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Helen Clark's promise to abolish New Zealand's Industry Training Scheme is a cruel hoax on the workers of New Zealand, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

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Labour leader Helen Clark has confirmed Labour's plan to hand monopoly powers to unions, with a mischievous half-truth during last night's Holmes debate, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradfo

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Twenty-one regulations in the Commerce and Labour portfolios have been axed as part of a National Government initiative to cut red tape, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford announced toda

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A strong vote for Labour on Saturday will spell the end of job growth and the beginning of a dramatic rise in job-killing business costs, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

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Labour MP Pete Hodgson has again shown his contempt for consumers as he tries to fudge Labour's appalling record of backing monopolies when it comes to the power reforms, Enterprise and Commerce Mi

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The $2.25 million a year incubator programme to help innovators access the skills and finance they need for developing ideas will be launched by the end of April, Enterprise and Commerce Minister M

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Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford today released the electricity update newsletter, "A Better Deal For Consumers".

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A Ministry of Commerce report confirms that wholesale electricity prices are responding to market signals and that trading mechanisms are in place to better manage supply risks, Enterprise and Comm

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Helen Clark's promise to kneecap New Zealand's Industry Training Scheme is a cruel hoax on the workers of New Zealand, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

  • Max Bradford
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"The Alliance has unveiled another backward policy that would increase power prices for Kiwi families and businesses," Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

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Company decisions to move to or leave New Zealand are influenced by a range of factors, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

"Factors such as:

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  • Enterprise and Commerce

Labour energy spokesman Pete Hodgson has proved yet again how out of touch he is with the electricity market place, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

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Minister for Tertiary Education Max Bradford today challenged Labour leader Helen Clark to come clean with the real facts of a student loan case she cited during the leaders debate last night.

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  • Enterprise and Commerce

Incoming CTU president Ross Wilson's threat to call on overseas unions to undermine a future centre-right government shows the desperation of unions to again dominate workplaces, Enterprise and Com

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  • Enterprise and Commerce

It is a sign of panic when Labour MPs try and make a story out of back-of-the envelope guesswork, Tertiary Education Minister Max Bradford said today.

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  • Enterprise and Commerce

Disruption at the National Party campaign launch in Auckland today, by supporters of the Labour-Alliance bloc, is a sign of the parties' absolute desperation, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max B

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Misinformation is the only answer Labour has to the real wage growth of almost one per cent a year under the Employment Contracts Act, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

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

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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.

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

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

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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

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  • Enterprise and Commerce

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

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

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