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ACT's The Letter 30 May 2005
Monday, 30 May 2005, 1:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Well-placed” sources told the Press Association last week that the election date is July 30. The PM is neither confirming nor denying. Following Doonegate that probably fingers her as the well- placed source. Labour Party history is already re-written ... More >>
Latest research backs ACT's education policy
Monday, 30 May 2005, 10:03 am | ACT New Zealand
Groundbreaking research released today backs ACT's education policies that trust parents and schools to make decisions, not education bureaucrats, ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
The Underbelly of Radical Maori Intimidation
Friday, 27 May 2005, 5:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
This Week Newman Online looks at the intimidation tactics of radical Maori, how it makes New Zealanders fearful and silent and allows Maori to get their own way. More >>
ACT holds candidate meetings
Friday, 27 May 2005, 5:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT President Catherine Judd today said she was delighted by the high calibre of candidates who will be standing for ACT at the upcoming election. More >>
Support For Castration Proposal
Friday, 27 May 2005, 5:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today said he would support MP Marc Alexander's proposal for the chemical castration of child sex offenders. More >>
Labour to make fishers work without pay
Friday, 27 May 2005, 5:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government's decision to take fishing employers to the Employment Relations Authority over their crew retainer payments qualifies as a classic "lunacy sighting", ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - Labour's miserly budget
Friday, 27 May 2005, 4:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's miserly budget last week saw very little for the working Kiwi despite a $7.4 billion surplus. It is outrageous to think that hardworking New Zealanders who provided the Government with this surplus in the first instance will see nothing ... More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle
Friday, 27 May 2005, 12:38 am | ACT New Zealand
Four of the most plaintive words in the modern New Zealand lexicon must surely be “would we be allowed”? I was reminded of this recently by my new friend, Bill Hohepa (Billy Ho), who has the biggest heart in the world and goes around rest homes offering ... More >>
ACT launches rural policy
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 4:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Farmers wanting tax cuts, less red tape, zero tolerance for crime and their property rights protected, should give their party vote to ACT this election, ACT Rural Affairs spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Bentley case thugs - one right message
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“I take great comfort from the judge’s attitude to Peter Bentley’s use of his rifle when he was attacked last October, “ ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Unfranked Constitutional stocktake?
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
I appreciated today’s web report of another Attorney General speech across the bows of the judicial supremacists. I am in Australia with the Justice and the Electoral Select Committee. Today we are to sit humbly at the feet of Australasia's most "heroic” ... More >>
Tax cuts by Christmas 2014?
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 1:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour and National appear to be in a perverse auction to boast the stingiest tax cut promise, ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today. More >>
OECD points finger at Cullen as inflation culprit
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 1:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today hit out at Finance Minister Michael Cullen as the culprit in causing higher interest rates and inflation. More >>
Labour loses Control of Health
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Despite the record election year spend-up of an additional $1 billion into health next year, the Minister of Finance has revealed that District Health Board deficits are forecast to escalate to $100 million a year, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy ... More >>
Maharey's Working for Families spin
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 1:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Steve Maharey's bizarre election year attempt to claim huge success with the uptake of Labour's Working for Families package is simply ninth floor spin because 85% of recipients got their increases automatically" ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Op-Ed: Stephen Franks - Your Slate is Clean
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 1:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Since May 2004 the government's new Clean Slate Act has hidden the criminal records of over 500,000 New Zealanders. More >>
ACT tax policy slashes income tax rates
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT will return the Government’s $21 billion forecast surplus to hard working New Zealanders by slashing taxes, ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today. Launching ACT’s tax policy at the Newmarket Rotary Club at the Ellerslie Racecourse, Mr Hide said ... More >>
ACT Policy: A Tax Cut for Every Worker
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT's taxation policy comprises a lower, simpler tax system of just two rates: a top tax rate (and company tax rate) of 25% and a lower rate of 15% for incomes up to 38,000. This is affordable and would boost economic growth rates by 1%. More >>
Rodney Hide Speech: Freedom and Prosperity
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party stands for Freedom and Prosperity. We support the free market, private enterprise and freedom to choose. We oppose state control, big government and high taxes. That’s why we oppose the Clark-Cullen government. We oppose Helen Clark for ... More >>
ACT Policy - Artistic Freedom
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT would seek to remove the intrusive power of the state from both determining what constitutes art and from directing funding flows. Art is individual, powerful and expressive. ACT would break the State’s monopoly on funding and taste as it only ... More >>
