attempts to appear friendly to business, while at the same time promising to return power to unions, Enterprise and Co

Government-funded tertiary student enrolments are up 7% in the year to August, Tertiary Education Minister Bradford announced today.

Next year tertiary students will be able to pay their loans back faster and will pay less interest because of the bringing forward of changes to the Student Loan Scheme, Tertiary Education Minister

Labour's so-called ‘generous' Student Loan Scheme is a myth, Minister for Tertiary Education Max Bradford said today.

Mr Bradford said Labour's policy was vague and oversold.

The Government has no intention of selling student loan accounts to the private sector, Tertiary Education Minister Max Bradford said today.

Firms do close factories and head overseas from time to time, but even more would shut up shop and head to places like Australia if a Labour-Alliance government was elected, Enterprise and Commerce

Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford has accused Labour spokesman Paul Swain of crass hypocrisy after his comments about the sale of frequencies.

The Government has provided farmers with a way to avoid being classed as unsecured creditors in a freezing works collapse, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford has announced.

The Government response to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee's Defence Beyond 2000 report details how the select committee's narrow strategic view would leave New Zealand unab

"Job losses for ordinary New Zealanders will be the price of putting a Labour-Alliance government in power," Enterprise and Commerce Minister, Max Bradford said.

The Minister for Tertiary Education, Hon Max Bradford, at the invitation of the University of Canterbury Students' Association, addressed an audience of between 100 and 200 students at the Universi

Consumers are enjoying the opportunities created by the Government's electricity policy initiatives, by changing electricity supplier in order to lower their electricity bills, Enterprise and Comme

The decommissioned frigate HMNZS Waikato will be used as an artificial reef for recreational divers to boost tourism prospects in the Northland region, Defence Minister Max Bradford confirmed today

Gas consumers would have better access to quality information if proposals set out in a Ministry of Commerce discussion paper were implemented.

Enterprise and Commerce Minister, Max Bradford today slammed the Alliance's collective bargaining policy as grossly unfair and undemocratic.

The New Zealand Victor Company Group of approximately 130 soldiers had moved from the East Timor capital Dili, Defence Minister Max Bradford confirmed today.

Operational allowances for Defence Force personnel serving in East Timor are to be increased by just over 100 per cent, Defence Minister Max Bradford confirmed today.

Labour leader Helen Clark has finally come clean with consumers and begrudgingly confirmed that the Government's electricity reforms are working, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said