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ETS: Time For A Stock Take

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 12:53 pm | ACT New Zealand

John Boscawen MP speech to ETS Public Meeting; Beach Street Hall, Beach Street, New Plymouth; Tuesday May 4, 2010. More >>

The Sentencing and Reform Amendment Bill

Thursday, 6 May 2010, 10:11 am | ACT New Zealand

The ACT Party, as part of its constitution, has the view that the primary role of any Government is to keep citizens safe in their communities, in their places of work, and at home. We are also aware, as a party, that keeping our communities safe ... More >>

Time For Some Honesty On The ETS

Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 5:59 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today poured scorn upon Agriculture Minister David Carter’s claim at Mystery Creek that the Government needs to proceed with the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to avoid a potential trade backlash from ... More >>

New Zealanders Call On Govt To Delay ETS

Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen was today pleased to announce the success of day one of his two-day ETS public meetings tour throughout the Waikato and Taranaki regions. More >>

Campaign To Defer The ETS Continues

Friday, 30 April 2010, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen will continue his campaign to defer the Government’s implementation of the Emissions Trading Scheme, and will hold a number of public meetings in the Waikato and Taranaki regions. More >>

Stop Misleading The Public, Dr Smith

Friday, 30 April 2010, 1:55 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today demanded Climate Change Issues Minister Dr Nick Smith stop his misleading, contradictory and inconsistent justifications for the New Zealand ETS and be honest to New Zealanders about the ... More >>

Open Letter to the Prime Minister

Friday, 30 April 2010, 11:08 am | ACT New Zealand

OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER Attached is a copy of an open letter delivered to the Prime Minister this afternoon [Thrusday 29 April]. More >>

Speaker Confirms ETS Repeal Process

Friday, 30 April 2010, 9:38 am | ACT New Zealand

Speaker Lockwood Smith today confirmed that the House could use exactly the same procedure that it used to pass the tax rises on tobacco - extraordinary urgency - to amend the Government’s ETS and delay its introduction, ACT Climate Change Spokesman ... More >>

Dr Smith Confuses EU With New Zealand On ETS

Thursday, 29 April 2010, 10:10 am | ACT New Zealand

Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith’s claim that 29 individual countries have implemented an ETS is flawed at best – Dr Smith is confusing an ETS across an entire trading bloc with one that affects an individual country, ACT New Zealand Emissions Trading ... More >>

Australia's ETS Delay Plays Into John Key's Hands

Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 3:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

Reports that Australia has decided to postpone the implementation of its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) until 2013 is just the sort of news that Prime Minister John Key was waiting for and he can now delay the start of New Zealand's ETS, ACT New ... More >>

Commission's Judgement Impaired On Alcohol Reform

Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 3:31 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Deputy Leader Heather Roy today expressed the ACT Party's opposition to, and criticism of, the proposals contained in the Law Commission report 'Alcohol In Our Lives - Curbing The Harm' - proposals that could not possibly pass the Government's ... More >>

Tariff Act Repeal Bill Pulled From Ballot

Thursday, 22 April 2010, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Economic Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas was today pleased that his Tariff Act Repeal Bill was drawn from the Ballot, which, if successful would see the removal of all remaining tariffs on imported goods. More >>

High Minimum Wage Hurting NZ Youth

Thursday, 22 April 2010, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand

I move that the Minimum Wage (Mitigation Of Youth Unemployment) Amendment Bill be now read a first time. More >>

ACT MP John Boscawen Selects Youth MP

Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 1:41 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen is today delighted to announce that his representative for Youth Parliament 2010 will be Miss Hazzel Brown, a Year 13 student from Otahuhu College in South Auckland. She will be one of 122 youths to take part in the two-day ... More >>

ETS Will Trump Quarterly Inflation

Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme is set to increase price levels by 0.4 percent after it comes into force on July 1, which is the same amount as today’s quarterly inflation result. More >>

Declaration Will Divide The Nation

Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 4:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today he was appalled at the Government's decision to covertly sign up to the UN Declaration of the Rights Of Indigenous Peoples, a document which asserts for Maori rights and privileges not enjoyed by other New Zealanders. More >>