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Labour Created Record Youth Unemployment

Thursday, 1 September 2011, 3:10 pm | ACT New Zealand

Labour’s policy to spend $251 million subsidising young people into work is an expensive band-aid on the problem of youth unemployment that Labour created by abolishing the youth minimum wage, said ACT New Zealand Leader Dr Don Brash. “Labour is absolutely ... More >>

ACT Welcomes Sir Jerry Mateparae as Governor-General

Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader Dr Don Brash today welcomed Lt General Sir Jerry Mateparae as New Zealand’s new Governor-General. “Sir Jerry Mateparae is an exceptionally well-regarded New Zealander with decades of public service. He will make an outstanding ... More >>

ACT Releases Its Party List for 2011 General Election

Sunday, 28 August 2011, 4:58 pm | ACT New Zealand

Announcing the Party’s list for the 2011 general election today, ACT Party President Chris Simmons said the board was extremely pleased with the strong line-up of high quality candidates. More >>

ACT List Confirms ACT as Pro-Farming Party

Sunday, 28 August 2011, 4:54 pm | ACT New Zealand

Former Federated Farmers President Don Nicolson’s high ranking on the ACT Party list announced today makes ACT the true farmers' party, says ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash. More >>

Brash: Saving New Zealand

Thursday, 25 August 2011, 4:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

I’m here today to present you with a very simple proposition, and that is that to build a more prosperous future for you and your children requires less government, not more. More >>

Brash to Announce Core Economic Policies

Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 4:46 pm | ACT New Zealand

In the third in a series of six major policy speeches, ACT Party Leader Don Brash will tomorrow announce the cornerstone economic policies the party plans to campaign on and fight hard for in the next government. More >>

Teacher Unions Making It Up As They Go - Brash

Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 11:50 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Don Brash today accused both the Post-Primary Teachers' Association and the New Zealand Education Institute of fabricating the truth about ACT's education policy in order to protect their special interests. More >>

Woodhouse On Jobs: 5/10. Must Try Harder

Monday, 22 August 2011, 5:47 pm | ACT New Zealand

Dunedin based ACT MP Hilary Calvert today gave Michael Woodhouse 5/10 for his comments in today's Otago Daily Times on job creation, saying he and the National Party still rely too heavily on government schemes to try to create jobs. More >>

National Fiddles While Education Burns—Brash

Monday, 22 August 2011, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand

Education Minister Anne Tolley's speech to the annual conference of the country's largest teacher union, the NZEI, provided graphic vindication of the education policy I announced at the same time, says ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash. More >>

Speech: - Brash: Education

Sunday, 21 August 2011, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand

An address to the ACT Wellington Regional Conference 2011 by Don Brash Leader of ACT New Zealand More >>

New Zealand Mourns Soldier's Death

Saturday, 20 August 2011, 10:33 am | ACT New Zealand

The reported death of a New Zealand SAS soldier in Afghanistan is a tragic turn of events for all Kiwis, says ACT New Zealand Leader Dr Don Brash. More >>

Don Brash to Give Public Speech in Pukekohe

Friday, 19 August 2011, 2:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Party Hunua candidate Ian Cummings is very pleased to announce that ACT Leader Don Brash will be giving a public speech in the Hunua electorate at Franklin: The Centre in Pukekohe on Monday 22 August at 7.30pm. More >>

Brash to Announce Policy to Take On Bad Teachers and Schools

Friday, 19 August 2011, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand

In a keynote address to the Party’s Wellington Regional Conference on Sunday, ACT Party Leader Don Brash is set to announce an education policy package that ACT plans to push hard for in the next Government. More >>

Kiwis Don’t Trust Government on Super

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:32 pm | ACT New Zealand

A UMR poll showing the majority of Kiwis favour compulsory Kiwisaver is proof that the public does not buy the Government’s message that current superannuation entitlements are sustainable, ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen said today. “Kiwis ... More >>

ACT Party Candidate for Wairarapa Announced

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Wairarapa branch of the ACT Party election campaign is officially under way with the announcement Safety Consultant and Greytown Community Board Member Shane Atkinson as its local candidate. Mr Atkinson is a familiar face to local voters after standing ... More >>

Time for Labour to Take Some Responsibility

Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 5:55 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen today called on Labour to take responsibility for their part in New Zealand’s record level of youth unemployment after asking Opposition Leader Phil Goff during question time what responsibility ... More >>