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Sir Roger Douglas: New Year’s Resolutions
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
The New Year is an opportunity for a fresh start. Traditionally people make resolutions that seek to cut back on the excesses they indulged in the year before. It seems that the National Government has yet to decide on its New Year’s resolutions. I ... More >>
Process Abuse Smacks Of Desperation
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen today condemned the outrageous abuse of process that the Government has committed in its attempt to rush the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill into law, and pledged that ACT would continue its fight against the deeply ... More >>
Process Abuse Smacks Of Desperation
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 12:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen today condemned the outrageous abuse of process that the Government has committed in its attempt to rush the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill into law, and pledged that ACT would continue its fight against the deeply ... More >>
Abuse Of Parliamentary Process To Pass Flawed Bill
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Hilary Calvert today condemned the appalling abuse of Parliamentary process used by the Government to push ahead with the deeply flawed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill - a Bill that has no public support ... More >>
Boscawen To Stand For Tamaki
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader and Tamaki-based MP John Boscawen today announced that he will stand as the ACT Party candidate in the Tamaki electorate during the upcoming 2011 General Election. “ACT views Tamaki as an incredibly important electorate, and ... More >>
ETS Widening Gap With Australia
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Mr Speaker, It is a pleasure to rise on behalf of the ACT Party to respond to the Prime Minister's speech, and I take this opportunity to acknowledge and congratulate the Government on much of what it has done during its first term. I say "much", but ... More >>
ETS Widening Gap With Australia
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand
It is a pleasure to rise on behalf of the ACT Party to respond to the Prime Minister’s speech, and I take this opportunity to acknowledge and congratulate the Government on much of what it has done during its first term. More >>
ACT Announces Candidate for Botany By-Election
Friday, 4 February 2011, 8:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Party President Chris Simmons was today pleased to announce that Counties-Manukau District Health Board member Lyn Murphy will stand as the ACT Party's candidate in the upcoming Botany by-election. More >>
New Zealand Welfare System Unsustainable
Friday, 4 February 2011, 4:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
Welfare dependency amongst working age New Zealanders is reaching unsustainable levels, and the rising rate of unemployment is set to make it even worse, ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. “At present there are 353,000 ... More >>
ACT To Host Foreshore & Seabed Public Meetings
Tuesday, 1 February 2011, 11:18 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen will this month host a series of public meetings in the Auckland area to outline the history of the foreshore and seabed debate, and to discuss the implications – and impending consequences – of the Government's ... More >>
Capping Taxi Numbers A Flawed Approach
Monday, 31 January 2011, 5:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Capping the number of taxis in the Wellington region is a ridiculous idea – one that will result in higher prices, longer waiting times and which will prove disastrous for consumers, ACT MPs Sir Roger Douglas and Hilary Calvert said today. More >>
ACT Urges Bolder Approach For State Assets
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 4:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister John Key’s announcement on State asset sales – while a step in the right direction – does not go far enough, both in terms of the number of assets up for sale and the extent to which each asset could be sold, ACT New Zealand Finance ... More >>
No Imagination from Phil Goff
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour Leader Phil Goff's State of the Nation speech lacks imagination and fails to confront New Zealand's key issue of rising Government spending, ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>
Three Strikes Delivers On ACT Promise To Keep People Safe
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 5:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
News that there are now 132 violent and sexual offenders who have been convicted of a 'Strike' offence and given their first 'Strike' warning comes as no surprise and simply serves to highlight that the 'Three Strikes' policy is working exactly ... More >>
Industry Displays Commonsense On Youth Rates
Sunday, 9 January 2011, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today welcomed the retail and hospitality associations' support for the reintroduction of youth rates to address the growing rates of youth unemployment. More >>
ACT Calls On National To Withdraw Foreshore Bill
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Hilary Calvert today called on National to withdraw the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill following Maori Party Co-Leader Tariana Turia's admission yesterday that her Party will not be satisfied if the proposed ... More >>
ACT Leader Welcomes Moves To Introduce Competition To ACC
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 12:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today welcomed the release of the Stocktake Report and Financial Condition Report on ACC and the agreement in principle by the Government to provide employers with competition and choice in purchasing workplace insurance. More >>
Update on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill
Friday, 17 December 2010, 8:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
An update on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill ACT launches new website – www.act.org.nz/foreshore-seabed For those of you who made a submission, who told your local MP what you thought, who explained to friends and family why this Bill ... More >>
ACT Calls On Dunne To Oppose Foreshore Bill
Friday, 17 December 2010, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Hilary Calvert today reiterated her call for United Future Leader Hon Peter Dunne to heed public sentiment and withdraw his support for the Government’s Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. More >>
Order to get hundreds of old regulations off the books
Friday, 17 December 2010, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Minister for Regulatory Reform Rodney Hide today announced the Regulatory Reform (Revocations) Order 2010 which will clean up red tape and get outdated regulations off the books. “Through regulation, government has the power to affect the lives ... More >>
