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Widow's Plea Likely To Fall On Deaf Ears
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 12:43 am | ACT New Zealand
The heartfelt plea from the widow of murdered farmer Jack Nicholas to Prime Minister Helen Clark, to abandon proposals to legislate access to all named waterways, is likely to fall on deaf ears, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff ... More >>
Need Good Psychiatric Care? Kill Someone
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 12:40 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today predicted that we would continue to see more tragedies, like the murder by mentally ill Otaki man Jesse Moore, until the Government accepts that it is not providing adequate facilities for the assessment ... More >>
Dunne Misleads Public With Kahawai Ads
Monday, 13 September 2004, 4:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The expensive newspaper ads taken out by United Future attempting to explain their curious position on the kahawai fishery is laughable" ACT New Zealand Whip Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Shirley Applauds Meridian Proposal
Monday, 13 September 2004, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Energy and Environment Spokesman Ken Shirley today applauded Meridian Energy's plan for New Zealand to adopt tradeable water rights. More >>
Coddington’s Liberty Belle
Monday, 13 September 2004, 8:14 am | ACT New Zealand
This week the NZ Herald published a column I wrote on the overlooked implications of the Human Rights Tribunal decision on a prisoner not being allowed to view a letter written about him. For readers of Liberty Belle who don’t receive the Herald, here’s ... More >>
Aotearoa: Land Of The Long Wait For Surgery
Monday, 13 September 2004, 8:13 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today released new information showing that tens of thousands of New Zealand patients are not just waiting for much-needed operations - they're officially waiting to go on the waiting list for surgery. More >>
Who's More Important - Teachers Or Bureaucrats?
Friday, 10 September 2004, 11:47 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand teachers struggling with the NCEA might be surprised to learn that the average salary of NZQA staff, charged with implementing Education Minister Trevor Mallard's "triumph" on schools, is almost $60,000, ACT New Zealand Education ... More >>
Nowhere Safe From Terror - Hide
Friday, 10 September 2004, 10:51 am | ACT New Zealand
The latest terrorist attack - this time on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta - has shown that no one, anywhere, is safe from terrorism, ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide said today. More >>
"Newman Online"
Friday, 10 September 2004, 9:16 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, Newman On-Line examines the Charities Bill – a Labour Government attempt to use legislation and regulation to take control of the charities sector. More >>
Returning The Power To The Judges
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today welcomed the drawing of her Sentencing (Community Sentencing to Fit the Crime) Amendment Bill from the Private Members Ballot. More >>
Interest Rate Hike Labour's Fault
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today blamed the Labour Government's refusal to cut taxes and reduce compliance costs as the main reasons for yet another hike in interest rates. More >>
Labour's Murder Case Scandal
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 5:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Backlogs in analysing DNA samples could be contributing to a delay in bringing murderers to justice, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Who Are The Real Victims?
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 5:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today labelled the Labour Government's Social Security (Social Assistance) Amendment Bill - which will change sole-parents' obligations to name the father of their child - ... More >>
Labour Responsible For Nurse Pay Stand-Off
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 2:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
The politicking of Women's Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson and Health Minister Annette King is the biggest factor in nurses' representatives rejecting the pay offer by District Health Boards throughout the country, ACT New Zealand Health spokesman Heather ... More >>
Foreshore Submissions Defy Belief
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 12:32 am | ACT New Zealand
Some Maori have expectations that can never be satisfied, and transcend the ridiculous, ACT New Zealand member of the Select Committee considering the Foreshore and Seabed Bill Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Police Bear Brunt Of Labour Prison Failure
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused the Labour Government of further undermining the maintenance of law and order in New Zealand by pulling police off the beat to guard prison inmates. More >>
Bulging Prisons Need 'Vacancy' Signs
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prison overcrowding is a transparent case of Government mismanagement that presses police, courts, and corrections officials to release criminals early - or not to lock them up at all, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
PM Refused To Answer Speeding Motorcade Questions
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said that Prime Minister Helen Clark was clearly working hard to cover up her involvement in the speeding motorcade. More >>
ACT's The Letter
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 8:57 am | ACT New Zealand
All Quiet On The Political Front The country is still enjoying an Olympic afterglow. The men came through. A politically incorrect thought: where are the Maori athletes? Rowing and kayaking could increase the Beijing medal count if they can make their ... More >>
Men's Ministry No Answer To Women's Affairs
Monday, 6 September 2004, 11:29 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Women's Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy today invited Minister John `Macho Man' Tamihere to join with her in calling for the Ministry of Women's Affairs to be abolished. More >>
