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The sustainability clause in the new Biofuel Bill, reported back from select committee today, is the strictest in the world, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.

The Green Party is challenging John Key to say whether his commitment to not privatise state assets includes not opening up ACC to private competition, or even dismantling it entirely.

An admission in Parliament today by Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker that the Government could extend online gambling to addictive instant computer games is a further sign Labour has sacrificed family values for money,

"It is reprehensible that the Government is launching a whole new online gaming initiative through the internet sale of lotto tickets," Green Party Spokesperson on Gambling Sue Bradford said this afternoon.

Green Party MP Sue Kedgley has been selected as Green Party candidate for Wellington Central.