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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 >>
$15 Min Wage Will Push Up Prices and Cost Us Jobs
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour’s policy to raise the minimum wage to $15 will throw more people on the scrap heap and shows how out of touch with reality Labour really is, ACT Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>
Brash - Speech: An address to some friends of Fiji
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 3:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
7 p.m., Friday 23 September 2011 NEW ZEALAND AND FIJI: MOVING FORWARD An address to some friends of Fiji by Don Brash Leader of the ACT Party Auckland More >>
Brash: Law And Order: Protecting New Zealanders From Crime
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
An address by Don Brash Leader, ACT New Zealand; 25 September 2011; Waipuna Lodge, Auckland More >>
Boscawen Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election
Saturday, 24 September 2011, 5:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen today announced that he has decided not to seek re-election on the ACT Party list and expects to retire from Parliament following the November 26 election. More >>
Lifting Our Sights: ACT Party on the ETS
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Emissions Trading Scheme imposes significant costs on all New Zealanders. We need our exporters to lead the way out of our economic crisis – instead we are shooting them in the foot. More >>
Beware Greens' Orwellian Double-Speak - Brash
Monday, 19 September 2011, 5:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party's newly-announced 'For a Richer New Zealand' advertising campaign is really a push for a poorer New Zealand, according to ACT New Zealand leader Don Brash. "On the face of it, it's full of feel-good bromides that could be uttered ... More >>
ACT Says Farmers Have Had a “Gutful” of ETS Nonsense
Friday, 16 September 2011, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party's Primary Industries Spokesman Don Nicolson has said that the release of the ETS Review Panel’s report Doing New Zealand’s fair share: ETS Review has exposed enough information to show that New Zealand is on a lonely road to what he ... More >>
ACT Position Vindicated
Friday, 16 September 2011, 12:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Sir Roger Douglas today heralded Department of Labour research that demonstrates the effect of ending youth wages: a significant increase in the number of youth who cannot find jobs. More >>
ACT To Support Amended Criminal Procedure Bill
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 11:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen today confirmed he had negotiated from the Government major changes in the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill that would mean the continued protection of rights and freedoms that New Zealanders ... More >>
Reinstating Youth Wage Is Realistic Option
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 6:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand MP Heather Roy today called on the Government to heed its own words and take a more ‘realistic’ approach to youth unemployment by reinstating the youth minimum wage. “In response to my question on youth rates in the House today, ... More >>
ETS: Just Scrap It – ACT
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen today called on the Government to drop the pretence and scrap the Emissions Trading Scheme altogether after the ETS Review Panel report recommended delaying the introduction of the energy, transport, ... More >>
Brash Hails Landmark ACT Bill
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 10:06 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT New Zealand parliamentary team are to be congratulated on a successful first reading of the Spending Cap (People's Veto) Bill in Parliament last evening, says party leader Don Brash. More >>
ACT Calls For Child Abuse To Become Strike Offence
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 9:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen today condemned the Government's weak response to child abuse after it voted against his amendment to the Crimes Amendment (No 2) Bill to make abuse of a child a 'strike' offence under ACT's 'three strikes' ... More >>
Qualified Brash Bravo for Goff
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 8:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Sensible New Zealanders will be hopeful that recent comments by Labour leader Phil Goff about the availability of new sections in earthquake-ravaged Christchurch herald the end of his latter-day lurch leftward, says ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash. More >>
Don Brash Speech: One Law For All?
Friday, 9 September 2011, 11:17 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Don Brash, Leader ACT New Zealand Redwood Room, Bureta Park Motor Inn 8 September 2011 More >>
