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Employment Reforms Remove Barriers To Job Growth

Sunday, 18 July 2010, 12:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide welcomes the employment law changes announced by the Prime Minister John Key at the National Party Conference in Auckland today. Mr Key acknowledged the ACT Party’s role in developing and finalising the reform package. More >>

Wreath-laying At Tilomar, Timor-Leste

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand

Ten years ago, not far from this very spot, New Zealand suffered its first combat fatality since the Viet Nam War. More >>

Hon Heather Roy: Down Under

Sunday, 11 July 2010, 12:53 pm | ACT New Zealand

Hon Heather Roy speech to the Royal New Zealand Navy Operational Diving Team (ODT) Reunion; Paihia Resort Hotel, Kings Road, Paihia, Bay of Islands; Saturday, July 10 2010 More >>

NZ Loses As Aussie Confirms No ETS Before 2012

Friday, 9 July 2010, 9:29 am | ACT New Zealand

The announcement by new Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard that Australia will not have an ETS before 2012, shows what a huge mistake the National Government has made by pushing ahead with our scheme in New Zealand, ACT New Zealand Climate Change ... More >>

Reforming Public Services

Thursday, 8 July 2010, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand MP and former Finance Minister Sir Roger Douglas today addressed British business leaders, economists, policy makers and political commentators at UK think-tank Reform's policy conference on reducing Government deficit and reforming ... More >>

True Cost Of ETS Will Now Be Revealed

Thursday, 1 July 2010, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand

"This means the full cost to households will be close to $300 per annum from today and National is foolish if it believes that New Zealanders won’t soon realise this. Even the Ministry of the Environment’s own website: www.mfe.govt.nz makes it clear ... More >>

Kiwi Families Freeze While Forest Owners Profit

Thursday, 1 July 2010, 9:55 am | ACT New Zealand

Dr Nick Smith seems more than happy to let Kiwi families, already struggling to pay their power bills, simply freeze as the ETS increases electricity prices - while millions of dollars go to forestry owners, ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman ... More >>

NZ ETS: Huge Expense For No Gain

Monday, 28 June 2010, 5:38 pm | ACT New Zealand

The extra costs are not compensated for in Budget 2010. The ETS will take at least half of your tax cuts and superannuation increase; Delaying the ETS would be more in line with ‘National’s principles’ on the ETS set out in its 2008 ETS policy More >>

Statistics Show Three Strikes Is Needed

Monday, 28 June 2010, 4:42 pm | ACT New Zealand

Ministry of Justice statistics revealing that four violent crimes have been committed every day since the Three Strikes law has passed highlights just how important it was for the Government to introduce the Three Strikes legislation which specifically ... More >>

Australia Gets New Prime Minister

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 10:45 am | ACT New Zealand

I have often heard it said that the only guarantee in politics is that there are no guarantees - and it is one of the realities of being a politician that you can be popular one minute, and unpopular the next. More >>

Foreshore & Seabed Policy Made Up As We Go

Thursday, 24 June 2010, 4:36 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Foreshore & Seabed Spokesman David Garrett today accused Attorney-General Chris Finlayson of having no idea what to do about the Foreshore & Seabed policy, with his recent responses on this issue showing he is simply making up Government ... More >>

A Big Win For ANZ/ING Investors

Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 12:14 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Economic Development Spokesman John Boscawen today welcomed the announcement by the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) that it had reached a record $45 million settlement with the Commerce Commission over losses suffered by investors ... More >>

Protesters Right - NZ Leads World's ETS

Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 10:51 am | ACT New Zealand

The Minister for Climate Change Issues Hon Dr Nick Smith today affirmed that when New Zealand extends it ETS on July 1 this year to cover transport, industrial and energy emissions, it will be the most comprehensive ETS in the world, ACT Climate ... More >>

ETS Protest Heads To Parliament

Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 9:51 am | ACT New Zealand

"New Zealand is setting up an elaborate system that will be extremely expensive to disestablish and despite the fact that not one of our major trading partners – Australia, China, USA or Japan – is implementing, or looks likely to implement ... More >>

Consumer Law And Product Safety

Saturday, 19 June 2010, 12:43 pm | ACT New Zealand

There were two important developments in the area of Consumer Affairs this week, beginning on Monday when I released the 'Consumer Law Reform' discussion document - the result of work the Ministry of Consumer Affairs has been doing for the past ... More >>

NZEI Misleading Public About Bulk Funding

Friday, 18 June 2010, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand

The New Zealand Educational Institute's (NZEI) claim that bulk-funding failed in New Zealand schools does not stack up with the evidence, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>

Mallard Wrong on Teacher Incentives

Friday, 18 June 2010, 2:09 pm | ACT New Zealand

Labour MP Trevor Mallard's claim that teachers do have incentives to improve their performance because they can be promoted to a management role illustrates how ridiculous our education sector is, ACT New Zealand's Education Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas ... More >>