Russel Norman MP

Dr Russel Norman is one of the Green Party Co-Leaders.

Russel has been involved with politics all of his adult life, working as a policy researcher, assistant to Green Members of Parliament, campaign manager for the Green Party, Co-Leader outside Parliament and most recently as a Green MP since mid-2008. He says that his academic background - he has a doctorate in politics - "gives him an analytical approach, which is helpful."

Green Party Spokesperson on: Environment, Open Government and Electoral Reform, Economics, Finance and Sustainability, Research, Science and Technology, Climate Change (Assoc), Energy (Assoc), Transport (Wellington, Assoc), Housing (Assoc).

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Banks deserve less credit

15 Jun 2009

Scrutiny of the banking sector should include high credit card interest rates, Green Co-Leader Russel Norman said today. “The Official Cash Rate has fallen 5.75% but credit card rates have fallen only 1.5% on average across the banking sector suggesting yet another way that banks are not passing on savings to their customers,” said Dr Norman.

Integrated Ticketing too important to scale back

10 Jun 2009

Aucklanders deserve a decent public transport system that is adequately funded by central Government, Green Party Co-Leader Dr Russel Norman said today.

Key must rein in Hide’s radical right agenda

08 Jun 2009

The release of an obscure cabinet paper revealing a plan to gut local government and open the door to privatisation of assets has Russel Norman calling on the Prime Minister to rein in Rodney Hide. The Cabinet paper wants to implement ACT Party policy by narrowing the powers of local government and making it easier to sell Auckland’s $23 billion in public assets. The paper proposes to do this without public consultation.

Video: Russel Norman MP - What about New Zealand's clean green brand? Oral Question to the Minister for Climate Change Issues

03 Jun 2009

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5. Greenhouse Gas Reduction—Bonn Climate Change Talks

Budget 2009: Borrow Green Policies Not Money for Motorways

28 May 2009

The current Government needs to borrow more Green Party ideas in addition to the housing insulation plan announced in today’s budget said Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman.