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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 >>
Stop Trying to Mislead Us on the ETS Dr Smith
Friday, 16 April 2010, 5:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Climate Change spokesperson John Boscawen today called on Climate Change Issues Minister Hon Dr Nick Smith to stop misleading the public over the costs of his Emissions Trading Scheme. More >>
Speech By Hide To Otago Chamber Of Commerce
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
The motivation for my focus on regulatory reform is the government’s strong commitment to lifting the poor productivity growth rate in New Zealand. Regulatory reform is an essential part of that plan. More >>
Rodney Hide: Sister Cities NZ 2010 Conference
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 11:54 am | ACT New Zealand
"The purpose of the sister cities programme is to increase international understanding and foster world peace by furthering international communication and exchange at the person-to-person level through city-to-city affiliations." More >>
Hide To Christmas Gouwland Business Seminar
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
Auckland is New Zealand’s only city that is positioned to take on a globally-connected city role. And Auckland already exhibits a number of characteristics of a strong international city it is New Zealand’s international gateway. More >>
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 >>
