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Labour To Blame For Interest Rate Hike
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 12:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said that Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard was right to point to the "strain on resource capacity" as the reason for why he has hiked interest rates. More >>
GE Better Than Poisoned Foods
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 4:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
The unacceptable levels of lead in some New Zealand cornflour is a direct result of New Zealand's nonsensical zero tolerance on GE, ACT New Zealand Science and Technology Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Private Healthcare The Real Answer
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today said the move of some emergency departments offering patients vouchers for private care is a step in the right direction. More >>
RMA: Ridiculous Metaphysical Act
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Thames poltergeist sham highlights the nonsense of allowing spiritual and metaphysical considerations to creep into our laws and judicial consideration, ACT New Zealand Environment and Conservation Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Mallard Must Step In Over Exam Row, Says ACT
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 8:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today urged Education Minister Trevor Mallard to investigate the New Zealand Qualifications Authority's refusal to reconsider making some high school students sit three exams in one day. More >>
ACT Criticises Rata Critic
Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today welcomed the report of respected Auckland academic Dr Elizabeth Rata - but expressed concern that Maori Language Commission chief executive Haami Piripi has only just heard of her. More >>
Maharey's Legacy: Hatchback Housing
Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
So long as Housing Minister Steve Maharey is too afraid to make hard decisions, we will see more and more reports of families being forced to live in cars and vans over winter, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman ... More >>
ACT's The Letter
Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 8:30 am | ACT New Zealand
A significant political realignment has occurred during the parliamentary recess. The NBR poll has National with a significant lead at 40.3%. Labour has fallen to 37%. The Maori party's support is 2.7%. More >>
Kiwi Battler Plunket Line Finally Loses Its Battle
Monday, 26 July 2004, 4:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
No matter how Health Minister Annette King tries to spin it, Plunket Line's absorption into the Health Ministry's Healthline will see the end of this invaluable and hugely popular service, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Chief Justice Not A Shop Steward
Monday, 26 July 2004, 4:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark's lordly dismissal of the Supreme Court's judges' concerns should have drawn a spirited defence from Attorney-General Margaret Wilson on their behalf, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
How Much, Mr Mallard?
Monday, 26 July 2004, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today demanded that Education Minister Trevor Mallard reveal just how much New Zealand taxpayers have had to fork out for Education Ministry officials to close their schools. More >>
Where's the Attorney-General On Judicial Activism?
Monday, 26 July 2004, 8:43 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today drew attention to Supreme Court Judge Thomas Gault's comments to a British Parliamentary committee about MPs' criticism of "judicial activism". More >>
Judges: Lambs At Home, Lions Abroad
Monday, 26 July 2004, 8:42 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today welcomed the frankness of Chief Justice Sian Elias and her colleagues before a United Kingdom Parliamentary committee, regarding the Supreme Court's shortcomings. More >>
Capitalism = Conservation
Monday, 26 July 2004, 8:41 am | ACT New Zealand
They consider you and I so hopeless that, left to our own devices, we would perish. We need direction, management, and instructions on how to live our lives under their wise and omniscient guidance. More >>
Doctors Stuck Doing WINZ Job
Monday, 26 July 2004, 12:47 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today expressed concern, but not surprise, that doctors are speaking out over being swamped by unemployed people seeking medical certificates to enable to them to sign up for the Sickness benefit. More >>
Time For Truth On Sickness Benefit
Monday, 26 July 2004, 12:45 am | ACT New Zealand
Any Minister who can make sickness beneficiary numbers grow more in four years than they did in four decades should be looking for a new job, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Convicting And Acquitting Is Not A Game
Friday, 23 July 2004, 1:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today called on Justice Minister Phil Goff to add into his double jeopardy reform a closure of the technical loophole that acquitted a young thug on a brutal murder charge. More >>
Liberty Belle: Deb's Fundraising Dinner Speech
Friday, 23 July 2004, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
This week Sir Robert Jones was guest speaker at my fund-raising dinner in my North Shore electorate. He entertained the 180-strong gathering with a hilarious - but also thoughtful - response to Mayor John Banks' rubbishing of Wellington at Stephen ... More >>
Prime Minister's Head In The Clouds
Friday, 23 July 2004, 8:52 am | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark's suggestion that she might need a private plane - instead if apologising for mis-using traffic law privileges - shows that she has delusions of grandeur, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Parole Hearings Of Victims Irrelevant
Friday, 23 July 2004, 8:51 am | ACT New Zealand
The announcement that victims will now be heard by a full division of the Parole Board - instead of just a representative member - is a sign of eagerness to placate victims, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
