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Voluntary Student Union Membership long overdue
Friday, 1 May 2009, 4:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Victoria University Students' Association (VUWSA) is in the gun this week following revelations that it declined an invitation from the Wellington City Council to lay a wreath at last Saturday's ANZAC Day celebrations. According to VUWSA's president, ... More >>
ACT To Announce Mt Albert Candidate
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand advises all media that a special press conference will be held at The Kingslander Bar & Tavern, 470 New North Road, Kingsland, Auckland to announce the ACT Party candidate for the upcoming Mt Albert by-election. At 1:00pm this Saturday, ... More >>
Bill English A Sheep In Cullen's Clothing
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 9:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today described Finance Minister Bill English as nothing more than a National Party version of Dr Michael Cullen - who promised New Zealand tax cuts but never actually delivered the goods. "The Government ... More >>
Police Must Adjust Focus
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 3:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman David Garrett urged police to take a good hard look at their role and realise just who it is they are supposed to be protecting, following reports of a Tokoroa shop worker who may now be charged for shooting an ... More >>
Classic Example For Three Strikes
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Nigel Whakarau is a classic example of the type of offender ACT's 'Three Strikes' Bill - now part of the Government's Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill - seeks to put away, ACT New Zealand Law & Order spokesman David Garrett said today. "Whakarau ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - ANZAC Day
Saturday, 25 April 2009, 1:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
I began writing this week's diary with the thought that it would be straightforward. I was wrong. There are so many emotions associated with ANZAC Day that I found it very difficult to distil them down to a theme that I could do justice to in a single ... More >>
English Talks The Talk - Doesn't Walk The Walk
Thursday, 23 April 2009, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today urged Finance Minister Bill English to stop simply paying lip service to New Zealand's economic problems and start focussing on developing real solutions for the good of the country. More >>
Scaremongering Reaches New Low
Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 12:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
The battle against ACT's proposed 'Three Strikes' law has intensified, with Justice officials, Te Puni Kokiri and various lobby groups issuing dire predictions of killings by persons facing a third 'strike' conviction to avoid apprehension and increased ... More >>
Do We Really Want More Of The Same?
Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
The OECD report released last week confirms all of ACT's warnings: New Zealand is one of the world's most indebted countries, has one of the largest current account deficits, and has had low productivity growth for the past 12 years. More >>
Ninja Mortgages And G20
Friday, 17 April 2009, 12:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
Ask an economist when the best time would be to carry out reform and they'll tell you that it's when times are good. Ask a politician, and they'll say it's when times are bad. This seeming contradiction is easily explained by the concept of public ... More >>
Cosgrove Has Jumped The Gun
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 4:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Law & Order Spokesman David Garrett today corrected claims by Labour MP Clayton Cosgrove that the ACT Party unconditionally supports a separate prison system for Maori offenders. More >>
Mortgage Relief Options Already Available In NZ
Friday, 10 April 2009, 9:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week the Australian Government announced that it had brokered a new deal with Australia's four largest banks to provide 'mortgage holidays' to borrowers who face financial hardship after losing their job. More >>
Kiwis Fleeced For 13 Long Years
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 5:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today released information showing that New Zealanders have spent more than a decade being robbed blind through over-taxation. More >>
Drop in Murder Rate Statistics Questionable
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 1:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Law & Order Spokesman David Garrett today questioned claims that murder rates have almost halved over the past 20 years given that homicide rates in New Zealand per 100,000 of population per annum increased from about 0.5 per 100,000 ... More >>
Garrett Welcomes Workman's Support
Tuesday, 7 April 2009, 12:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Law & Order spokesman David Garrett today thanked Rethinking Crime and Punishment's Kim Workman for pointing out that only ACT's 'Three Strikes' law would have saved 78 murder victims had it been in place at the time they were killed. More >>
Garth Harrison: ACT Life Member
Friday, 3 April 2009, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
The fate of a political Party lies very much in the hands of its members and supporters - while MPs and Ministers are responsible for promoting their respective Party's policies in Parliament, it is the generosity and spirit of Party members and supporters ... More >>
Murderer's Bail Highlights Systemic Problems
Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 5:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Law & Order Spokesman David Garrett today urged the Government to undertake an immediate review of bail laws following yesterday's sentencing of Haiden Davis for the murder of Augustine Borrell. "Bail laws in New Zealand are a disgrace ... More >>
Time For A Fiscal Diet - Not A Tax Deferral
Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 3:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
"It is time for New Zealand to face facts and realise that the Government needs to go on a fiscal diet", ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. "The bureaucracy has become engorged on an endless buffet of taxpayer dollars. ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Saturday, 28 March 2009, 12:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Bill passed its first reading with a 68-53 vote in Parliament this week. This means that private sector involvement in the management of New Zealand's prisons is one step closer to becoming ... More >>
Govt Must Set Out Plan To Restore Growth
Friday, 27 March 2009, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today urged the Government to set out a clear action plan to restore the country to growth, following the release of GDP figures showing that the national economy contracted in the fourth quarter ... More >>
