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Ministers losing it - Hodgson heavies student

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 4:28 pm | ACT New Zealand

Labour Minister Pete Hodgson is facing police inquiries after assaulting a mother who was peacefully protesting at Otago University today, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said. More >>

Judges and Parole Board should be charged

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand

The Christian Harry Brusey case encapsulates both the immorality of current criminal law, and how it will be repaired under ACT's criminal justice policy, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

Speaker inaction on Labour propaganda unacceptable

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 10:31 am | ACT New Zealand

New Zealanders should be outraged by Labour's continued abuse of parliamentary support funding for electioneering purposes, says ACT MP Ken Shirley. More >>

Shirley welcomes decision to lift mining ban

Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 10:25 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Environment, Conservation and Energy spokesman Ken Shirley today welcomed the Environment Court's decision to overturn the ban on mining in the Coromandel. More >>

Clark's leader's fund paid for red pledge card

Monday, 5 September 2005, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks has written to the Auditor General seeking an investigation of the use of parliamentary funds for Labour's red election pledge card. More >>

ACT releases victims' rights policy

Monday, 5 September 2005, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT today released its victims' rights policy after a ceremony organised by the Sensible Sentencing Trust. More >>

Welfare sickness explodes under Labour

Monday, 5 September 2005, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand

Six years of Labour's soft on welfare policies has seen the number of adults supported by the sickness and invalids benefits explode from 103,000 to 139,000, ACT Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>

The Letter

Monday, 5 September 2005, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand

National surges ahead of Labour. Winston faces defeat in Tauranga and in the country. Rodney's ahead in Epsom. ACT's polling is rising. Will the Greens make it? Spirallng fuel prices must affect the economy. More >>

Heather Roy's Diary 2 September 2005

Monday, 5 September 2005, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand

News that Rodney Hide is ahead in Epsom is great news for everybody who has been working on the ACT campaign. More >>

Unfranked Unfranked 40 Shooting Looters?

Monday, 5 September 2005, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand

Have you been struck by the apparent helplessness of the authorities in Louisiana in the face of looters? Is it possible that looters could really have forced the abandonment of rescue efforts, including a fully operational hospital. The tragedy ... More >>

Newman Online Weekly commentary by Muriel Newman

Monday, 5 September 2005, 8:14 am | ACT New Zealand

This week Newman Online looks at how better off Maori and New Zealand will be when Treaty of Waitangi claims are settled and all Kiwis can live as one people More >>

ACT throws support behind Bob the Builder

Friday, 2 September 2005, 4:36 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide today called on ACT supporters in Tauranga to throw their support behind local National Party candidate Bob Clarkson in a bid to unseat Winston Peters. More >>

Re-elect ACT to get rid of cotton wool law

Friday, 2 September 2005, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today endorsed the warning of Outward Bound Deputy Director Mark Squires that we are losing our heritage of outdoor competence. More >>

Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle

Friday, 2 September 2005, 1:09 pm | ACT New Zealand

Welcome to Spring, and welcome to more rounds of school closures after the election. In 2003 and 2004 Labour's education minister Trevor Mallard closed a record 96 schools. A further 300 were threatened with "review" but after ACT campaigned hard ... More >>