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The Coming Election
Monday, 6 September 2004, 8:58 am | ACT New Zealand
Speech to ACT Waikato/BOP Regional Conference; The Pavilion, Rose Gardens, Cobham Drive, Hamilton; Saturday September 4, 2004. More >>
Welfare Reform Needed Now
Monday, 6 September 2004, 8:33 am | ACT New Zealand
Last month in Parliament ACT hosted a symposium on the need for welfare reform. Bringing together a wide range of speakers from around the world, from academics, legislators, commentators, and providers, as well as victims of our welfare state, ... More >>
RMA Needs Overhauling - Shirley
Monday, 6 September 2004, 8:31 am | ACT New Zealand
"The Resource Management Act is fundamentally flawed and needs overhauling", ACT New Zealand Environment and Conservation Spokesman Ken Shirley told an audience in Hamilton today. More >>
Ken Shirley Speech: Back To The Future For RMA
Monday, 6 September 2004, 8:30 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 >>
Newman Online
Monday, 6 September 2004, 8:24 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, Newman On-Line examines the functions of the Human Rights Commission, and looks at why it still has not become widely accepted by the New Zealand public More >>
Floodgates Open For Prisoner Lawsuits
Monday, 6 September 2004, 12:56 am | ACT New Zealand
Legal action planned against the Government, over the treatment of some Auckland remand prisoners, shows that the trickle of lawsuits will rapidly grow to a torrent, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Poverty and Political Correctness Gone Mad
Friday, 3 September 2004, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week the Human Rights Commission published its first report on the status of human rights in New Zealand. "Human Rights in New Zealand Today" drew on feedback from a nationwide process of public consultation, as well as data from Government ... More >>
Five Years A Cruel Joke On Communities
Friday, 3 September 2004, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Sentencing paedophile Peter Liddell to preventive detention with a minimum of five years is a joke, ACT New Zealand Associate Justice Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Judicial Activists Strike Again
Friday, 3 September 2004, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today pointed out that cash awards to disgruntled criminals were the direct result of judicial activism not corrected by National or Labour when they had every chance to do so. More >>
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Tamihere
Friday, 3 September 2004, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand
If Youth Affairs Minister John Tamihere is so concerned with Kiwi boys lacking adequate role models, then why doesn't he put his money where his mouth is, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman challenged today. More >>
Budget Advertising Just Political Propaganda
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 7:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said taxpayers should be appalled that Prime Minister Helen Clark has grabbed $21.15 million to advertise her flawed budget. More >>
Come Clean On Maori Land Access, Labour
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 4:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today labelled the Labour Government a disgrace, following its refusal to rule out exempting Maori-owned land from its proposal to open up farm access to the public. More >>
Saving Our Children With An Open Family Court
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 3:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today urged Chief Family Court Judge Peter Boshier to continue his push for more openness in the Family Court. More >>
It's The Kids That Matter
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand
It's not just a matter for national politicians in Wellington, or for police control from Wellington. Whether we are safe, secure and can justifiably trust our neighbours has more effect on how we feel about our city, our suburbs and our homes than any ... More >>
Ngati Porou Should Protest For The Right Reasons
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 12:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today urged Ngati Porou to focus its anger at Labour's attack on Judge Caren Wickliffe on the true principle at stake, and said it does not good for Maoridom - or any New Zealander - to hear Maori spokesmen ... More >>
Labour 'Cowardly' Over Taiwanese Visit
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government's extraordinary efforts to dissuade Taiwanese Minister of State Lin Yi-Fu from visiting New Zealand are both offensive and cowardly, ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Medical Mission Impossible
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 2:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Auckland DHB's decision to take 2,000 patients off its eye patient waiting list is just the tip of the iceberg, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Taxation Strategies For A Successful Future
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
I have been asked to speak on tax. Tax is government's fuel. It's through tax that Government gets the money it needs to run. We should always remember that it's taxpayers who provide for politicians and civil servants, not the other way round. Politicians ... More >>
What Response From Maori Caucus?
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
While disadvantages relating to Maori in the latest Human Rights Commission report are not unexpected, what is surprising has been the Maori Caucus's failure to take the problems seriously, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>
PC Report Side-Steps The Real Issues
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 12:33 am | ACT New Zealand
The revelation in the Human Rights Commission's newly released report, that more and more children's lives are being ruined in New Zealand on a daily basis, can be directly attributed to the Labour Government's politically correct social policies, ... More >>
