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Flu vaccine delayed even further
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 8:04 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT health spokesman Heather Roy today asked the Minister of Health to tell the nation who was going to get the flu vaccine and when, after hearing the release of the full strength flu vaccine has been delayed a third time. More >>
Funds allocation a rort
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 8:04 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today labelled the Electoral Commission's allocation of broadcasting funds as a rort on taxpayers. More >>
Minister must explain flu vaccine hold-up
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 8:03 am | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Health must explain why supplies of the half strength flu vaccination Vaxigrip have failed to make it to many of the country's GPs and health centres on time, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Hide - It's time to get tough on crime
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 12:38 am | ACT New Zealand
Last month I told the country about a scandal. I’m not talking about Mr Tamihere. I’m talking about a South Auckland Dairy owner under siege from young criminals with the police too busy to do anything about it. More >>
ACT's The Letter - 19 April 2005
Monday, 18 April 2005, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
To Labour's relief parliament is in recess for two weeks. Clark's scare with the aeroplane was a welcomed distraction. Labour's spin is that the Tamihere affair is peripheral and will do no polling damage. More >>
Minister must explain flu vaccine hold-up
Monday, 18 April 2005, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Health must explain why supplies of the half strength flu vaccination Vaxigrip have failed to make it to many of the country's GPs and health centres on time, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
McIntosh should still be in jail
Friday, 15 April 2005, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
Recidivist child rapist Lloyd McIntosh should be in jail, not seeking part-time work as a free man, ACT Associate Justice spokesman Deborah Coddington today said. More >>
Liberty Belle: Major Lunacy Sighting In Ponsonby
Friday, 15 April 2005, 1:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Liberty Belle Sometimes it's the little guys who make a difference. This week I was sent a copy of "Bay News" – a Ponsonby/Herne Bay community newspaper, which carried a major lunacy sighting. Correct me if I'm wrong (I've been away) but I haven't ... More >>
Newman Online: The Government's Gay Agenda?
Friday, 15 April 2005, 1:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week Newman On Line looks at the Labour Government's gay agenda and asks is this what New Zealanders really want. More >>
Scrap DPB as Maori numbers soar
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 12:42 am | ACT New Zealand
Soaring numbers of Maori mums on the Domestic Purposes Benefit show it is time to scrap it and replace it with a benefit that helps women get off welfare and into work, ACT Deputy Leader and welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
ACT on National's education policy
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington today predicted many parents would be disappointed at the National Party's refusal to give schools the choice to dump the NCEA. More >>
Labour's pylon backdown cynical electioneering
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's cynical attempt to appease angry voters over its unpopular pylon plan is all about electioneering, ACT Energy spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Land access will lead to more farmer vigilantism
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 12:59 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rural Affairs spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today called on the Labour Government to scrap its plan to force farmers to open up their land to public access, in light of Northland farmer Paul McIntyre being acquitted on firearms charges. More >>
Government holds up flu vaccine for second time
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 12:37 am | ACT New Zealand
It is "outrageous" that Health minister Annette King hasn't instructed the Ministry of Health to release supplies of the flu vaccine to GPs and health clinics, despite having had supplies of the vaccine for two weeks, ACT health spokesman Heather ... More >>
Making the Arms Amendment Bill useful
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT will bring a fresh new concept to the Arms Amendment Bill debate when it has its first reading in Parliament this afternoon, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
The Good News And The Bad In Health
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 3:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
The good news is that life expectancy is rising about 3 months every year. From 1970 to 2000, life expectancy grew by an average eight years per person and there is no sign of it slackening off. More >>
John Tamihere humiliates PM
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said that John Tamihere has trampled all over the Prime Minister and the Labour Party. More >>
Clark must stop dithering over Tamihere
Monday, 11 April 2005, 5:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that Helen Clark's dithering over John Tamihere's remarks was compounding the offence he has caused. More >>
ACT's The Letter - Monday April 11th, 2005
Monday, 11 April 2005, 1:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
The latest revelations from the Wishart interview with Tamihere have given the PM just the ammunition she needed. Tamihere is now toast. She didn't want to be seen beating up a guy who the public see as telling the truth about her government. But ... More >>
Fractious Factions Within Labour
Monday, 11 April 2005, 9:12 am | ACT New Zealand
This week Newman Online looks at how John Tamihere did the full monty and gave us a rare glimpse of the inner workings of the Clark Labour Government. More >>
