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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 >>
Memo To Nats: Labour's Top Tax Rate Must Go!
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 12:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said that National was right to complain about taxpayers being ripped off by Labour's punitive tax take. More >>
Memo To Nats: Labour's Top Tax Rate Must Go!
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 12:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said that National was right to complain about taxpayers being ripped off by Labour's punitive tax take. More >>
Hunters Should Celebrate Carefully
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 8:25 am | ACT New Zealand
In a speech this evening, ACT New Zealand Sport & Leisure Spokesman Stephen Franks today warned Queenstown members of the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association not to get arrogant or greedy, and urged them not to relax their guard just because ... More >>
The Letter
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 8:25 am | ACT New Zealand
The media reported Margaret Mutu’s predictions of violence if the Foreshore bill becomes law but were far too politically correct to report the extent of the fracas at the hearing in Auckland. Before the meeting even began the committee clerk was ... More >>
It's Official: NCEA Is Fatally Flawed
Monday, 30 August 2004, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand
If the recent debacle over Cambridge High School isn't enough proof for Education Minister Trevor Mallard, then a weekend newspaper ad should finally convince him that the NCEA must go, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said ... More >>
