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We Need A Plan And We Need It Now

Thursday, 20 October 2011, 4:15 pm | ACT New Zealand

Prime Minister John Key’s blasé response to a probable third credit down grade is both irresponsible and reckless - all New Zealanders should be concerned, ACT Leader Don Brash said today. More >>

The Devil Is In The Detail - Goff light on policy

Thursday, 20 October 2011, 4:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Devil Is In The Detail - Goff light on policy in his latest photo-op More >>

ACT Welcomes Defence Amendment Bill

Thursday, 20 October 2011, 11:48 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Defence Spokesman John Banks today welcomed the tabling of the 'Defence Amendment Bill' by Defence Minister Wayne Mapp. More >>

Labour Launches Attack on Small Businesses – ACT

Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 10:07 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand’s Labour spokesman Chris Simmons today slammed the Labour Party’s new ‘Work and Wages’ policy, labelling it an unprecedented attack on New Zealand’s small business sector. More >>

ACT Confirms List Positions

Monday, 10 October 2011, 4:58 pm | ACT New Zealand

In a joint press statement, ACT Party Leader Don Brash and President Chris Simmons today confirmed that all ACT candidates would move one place up the list to fill the position vacated by the Party’s retiring Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen, ... More >>

ACT Policy Would Have Averted Downgrade

Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 5:33 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader Dr Don Brash has called on Finance Minister Bill English to take responsibility for his part in New Zealand’s double credit downgrade. More >>

ACT Pays Tribute to Allan Peachey

Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen today paid tribute to Allan Peachey on news of Mr Peachey’s upcoming retirement. “Allan Peachey was one of New Zealand’s leading educators before coming to Parliament, serving most recently as Principal ... More >>

NZ Super Unaffordable - Credit Agency Not Fooled By National

Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:33 pm | ACT New Zealand

New Zealand’s credit downgrade stems from National’s failure to make the hard decisions; one of which is the growing unaffordability of superannuation, ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen said today. More >>

Heather Roy’s Dairy - The Last Political Chapter

Monday, 3 October 2011, 5:37 pm | ACT New Zealand

I wrote my first Heather Roy’s Dairy on 9 August 2002 and have sent one out most Fridays since then. Looking back, they are a great record of what was happening at the time and the issues I was involved with. Hon Hugh Templeton advised me that I ... More >>

Credit Downgrade Was Avoidable says Brash

Friday, 30 September 2011, 11:53 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Party Leader Don Brash today said that the news that New Zealand’s long-term foreign credit rating has been downgraded did not surprise him, noting that he had been saying for many months that New Zealand has become too heavily dependent on ... More >>

Valedictory Statement - Hon Heather Roy

Thursday, 29 September 2011, 11:14 pm | ACT New Zealand

My introduction to politics came at the tender age of 20 in 1984. They were exciting political times - Sir Robert Muldoon had called a snap election and Sir Robert Jones had launched a new party - the New Zealand Party. For the first time I had a flicker ... More >>

Poor & Young Will Lose Under Auckland Council Plan

Thursday, 29 September 2011, 2:23 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Party Leader Don Brash today labelled the Auckland Council’s proposal to change the ‘Metropolitan Urban Limit’ into an even tighter ‘Rural Urban Boundary’ ridiculous and discriminatory, saying it would lock the young and the poor out of ... More >>

Decision Not To Charge Burglary Victim Correct - Brash

Thursday, 29 September 2011, 11:27 am | ACT New Zealand

Brash Says Decision to Not Charge Burglary Victim Has Taken Far Too Long ACT Party Leader Don Brash has commended the Waitakere Police’s decision today to not charge the 15 year old who stabbed an intruder attempting to burgle his family’s home ... More >>

Freedom For Students At Last

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 10:56 pm | ACT New Zealand

Students will finally be given the same rights as every other member of society with the passing of the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill making membership of Students’ Associations voluntary for all students, ACT New Zealand Tertiary ... More >>

ACT is the party of personal responsibility

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 10:25 pm | ACT New Zealand

It was ACT that brought in the Three Strikes law for violent offenders which passed last year. This law ensures our worst repeat criminals will spend more time behind bars and off our streets. More >>

Roy: Free At Last

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 5:53 pm | ACT New Zealand

It gives me great pleasure to lead the debate on this third reading of the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill. Voluntary Student Membership has been a test of patience and many thought this day might not come at all in this Parliamentary ... More >>