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ETS Gives Windfall To Power Companies
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT, and only ACT, believes that regardless of whether man made warming is a fact or not, New Zealand is crazy to be proceeding with an ETS tax at this time. More >>
Employers Recognised For Service To New Zealand
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 10:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Associate Minister of Defence Heather Roy today congratulated Television New Zealand for being named the 2010 Territorial Force Employer Support Council (TFESC) Employer of the Year at Parliament last night/ More >>
Regulatory Responsibility Bill - Hon Rodney Hide
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 3:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
hat we have a problem has long been recognised. There have been numerous attempts since the 1980s to make improvements to regulatory processes. The problem is that politicians have poor incentives; they must get re-elected. More >>
'One Law' Is Regulatory Responsibility
Friday, 9 April 2010, 12:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Tidying up the statute books has been on ACT's agenda for a long time. Laws - old and new - should be clear, enforceable and routinely enforced. More >>
Nick Smith’s High Stakes Bet Irresponsible
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 5:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today called on Climate Change Issues Minister Hon Dr Nick Smith to explain why the Government is pressing ahead with its ETS, causing irreparable harm to the New Zealand economy, when he’s acknowledged ... More >>
ETS To Cost Dairy Farmers Millions
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is a privilege to take a call on the Dairy Industry Restructuring (Raw Milk Pricing Methods) Bill, and as I do so at six minutes to midnight, I wonder how many people are listening into this debate? How many New Zealanders are following a debate on ... More >>
Rodney Hide Welcomes Whanau Ora Approach
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide welcomed the release today of the Whanau Ora Taskforce Report, policy today, noting that “in many respects it is similar to ACT’s ‘families at risk’ policy, which was part of our 20 point plan at the 2008 election. More >>
Cuts In Health Spending Exposing The Cracks
Tuesday, 6 April 2010, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
National’s inability to pump ever-increasing funds into health spending due to New Zealand’s huge fiscal deficit will inevitably lead to further cuts to health services, and has finally revealed what ACT has said all along: that the current ... More >>
Roy On Nanotechnology
Saturday, 3 April 2010, 10:28 am | ACT New Zealand
Nanotechnology conjures images in the mind of some space-age science-fiction type technology that will deliver futuristic products and medical-type advances. Nanotechnology is in fact the study, control and utilisation of matter on an atomic and molecular ... More >>
Decisive Action Needed To Tackle Violent Crime
Thursday, 1 April 2010, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
The increase in violent crime that has occurred over the past 12 months comes as no surprise given that the Government has so far failed to take any decisive steps to address a trend that has been evident for a generation, and which will take time ... More >>
Govt To Get Windfall Profits At Your Expense
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 5:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Receiving ever increasing dividends from State-owned power companies – such as the $89.5m payout announced today by Meridian Energy - is something the Government will ‘have to get used to’ once the Emissions Trading Scheme comes into effect, ... More >>
Education System Failing Least Well Off
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 3:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
The report released today by the New Zealand Institute highlights the failure of our education system to adequately cater for those at the bottom end of education achievement, ACT Education Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>
The Need For Real Welfare Reform
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 10:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Welfare dominated much of the news this week following the launch of 'Future Focus', the Government's new package of reforms designed to break the cycle of welfare dependency. More >>
ETS Tax Responsible For Mass Deforestation
Friday, 26 March 2010, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
It’s ridiculous for Climate Change Minister Nick Smith to claim that the Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme is responsible for the reduction in deforestation, when it was the ETS that caused the mass deforestation in the first place, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Boscawen: France Can Abandon Its Carbon Tax
Friday, 26 March 2010, 9:51 am | ACT New Zealand
I rise this afternoon on behalf of all New Zealanders — farmers, businesspeople, employers, and families. On 1 July - just over 3 months from today - this Government will force upon the people of New Zealand an experiment — a grand, new experiment ... More >>
Opening Of Huanui College
Sunday, 21 March 2010, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
It's a pleasure to be here today to celebrate the official opening of Huanui College. As the first independent school in Whangarei, today marks a new era in education for the district. More >>
Vision And Initiatives In Gifted Education
Sunday, 21 March 2010, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
As Associate Minister of Education, the contact I’ve had with gifted and talented organisations such as giftEDnz has added enormously to my knowledge of your sector. I enjoy opportunities to meet with you and hear your views, and I look forward to ... More >>
Boscawen To Support Dalziel’s Contracts Bill
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 12:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Subsequent to me first raising this issue in Parliament, the former Minister of Commerce Hon Lianne Dalziel announced her intention to introduce a Private Members Bill – Illegal Contracts (Unlawful Limitation on Regulators’ Powers) Amendment Bill and ... More >>
Telecommunications reforms bad for economy, kiwis
Friday, 19 March 2010, 3:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Recently announced proposals by the Government to reform the Telecommunications Service Obligation (TSO) and create a new levy to fund the development of rural broadband are bad for the economy and everyday Kiwis, says Hon Rodney Hide, Leader of ACT New ... More >>
Genesis Energy Confirms Price Increase
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders can definitely expect to have to pay more for power from July 1, with Genesis Energy CEO Albert Brantley's confirmation before the Finance Select Committee today that his company "will recover the cost" of complying with the Government’s ... More >>
