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Heather Roy's Diary
Monday, 8 August 2005, 8:56 am | ACT New Zealand
At election time there is much discussion of economic statistics, which often seem boring and remote from everyday life. However, a recent report from New Zealand accounting firm KPMG has changed all that in a flash and banished forever accountancy’s reputation ... More >>
Child support bill election-year window dressing
Friday, 5 August 2005, 3:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader and Social Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today labelled Labour's Child Support Amendment Bill as election-year window dressing. More >>
Access panel stalking horse for Labour
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
Jim Sutton still hasn't grasped the fundamental issue regarding public access to private land, which is that every landowner must retain the right to say who may or may not enter their property, says ACT Rural Affairs spokesman Gerry Eckhoff. More >>
Labour's Treaty time limits bogus
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that voters won't be fooled by Labour's Clayton's time limits for Treaty settlements. More >>
Tinkering will not fix NCEA mess
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 1:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
The NCEA is fundamentally flawed and should be scrapped, says ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington. More >>
National's back down on defence disappointing
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 1:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today New Zealanders would be very disappointed that the National Party was adopting Helen Clark's policy of no combat air wing. More >>
Labour to try chewing gum on Treaty
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 9:12 am | ACT New Zealand
From the warm-up reports Labour's time limits for Treaty claims will attract the same derision as their "packet of chewing gum in 2008" budget tax cut, ACT Maori Affairs spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
What are you doing about rotting teeth, Minister?
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 4:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy today demanded answers from Health Minister Annette King over the shortage of paediatric dentists at the country's hospitals. More >>
Vote ACT for what you believe in
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
Dr Muriel Newman Extract from speech to the Whangarei Child Poverty Action Group, Manaia View Primary School, 3 August, 5pm More >>
Deborah Coddington's valedictory speech
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 6:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
A Gallery journalist, in the context of my not seeking re-election, asked me last week if I felt I was a failure as a politician. I certainly do not. I don't believe the success or failure of any job should be measured by the length of time spent ... More >>
Stop hassling all kids on driving
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today urged young people to tell politicians who clamour for more restrictions on young drivers to "go and pick on someone else for a change. More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle
Monday, 1 August 2005, 4:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
The race is on and the lolly scramble has begun. The two old parties have started a bidding war for votes using Other People's Money (OPM). It's very easy to spend OPM, especially when you get lots of lovely votes in return. More >>
ACT's The Letter 1 August 2005
Monday, 1 August 2005, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
The election date is announced. Parliament finishes on Wednesday. The polls all show Labour back in front. Labour announced interest free student loans. The Governor of the Reserve Bank predicts inflation will be over 3%. More >>
ACT Calls on Labour, Nats To Rule Out Peters
Monday, 1 August 2005, 8:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today condemned Winston Peters for his racist and xenophobic attacks and called on both Labour and National to rule out any place for Winston Peters in a coalition Government. More >>
Newman Online Weekly commentary by Muriel Newman
Monday, 1 August 2005, 8:13 am | ACT New Zealand
This week Newman Online looks at how ACT proposed the policies which are now shaping the future of New Zealand More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 29 July 2005, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Health has become alarmed that I have been drawing attention to the number of people who have died while on hospital waiting lists. Winston Peters has been drawing attention to it as well but he keeps getting confused and quoting the ... More >>
Sentence shows need for ACT cumulative policy
Friday, 29 July 2005, 1:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's sentence of three years for an old rape by murderer Paul Bailey highlights the need for cumulative sentencing instead of concurrent sentencing, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Facts overlooked in student votes lolly scramble
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 10:33 am | ACT New Zealand
When I was a little girl and wanted something I couldn't have, my mother used to tell me "we can't afford it". I used to ask her why the government couldn't just print more money. Growing up under tax/spend/borrow/spend governments I learned about ... More >>
Smoking bill defeat blow to freedom
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 12:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Dr Muriel Newman said today the defeat of her Smoke- Free Environments (Exemptions) Amendment Bill was a blow to people's freedom of choice and the rights of New Zealand's small businesses. More >>
Labour soft on benefit fraud
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
New information that reveals hundreds of beneficiaries have debts of up to $220,000 and are paying off their debts at pathetic weekly rates of between $10 and $40 reinforces the Labour Government's soft-on- welfare attitude, ACT Deputy Leader Dr Muriel Newman ... More >>
