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ACT supports Fed Farmers' Action Orange campaign

Friday, 10 June 2005, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand

"Tie an orange ribbon to your gate and shut it until the threat of Labour's access legislation is withdrawn," was ACT Rural Affairs spokesman Gerry Eckhoff's message to farmers today. More >>

Heather Roy's Diary: The Political Situation

Friday, 10 June 2005, 9:57 am | ACT New Zealand

That is looking like a distinct possibility in the run up to this election. Expect the gutters to run with blood over the next few months. More >>

Smacking bill a step backwards- ACT

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 5:55 pm | ACT New Zealand

Sue Bradford’s bill now before parliament on banning smacking is a backward step, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

Labour treats smokers like lepers

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 5:54 pm | ACT New Zealand

Dr Muriel Newman - Extract from speech to Rotorua small business owners, Rotorua Citizens Club, Thursday 9 June 2005; 5.30pm. More >>

More garbage from ‘Smarmy Maharey’

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 4:42 pm | ACT New Zealand

Social Development & Employment Minister Steve Maharey is using dubious statistics and weasel-words to defend his government’s failure to address poverty or reduce inequality, claims ACT Welfare Spokeswoman Dr Muriel Newman. More >>

End nuclear nonsense - restore ANZUS

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand

Finally Parliament will have an opportunity to reverse the foolish clause 11 of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone Disarmament and Arms Control Act of 1987, ACT MP Ken Shirley said in response to his private members bill being drawn from the ballot ... More >>

Labour electioneering at taxpayers' expense

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand

"I am alarmed at the Labour Party's blatant use of taxpayers' money to carry out electioneering," says ACT MP Ken Shirley. More >>

Muriel Newman - Labour Anti-Landlords

Thursday, 9 June 2005, 8:43 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today urged the Waikato Property Investors Association to vote against Labour at the next election if they wanted to retain residential property as a great way to save for their retirement. More >>

Hide - Helen Clark is no longer the Teflon PM

Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand

Rodney Hide Address to the Hutt Rotary Club; Lower Hutt Memorial RSA, 3 Cornwall Street, Lower Hutt; Wednesday, 8 June 2005; 1pm. More >>

National promises on property rights, ACT delivers

Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said Don Brash’s promise to rural New Zealand to “prevent any erosion of private property rights” rang hollow. More >>

ACT’s The Letter 7 June 2005

Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand

Labour was rocked by last week’s NBR poll putting them one point behind the Nats. They are looking for scapegoats. Cullen has decided that President Mike Williams is his goat because he hyped the Budget by announcing a “deep, dark secret”. As Cullen ... More >>

Newman Online 3 June 2005

Friday, 3 June 2005, 5:09 pm | ACT New Zealand

This week Newman Online looks at Labour’s Working for Families package and finds it is nothing more than a belated inflation adjustment More >>

CYF social workers’ inexperienced

Friday, 3 June 2005, 4:43 pm | ACT New Zealand

New information on the Department of Child Youth and Family shows the organisation is being staffed with inexperienced social workers, the majority of whom have had less than five years experience, ACT Deputy Leader and Social Welfare spokesman Dr ... More >>

ACT launches Transmission Gully policy

Friday, 3 June 2005, 4:27 pm | ACT New Zealand

A final decision on the future of Transmission Gully must be made now, Wellington-based ACT MPs Heather Roy and Stephen Franks said today in announcing their party’s Wellington transport policy. More >>

Unfranked: Breeding quangos for slaughter

Friday, 3 June 2005, 3:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

In the late 1980s Sir Geoffrey Palmer went hunting quasi-autonomous national government organisations. He killed many. Some were useless, some valuable. Some of their carcasses spawned dragon's teeth offspring more numerous and more expensive than their parents. More >>

Liberty Belle - Good news travels fast

Friday, 3 June 2005, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand

On Tuesday I signed a contract with the Herald on Sunday and wrote polite refusals to other editors who’d offered me jobs. I asked Shayne Currie, editor of APN’s Herald on Sunday, to wait until these editors had received their letters before announcing ... More >>