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Liberty Belle - March 18 2005
Friday, 18 March 2005, 6:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
A lunacy sighting of my own this week. I've been visiting schools around the country, talking to principals and board members about their funding. The School Trustees Association this week launched a campaign - "Put the free back into free education". ... More >>
Wananga inquiry doesn't go far enough
Friday, 18 March 2005, 5:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Ken Shirley today was disappointed with the Auditor-General's terms of reference for his inquiry into Te Wanaga o Aotearoa. More >>
Lack of consultation outrageous
Friday, 18 March 2005, 4:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Dr Muriel Newman today congratulated GPs on forcing the Labour Government into yet another U-turn. More >>
Labour wastes millions on health bureaucracy
Thursday, 17 March 2005, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's new Primary Health Organisations will cost taxpayers $26.8 million in management fees this year, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy revealed today. More >>
King confirms role in delaying report
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Health Minister Annette King has not denied that she was involved in a decision to withhold a damning report into the Government's Primary Health Organisation's, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Hide attacks Cullen for hiding huge surplus
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 3:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide stepped up his attack on Dr Cullen for trying to hide Labour's unprecedented operating surpluses in an attempt to silence mounting calls for tax cuts. More >>
Goff wrong over Ashkenazi visit
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 7:40 am | ACT New Zealand
Foreign Minister Phil Goff's stated reasons for declining Major-General Gabi Ashkenazi's application for a visa are factually incorrect, ACT Foreign Affairs spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Report slams King?s PHO strategy
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 7:40 am | ACT New Zealand
A highly critical report into Annette King's PHO strategy explains why she spent five months trying to stop it being released, ACT health spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Tamihere cleared. Yeah right!
Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 6:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Mr Hide's comments follow the Serious Fraud Office today reporting that two people will face charges following the SFO investigation into Waipareira Trust when the former Labour Minister was its chief executive. More >>
Half a million NZers Rack Up Traffic Fines
Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's a disgrace that outstanding traffic fines in New Zealand have doubled over two years to around $450 million, with 58 people owing more than $30,000, ACT police spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Benson-Pope should stick with fish
Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 12:40 am | ACT New Zealand
David Benson-Pope is proving to be a disgrace as Associate Education Minister and should go back to trying to regulate fish, ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
ACT's The Letter - 14 March 2005
Monday, 14 March 2005, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT conference saw a change of direction. ACT welcomed the election of Don Brash as Leader of the National Party due to many of his views being similar to those of ACT's. ACT's President Catherine Judd had even called Brash the 10th ACT MP. His ... More >>
Newman On-Line: 'Broken Windows'
Monday, 14 March 2005, 8:39 am | ACT New Zealand
At our ACT Conference tomorrow, the architect of ‘zero tolerance’ policing in Britain, former Police Chief Ray Mallon, will be presenting a keynote address. Ray, now the Mayor of Middlesbrough, will be joining us live via satellite link. More >>
Judd Speech: The Centre-Right Can Win
Monday, 14 March 2005, 8:17 am | ACT New Zealand
Catherine Judd, President, ACT New Zealand - Speech to the ACT Annual Conference; SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland; 10.35am, Saturday 12 March 2005. More >>
Rodney Hide Speech: Ideas Into Action
Monday, 14 March 2005, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide, Leader ACT New Zealand - ACT Annual Conference Address; SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland; 10.20am, Sunday 13 March 2005. More >>
'Broken Windows' Zero Tolerance To Crime In Action
Friday, 11 March 2005, 11:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
Newman On-Line: 'Broken Windows' zero tolerance to crime in action Weekly Column by Dr Muriel Newman More >>
Nurses Settlement Costs DHB's $413 Million
Friday, 11 March 2005, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
The nurses pay settlement will cost District Health Boards $413 million over three years, ACT health spokesman Heather Roy revealed today. More >>
Govt Cooking the Books to Hide Surplus
Friday, 11 March 2005, 3:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Finance Minister Michael Cullen has unilaterally torn up an understanding between rival political parties that has enabled New Zealand to have the best and most transparent Government financial reporting in the world, ACT finance spokesman Richard Prebble ... More >>
Cullen moves to bury true operating balance
Friday, 11 March 2005, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide has accused Finance Minister Michael Cullen of forcing Treasury to bury the operating balance figures and instead highlight the ‘cash’ figure in an attempt to portray that Labour has no money for tax cuts for workers. More >>
OECD Reports Tax Increase For Workers
Friday, 11 March 2005, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Richard Prebble today said that only a tax and spend finance minister like Michael Cullen could welcome the news that the net tax paid by the average New Zealand worker has increased 100 percent faster for single people, 1,500 ... More >>
