Council wants to keep sex workers out of sight during this year's Rugby World Cup.

Contractors are often more vulnerable than wage-earners, writes Helen White

Prostitutes could be banned from street trading in Auckland and beyond after a Super City council vote.

The three strikes law for violent or sexual criminals has been used on 132 offenders since last June.

Drivers with overdue traffic fines could have their licences suspended under a new law, which would also send people with overdue fines to prison.

Measures to stop boy-racers from cruising and doing burnouts brought an 18 per cent drop in street-racing offences last year.

Politicians and unions are calling on the Government to move public holidays that fall on weekends to Monday as workers face losing two days off in 2011.

Unions are protecting thousands of new workers from the Govt's 90-day trial period law by negotiating collective contracts that exempt them from it.

An Act MP says the message is the same across NZ, "everyone, Maori and non-Maori, is vehemently opposed to this bill".

Parliament looks set to be debating foreshore bills for years to come after Labour pledged today to repeal the Government's legislation when back in power.

Labour has confirmed it will pull its support for new foreshore legislation, saying it does not offer a lasting solution.