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Newman: ACT's vision for a better New Zealand
Friday, 12 August 2005, 6:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Like many New Zealanders politics didn't used to feature strongly in my life - the challenge of raising a family and progressing a career were all too consuming. That all changed after a chance meeting with Roger Douglas in 1991. More >>
Liberty Belle - August 12 2005
Friday, 12 August 2005, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
Journalists have a duty to try and get their facts right. Having said that, I know that sometimes we do get it wrong. There's actually nothing worse than spending weeks over a feature story, or hours over a news story, which is highly critical of someone ... More >>
Stop Peters by ACTion billboard launched
Friday, 12 August 2005, 2:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide and ACT MP Kenneth Wang today unveiled ACT's new billboard that highlights the danger of Winston Peters holding the balance of power after the election. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - 12 August 2005
Friday, 12 August 2005, 2:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
While the country waits with baited breath for Don Brash to announce National's tax policy, (which he assures us will be significant) other parties are rolling out their policies for the election. More >>
ACT's Stance On Sign Language Bill Clarified
Friday, 12 August 2005, 12:11 am | ACT New Zealand
I did not respond to your earlier messages because the questions appeared to be rhetorical, more statements of position than requests for information. More >>
Court decision a blow for free speech
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 6:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
The High Court decision may be temporarily good for democracy this week but it's bad for free speech in the long run and respect for the rule of law, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Unfranked
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
Thank you very much to the many people who have sent in cheques to Stephen's Parliamentary Office for Michael Vaimauga after reading last week's Unfranked and watching the subsequent Sunday programme. More >>
250 more police is too little, too late
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 1:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said Helen Clark's promise to increase police numbers is "too little, too late." More >>
The constitution is broken but who would fix it?
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today described his service on Parliament's Constitutional Arrangements Committee as an "unsatisfying duty". More >>
Crazy soft drink tax won't fix obesity problem
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 3:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party's crazy plan to put a tax on soft drinks is totally outrageous and won't stem the growing tide of child obesity, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
King's nose growing faster than Pinocchio's
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 2:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government is deliberately suppressing public health figures that will show hospital waiting lists are climbing above 181,000, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Transit decision short-sighted - ACT
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 11:29 am | ACT New Zealand
Transit's decision to axe Transmission Gully is short-sighted but entirely predictable, says ACT Wellington-based MP Heather Roy. More >>
Residential homes struggle for survival
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 2:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
Heather Roy: Speech to Mana Tawa Grey Power - Political Panel on Retirement Homes/Asset Testing. Porirua Club, Lodge Place, Porirua, Tuesday 9 August, 1.30pm More >>
Tax Cuts Best for Students – Best For Everyone!
Monday, 8 August 2005, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide Speech to Victoria University students, GBLT 4, Law School, Wellington, Monday August 8, 1.15pm. More >>
ACT’s tax cuts better for students
Monday, 8 August 2005, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
Students will be far better off with ACT’s tax policy than Labour’s loans bribe, ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today. More >>
ACT's The Letter 8 August 2005
Monday, 8 August 2005, 1:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The nation is in the phoney war between the dissolving of parliament and the opening of the campaign. TV3s debate will open the real campaign. Winston has asked Muslims to turn in any tube bombers they know. The Greens falter. Industrial unrest rises. More >>
If Labour won't give Vaimauga medal the people can
Monday, 8 August 2005, 11:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today called on the Police Minister to apologise to Michael Vaimauga and ensure reimbursement for all the wages lost through seven court appearances, after he was prosecuted instead of the burglar he caught and held ... More >>
Hard labour not $2m gym, says Franks
Monday, 8 August 2005, 10:50 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Corrections spokesman Stephen Franks today called on the Corrections Minister to scrap plans to build a new $2 million gym at Rimutaka Prison and instead buy a few picks, shovels and wheelbarrows for a quarry that inmates can break rocks in. More >>
Newman Online Weekly commentary by Muriel Newman
Monday, 8 August 2005, 8:58 am | ACT New Zealand
It is ironic to witness the pompous jockeying of political parties as they busily promote their own version of time limits for the Treaty of Waitangi claims settlement process, knowing that all of them opposed ACT’s private member’s bill to introduce ... More >>
National releases "no defence" policy
Monday, 8 August 2005, 8:57 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said that he was appalled by the National Party’s abandonment of any commitment to defence. More >>
