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Response to Government's 'Package of Actions'
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 8:57 am | ACT New Zealand
"We would have welcomed a full Commission of Inquiry into this matter which would have been able to address the full range of allegations that have made about Te Wananga o Aotearoa" said Tariana Turia today, in response to the Government's proposals to ... More >>
ACT's The Letter is Posted
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Parliament resumes this week with Labour hoping the recess has allowed it to regroup. We will be watching to see if National MP Murray McCully turns up and Don Brash decides to participate. The Hansard record shows last week's story was factual. We could ... More >>
What the Relationships Bill should look like
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 8:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today released a checklist of things he says the Relationships (Statutory References) Bill should, and should not, deal with when it is reported back from the Justice and Electoral Select Committee. More >>
Shirley calls for urgent debate on wananga
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 8:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Ken Shirley has written to Speaker Jonathan Hunt seeking an urgent parliamentary debate on Labour's moves to hand over Te Wananga O Aotearoa's financial control to a Crown observer as announced by Trevor Mallard this afternoon. More >>
April 1st no joke for pre-school providers
Monday, 28 February 2005, 3:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
In what must be the cruellest April Fools trick ever, Labour has decided 1 April is the final day for early childhood centres to comply with a raft of complicated recording, reporting and record-keeping rules, ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington ... More >>
Liberty Belle: More Lunacy Sightings
Monday, 28 February 2005, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
More lunacy sightings this week – they're simply irresistible. Playcentres, it seems, now have to get a resource consent to protect their little charges from the sun's rays. I was told about the Welcome Bay Playcentre, which has not put up a new shadecloth ... More >>
Stephen Franks -Transparent Justice
Monday, 28 February 2005, 9:25 am | ACT New Zealand
Speech notes from launch of ACT's focus on transparent justice; Crown Plaza, Albert St, Auckland; 7am, Monday, 28 February 2005. More >>
Newman launches survey of sheltered workshops
Monday, 28 February 2005, 8:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Dr Muriel Newman, concerned about the appalling lack of consultation with the vulnerable families who will be directly affected by the Labour Party's Disabled Persons in Employment Bill, today launched a survey of workshops and families. More >>
Let NZ marry our future king
Monday, 28 February 2005, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today he will try to sell the advantages of marrying in New Zealand to Prince Charles when he meets MPs next week. More >>
$21m advertising spend completely unnecessary
Monday, 28 February 2005, 8:24 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today confirmed what had long been suspected: The $21million advertising budget for the Working for Families package is straight Labour Party propaganda. More >>
Union would be better calling for bold tax cuts
Monday, 28 February 2005, 8:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said his party’s proposed tax cuts would deliver more into the pockets of workers than the five percent pay increase the country’s largest union is demanding for its members. More >>
Clark must distance NZ from anti-American tirade
Friday, 25 February 2005, 3:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said Prime Minister Helen Clark must distance herself and New Zealand from her former Minister Matt Robson's attack on the United States. More >>
The Single Benefit – But Not As Maharey Sees It!
Friday, 25 February 2005, 2:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week, Newman Online looks at what needs to be done to achieve real welfare reform in New Zealand rather than the recent Government charade of a single benefit. More >>
Traffic fines up 199 percent under Labour
Friday, 25 February 2005, 12:43 am | ACT New Zealand
The number of traffic offence and infringement notices issued by police has skyrocketed 199 percent since Labour came to office, ACT Deputy Leader and Police spokesman Dr Muriel Newman revealed today. More >>
Commissioner & inquiry into wananga both needed
Friday, 25 February 2005, 12:38 am | ACT New Zealand
"Its not a question of a ministerial inquiry or the appointment of a commissioner, it is clear we now need both," ACT MP Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Meeting with Audit Office confirmed suspicions
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Ken Shirley said his meeting with senior Audit Office officials in his parliamentary office this afternoon confirmed his worst suspicions. More >>
Spam proposal a complete waste of time
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today described Labour's proposed legislation to fine computer spammers as a complete waste of time. More >>
$300m DHB election year sweetener on its way
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy today said the announcement that the combined District Health Board deficit has blown out by a further $15 million is consistent with the Budget update revelation that deficits are blowing out to $100 million this year, ... More >>
Shirley: The expanding wananga
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 9:50 am | ACT New Zealand
In the late 1990s three wänanga were operating on a pretty small scale. Enrolment numbers were low. They were not universities, and still aren't. They were being funded for operational funding, but had complained unsuccessfully to the Ministry that they ... More >>
Hide: Prosperity and how to achieve it
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 9:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide, Leader ACT New Zealand - Address to the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, The Courtney Room, The Devon Hotel, New Plymouth. 7.15am, More >>
