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Disabled NZers deserve a fair go
Friday, 3 December 2004, 2:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Disability Minister Ruth Dyson's claim that Labour is assisting disabled New Zealanders into paid work couldn't be further from the truth, ACT Deputy Leader Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Better late than never, says Coddington
Friday, 3 December 2004, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
"Better late than never" was ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington's reaction to Trevor Mallard's decision to allow the Secretary for Education the discretion to extend provisional early childhood centre licences from three months to 12. More >>
RMA changes offer no respite for small business
Friday, 3 December 2004, 9:38 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government's amendments to the RMA introduced today are a backward step and an affront to the many small and medium sized businesses that have been battling the Act for 15 years, ACT Conservation and Environment spokesman Ken Shirley said ... More >>
Give farmers some certainty, Sutton
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton today delivered another body blow to farmers after refusing to indicate when the Government will make a decision on its land access legislation, ACT Rural Affairs spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
250,000 Kiwis now pay 39-cent tax rate
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today asked the Finance Minister to drop his dopey 39-cent tax rate and give a Christmas bonus to the 250,000 full-time workers now forced to pay it. More >>
Auckland DHB crisis Annette King's fault
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy today said the appointment of an independent advisor to the Auckland District Health Board was yet another step closer to a commissioner being appointed to take over the running of the Board. More >>
Petty politics while preschoolers suffer
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 5:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
Trevor Mallard needs to climb down from his high horse, from where he hurls personal insults, and reassure up to 30,000 Kiwi families that their early childhood centres won't be closed down next month, ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington said ... More >>
Newest MP flummoxes Deputy PM in debut
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 5:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
In Question Time this afternoon, ACT Small Business spokesman Kenneth Wang left Dr Cullen flummoxed with his supplementary question to the Finance Minister. More >>
Stress & depression benefits balloon under Labour
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today revealed that the number of New Zealanders receiving a Sickness Benefit for stress or depression has more than doubled since Labour came to power. More >>
Health Minister still offers no answers
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 3:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Health Minister Annette King today failed to explain to New Zealanders why health services have only increased marginally, despite a seven percent rise in hospital spending, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
National Sells Out Hard-Working Kiwis
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide has labelled National's formal announcement this evening to retain the Cullen Super Fund as selling out hard-working Kiwis. More >>
ACT's - The Letter Monday 29 November 2004
Monday, 29 November 2004, 4:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
Most MPs think that the Sunday Star Times has been the victim of a joke. The SIS, which is undergoing a rapid expansion, is preoccupied with Muslim terrorism. Even during the cold war the SIS was reluctant to examine the activities of NZ'ers unless ... More >>
"Newman Online"
Monday, 29 November 2004, 9:16 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, Newman On-line looks at the Labour Government’s attempt to regulate many aspects of New Zealanders’ lives. . More >>
Civil Union Threat To Freedoms Of Speech: ACT
Monday, 29 November 2004, 8:32 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today released draft amendments to the Human Rights Act to protect freedoms of speech, association and religion, so that people who oppose civil union are not forced to be involved in civil union ceremonies. More >>
Govt Tells Multiple Offenders To Start Lying: ACT
Monday, 29 November 2004, 8:31 am | ACT New Zealand
The Clean Slate Act, which suppresses the criminal records of over 500,000 New Zealanders, comes in to force this week, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks reminded people today. More >>
1,454 Wait Two Years Or More On Waiting List
Monday, 29 November 2004, 8:30 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy today released shocking new information showing that nearly 1,500 New Zealanders have been waiting two years or more for surgery under Helen Clark's Active Review waiting list. More >>
Hospital Spending Up, Productivity Down
Monday, 29 November 2004, 8:29 am | ACT New Zealand
A damaging new report, showing hospital productivity has only risen 1.5 percent despite a 7 percent jump in funding, highlights Health Minister Annette King's mismanagement of her portfolio, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Mallard Treats Taxpayers' Money With Contempt
Monday, 29 November 2004, 12:42 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today called on Trevor Mallard to recover taxpayers' money poured into a Maori wanaga in Waitakere, in light of the local council's decision to recoup a $2 million loan it made to the Waipareira Trust for the land ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Insurer's Opposition To Land Access
Friday, 26 November 2004, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today welcomed the support of one of New Zealand's largest rural insurers behind ACT and Federated Farmers' campaign against Labour's dopey land access proposals. More >>
National Adopts Labour's Policies
Friday, 26 November 2004, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide tonight said the National Party is wrong to stick with the Cullen Super Fund and not drop taxes immediately upon taking office. More >>
