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Labour's poll driven dental desperation

Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 7:27 pm | ACT New Zealand

Labour's announcement that it will spend $100 million revamping oral health care for children, adolescents and low-income adults is nothing more than a vote-seeking tactic, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Labour's poll driven dental desperation

Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 6:38 pm | ACT New Zealand

Labour pits health worker against health worker

Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand

Labour's 30% wage increase for hospital based nurses, and 1.7% pittance for other health force staff reveals the cynical political nature of Labours health strategy, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Govt policy denying people access to medicine

Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 10:17 am | ACT New Zealand

Doctors should be determining the best care for their patients not the Government, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Zero tolerance means no apologies for punishment

Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand

Fools in high places say that prison doesn't work. Yet they act as if they believe in punishment. Like us they try to do things that bring rewards and not to do things that hurt, or frustrate or cause shame. More >>

ACT won't apologise for punishment

Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT will end New Zealand's failed 30-year experiment of being nice to prisoners, ACT Corrections spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

ACT opens online auctions

Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand

Today ACT launched an exciting new fundraising initiative by launching donated products and political memorabilia on online auction site Trade Me. More >>

ACT pleased National wakes up over Treaty

Monday, 29 August 2005, 1:42 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said he was pleased that National has reversed its position of the 1990s and now wants to put time limits on Treaty claims, stop race-based funding and race-based legislation. More >>

ACT's The Letter 29 August 2005

Monday, 29 August 2005, 1:25 pm | ACT New Zealand

We have a real election. National's bigger than expected tax package has put the party back in front. Brash looks more confident and his Saturday interview was his best yet. More >>

Dump the Treaty or respect it?

Monday, 29 August 2005, 8:31 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT pioneers. That is what we have done since we entered Parliament in 1996. Fresh ideas are not always popular at the time. They may only be welcome in hindsight. And by then we can forget about gratitude. Nevertheless, daring to challenge political ... More >>

Comparing Treaty policies: ACT, National, NZ First

Sunday, 28 August 2005, 4:48 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT wants every New Zealander to know genuine equality before the law. The government must treat us on merit alone, irrespective of skin colour or ethnicity. More >>

Newman Online Weekly commentary by Muriel Newman

Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand

This week Newman Online looks at why National needs ACT to help it deliver its promised tax cuts and other much needed reforms. More >>

Why National needs ACT

Friday, 26 August 2005, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

This week Newman Online looks at why National needs ACT to help it deliver its promised tax cuts and other much needed reforms. More >>

Heather Roy's Diary

Friday, 26 August 2005, 3:41 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Labour Party is populated by professional politicians and they don't make a move without first taking an opinion poll of the electorate. Therefore, we can be sure that the Prime Minister knows what she is doing as she campaigns with Jeannette Fitzsimons ... More >>

Restorative justice would end name suppression

Friday, 26 August 2005, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand

The name suppression of a man accused of attacking a truck driver with a hammer highlights all that is wrong with Labour's soft on crime approach, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

Government rejects true measure of crime

Friday, 26 August 2005, 11:00 am | ACT New Zealand

Act Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today called on Justice Minister Phil Goff to explain why the Government has kept New Zealand out of the International Crime Victim Survey, the only true internationally comparable measure of crime trends. More >>

Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle

Friday, 26 August 2005, 9:45 am | ACT New Zealand

Readers of the Herald on Sundaywill have noticed Greens' co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons spat the muesli over my column drawing people's attention to the fact that she is a major shareholder in Windflow Technology Ltd ($115,000 worth of shares according ... More >>