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ACT would reverse five-cent petrol tax

Friday, 1 April 2005, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide said he is pleased the National Party has finally woken up and adopted ACT's long-held policy of putting all transport excise into better roading infrastructure. More >>

Franks torn over shelving of bill

Friday, 1 April 2005, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand

News that the lawyers and Conveyancers Bill has been shelved has left ACT MP Stephen Franks torn between congratulating Dr Cullen's decisiveness and scoffing at the Hon Phil Goff's incompetence. More >>

Frustrated PM accuses ACT of inciting crime

Friday, 1 April 2005, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said the Prime Minister's savage attack on ACT for simply uncovering the increasing level of lawlessness in New Zealand is a reflection of her own frustration. More >>

Sheltered workshop petition tabled in Parliament

Thursday, 31 March 2005, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Deputy leader Muriel Newman today tabled a petition opposing the repeal of the Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Bill. More >>

Women Should Carry Pepper Spray For Protection

Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand

New Zealand women should be able to arm themselves with pepper spray or mace to protect themselves from sexual predators, ACT deputy leader Muriel Newman said today. More >>

ACT's The Letter - The Sky Is Falling

Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 8:45 am | ACT New Zealand

THE SKY IS FALLING Economic sentiment has changed. The share market's bull run seems to have halted. The rise in house prices appears to have stopped. Interest rates are up. The trade deficit is huge. Economic growth over the last quarter was just ... More >>

Hide calls for zero tolerance on crime

Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 5:17 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said that New Zealand needed to adopt a zero tolerance policy to crime. More >>

ACT’s The Letter 29/3/5: The Sky Is Falling

Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand

Economic sentiment has changed. The share market's bull run seems to have halted. The rise in house prices appears to have stopped. Interest rates are up. The trade deficit is huge. Economic growth over the last quarter was just 0.4%. Economic confidence ... More >>

ACT welcomes call for truancy database

Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 1:30 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Associate Education spokesman Kenneth Wang today welcomed the call by truancy officers to establish a national truancy database. More >>

First Step on Slippery Slide of Smoking Apartheid

Monday, 28 March 2005, 12:29 am | ACT New Zealand

This week, Newman Online looks at how the Labour Government’s smokefree legislation has turned smokers into criminals and could be the first step onto the slippery slide of apartheid. More >>

DoC restructure long-standing ACT policy

Thursday, 24 March 2005, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Conservation spokesman Ken Shirley today welcomed both National and United Future's proposal to reorganise DoC to address the glaring problems arising from its functions as both an advocate for conservation and manager of the conservation estate More >>

Helen Clark gets away yet again

Wednesday, 23 March 2005, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide is appalled the Prime Minister has got away scot-free with her blatant misuse of taxpayers' money to pump out party political propaganda. More >>

Youth justice policy feeble

Tuesday, 22 March 2005, 11:56 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today summarised National's youth Justice policy as "timid steps in the right direction." More >>

Hawkins should go

Tuesday, 22 March 2005, 10:17 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said that George Hawkins should step down as Police Minister. More >>

Helen Clark overrules Speaker on TV ban

Tuesday, 22 March 2005, 12:00 am | ACT New Zealand

Helen Clark has kicked for touch Speaker Margaret Wilson's intention to ban television news cameras from Parliament because she doesn't want a fight over freedom of the press in election year, said ACT Leader Rodney Hide today. More >>

ACT's The Letter - 21 March 2005

Monday, 21 March 2005, 4:31 pm | ACT New Zealand

Optimism about the economy fell 10% in TV One's poll and the pessimists outnumber the optimists by 3%. The right way/wrong way poll is the most accurate electoral predictor. Don Brash will not criticise the Reserve Bank so National failed to pick ... More >>

Govt must move quickly to protect taxpayers

Monday, 21 March 2005, 3:56 pm | ACT New Zealand

Communications Minister David Cunliffe and Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton must act immediately to recover $5 million given to a Maori trust for investment in telecommunications under the old and banished "Closing the Gaps" policy, ACT Communications ... More >>