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Cuba Mall Vagrants Could Be "Jafas" By Xmas
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 8:19 am | ACT New Zealand
"Auckland's new city councillors want to feel good. They want to increase rates so their ratepayers can house more homeless", Mr Franks said today More >>
Care Of Children Bill Shatters Hopes And Dreams
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 8:17 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today expressed sympathy for fathers and children throughout the country, who have been hoping against hope that the Government would introduce changes to make our Family ... More >>
Cullen & Sutton Won't Front Up Over Land Access
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 12:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today accused the Labour Government of refusing to front up to farmers' outrage over its land access proposals. More >>
Families $1,040 Worse Off Under Helen Clark
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today accused the Labour Government of overtaxing hard-working New Zealand families, in light of new information that shows the average household is being taxed at over 46 percent of its income. More >>
PM's Ill-Judgement Costs Taxpayers Dearly
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 9:43 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused Prime Minister Helen Clark of wasting taxpayers' money, after a commission of inquiry into police conduct over the past 20 years started too early. More >>
The Letter - Monday 8 November 2004
Monday, 8 November 2004, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Letter predicted George Bush's victory, we said 52-48%, it was 51-48%. We also predicted correctly the Republicans would increase their majority in Congress. More >>
Recidivism Study Highlights Need For Reform
Monday, 8 November 2004, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today said a report, that shows nearly two-thirds of recidivist offenders have demonstrated anti-social behaviour by the age of 13, highlights the urgent need for a reform of ... More >>
Pressure On Labour To Reform Self-Defence Laws
Monday, 8 November 2004, 11:51 am | ACT New Zealand
A responsive Labour Government in Britain will build pressure on their more politically correct namesakes here, to reform the law of self-defence, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
King's Waiting List Rage Returns To Haunt Her
Monday, 8 November 2004, 10:09 am | ACT New Zealand
Months of pursuing the Health Minister Annette King to disclose the true number of patients on waiting lists has finally resulted in the revelation that, at the end of September 2004, there were over 62,000 people assessed by a specialist as ... More >>
Newman Speech:Labour's Uncharitable Approach
Monday, 8 November 2004, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand
The Auckland City Mission provides an excellent example of the huge contribution that the charitable sector makes to New Zealand society. More >>
Shirley Speech: RMA Taking Us Back In Time
Monday, 8 November 2004, 10:06 am | ACT New Zealand
In December 1989 the Resource Management Bill was introduced to Parliament after years of gestation in the Resource Management Law Reform process. More >>
Roy Speech More ACC And Labour Highway Robbery
Monday, 8 November 2004, 10:05 am | ACT New Zealand
Tucked away in the `Public Notices' section of the major daily newspapers on October 21 was an ACC advertisement advising the public of the ACC Board recommendations for levy increases for the 2005/06 financial year. More >>
Franks Speech: "Make My Day", Or Self-Defence?
Monday, 8 November 2004, 10:04 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Auckland South Conference; The Novotel Ellerslie, Green Lane East Road, Ellerslie, Auckland; Saturday November 6, 2004 More >>
Rodney Hide speech: Trust The People
Monday, 8 November 2004, 10:03 am | ACT New Zealand
Ten years ago this weekend, the ACT Party was formed. As founding Party president, I remember those days well. More >>
Moment Of Truth For Shared-Parenting
Friday, 5 November 2004, 2:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused Labour, United Future, New Zealand First and the Greens of giving Kiwi fathers false hope about their support for Shared-Parenting. More >>
Sutton Just A little Bit Pregnant
Friday, 5 November 2004, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton is trying to appear just `a little bit pregnant' on the land access issue, but he must come clean: either he is stealing land from landowners, or he isn't, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said ... More >>
Daylight Robbery Shows Labour's Police Failure
Friday, 5 November 2004, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
That criminals were bold enough to rob Michael Hill Jeweller in broad daylight yesterday, and in the middle of the Whangarei CBD, highlights the Labour Government's complete failure in the police portfolio, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman ... More >>
Anderton Supports Lower Taxes! - ACT
Friday, 5 November 2004, 8:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said, after learning Jim Anderton supported lower company taxes, that he looked outside to see if any pigs were flying by. More >>
Foreshore And Seabed Disarray
Friday, 5 November 2004, 8:53 am | ACT New Zealand
It is clear that the Government is in total disarray over the foreshore and seabed legislation, and is now making key policy decisions on the hoof, ACT New Zealand's member of the Select Committee considering the Bill Ken Shirley said today. More >>
ACT Welcomes United Future Support
Friday, 5 November 2004, 8:52 am | ACT New Zealand
While United Future Leader Peter Dunne's response to my release on Transmission Gully and Centennial Highway is a little over-the-top, it at least shows that he hasn't completely lost interest in the issue, ACT New Zealand Wellington-based MP ... More >>
