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ACT’s The Letter 23 May 2005
Monday, 23 May 2005, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
What budget? It is not just the commentators who were caught by surprise by the non-budget, so was the Labour caucus. The Nats and ACT now feel there is a point of difference. Talk of a July election has evaporated as parliament goes into a one-week recess. ... More >>
Newman Online
Monday, 23 May 2005, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, Newman Online looks at Labour’s wasted opportunity to deliver hard-working Kiwis a tax cut in the Budget, and investigates what benefits ACT’s low tax policy would bring New Zealand. More >>
Maharey misleads on benefit numbers
Monday, 23 May 2005, 12:24 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader and Social Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today released figures that show Steve Maharey appears to be misleading voters about the depth of welfare dependency in New Zealand. More >>
ACT launches tax petition after budget backlash
Friday, 20 May 2005, 3:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Rodney Hide today launched a tax petition in response to the huge public backlash over Finance Minister Michael Cullen’s loopy do-nothing budget. More >>
Hide - Budget backlash prompts tax petition
Friday, 20 May 2005, 2:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
The forecast surplus is 7.4 billion this year. The surpluses total $21 billion over the next 4 years. More >>
Liberty Belle
Friday, 20 May 2005, 10:07 am | ACT New Zealand
Yesterday we had the Budget foisted upon us. Remember Labour’s 1999 ‘Pledge Card’? It included the words, “there will be no new taxes”. And what have we seen – Labour’s Roll of Dishonour: More >>
ACT spokesmen respond to the Budget
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 6:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
This is the response by individual ACT spokesmen to the Labour-Progressive Government’s 2005 Budget delivered today. ACT Leader Rodney Hide is issuing a separate statement. Education. Deborah Coddington said: “Parents and schools will take no comfort from ... More >>
Cullen’s Budget a sick joke
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 4:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today attacked Finance Minister Michael Cullen’s election year budget as a sick joke, lacking any vision or ambition for New Zealand. “New Zealand deserves better than this. We need a ten-year vision of how New Zealand can ... More >>
Labour wastes $50m on health bureaucracy
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New information has revealed that Labour has wasted over $50 million dollars a year on bureaucracy, instead of real health services since becoming Government, “ says ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy. More >>
Shared parenting, not $6m, the answer
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is a sad day for New Zealand when a government throws another $6.2 million of taxpayer’s money into the family destruction industry, instead of getting to the heart of the problem and fixing the law, ACT Deputy Leader Dr Muriel Newman said ... More >>
Sex Offenders Registry Bill
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 10:54 am | ACT New Zealand
Yesterday my Sex Offenders Registry Bill was returned to the House. When I met with the Justice and Electoral Select Committee last week we intended to prepare a brief interim report, and to seek an extension of time. That would have enabled the release ... More >>
Building Act killing off Kiwi home handyman
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 3:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government’s Building Act is killing off the “do- it-yourself” home handyman and imposing unnecessary building regulations and costs, Deputy Leader and housing spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Waiting surgery hopefuls soar to 120,000
Monday, 16 May 2005, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
The number of New Zealanders waiting for a First Specialist Assessment has skyrocketed by 13 percent in the last six months, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy revealed today. More >>
Did van Rooyen receive a golden handshake?
Monday, 16 May 2005, 3:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington today called on the Labour Government to make public any golden handshake paid to outgoing NZQA chief executive Karen van Rooyen. More >>
ACT attacks Cullen’s tax cut deceit
Monday, 16 May 2005, 1:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today hit out at the Finance Minister’s deceit over tax cuts, claiming the Government could afford across the board tax cuts out of its $8 billion surplus. More >>
ACT's The Letter May 16 2005
Monday, 16 May 2005, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour had another bad week. The last time the government got a report as damning as the 111-call centre report was Justice Mahon’s report into the Erebus crash. Benson-Pope put his future on the line. Cullen is to deliver his budget on Thursday, then into ... More >>
Congratulations to Blackball
Monday, 16 May 2005, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
Thanks to the people of Blackball, Labour and National will eventually be forced to abandon their “hide the crims” policies, ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
ACT welcomes Federated Farmers' call for tax cuts
Monday, 16 May 2005, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rural Affairs spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today welcomed Federated Farmers' call for the Labour Government to cut taxes in this week's Budget. More >>
ACT appoints Campaign Director
Monday, 16 May 2005, 10:07 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT President Catherine Judd today announced that Australian political consultant Ian Kortlang has been appointed ACT’s Campaign Director for the 2005 General Election. More >>
Labour ignored advice over Pacific Islanders
Monday, 16 May 2005, 8:29 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government ignored official advice and went ahead and lowered the minimum income threshold for new Pacific Island migrants applying for New Zealand residency last year, ACT Deputy Leader and Immigration spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
