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Minister As Much To Blame As 'P'
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 11:01 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today said that no one should be at all surprised that increased violence by psychiatric patients - fuelled more and more by drugs and alcohol - was forcing mental health nurses to quit the profession. More >>
Another U-Turn On Crime From Labour?
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 10:16 am | ACT New Zealand
If Prime Minister Helen Clark is correctly reported this morning, she has an open mind on hard labour for idle prisoners - this must be the quickest U-turn so far for this Government, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
The Letter
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 8:29 am | ACT New Zealand
THE CRIME ISSUE In NZ, crime is an issue because the chances of you being a victim of crime are now higher than in America. This country has gone from being one of the world's safest places to live to being one of the Western world's most dangerous. ... More >>
Time To Loosen Welfare's Grip On New Zealand
Monday, 5 July 2004, 11:54 am | ACT New Zealand
Speech to Canterbury ACT members and supporters; ACT Leader's Lunch; Chateau in the Park, Christchurch; Sunday July 5, 2004. More >>
Why Freedom Allows Diversity And Fosters Tolerance
Monday, 5 July 2004, 8:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide Speech to ACT members and supporters; ACT Leader's Lunch; Chateau on the Park, Christchurch; Sunday July 4, 2004. More >>
End To Excuse Justice In Sight
Friday, 2 July 2004, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today said that he would be keeping score when National Leader Dr Don Brash outlined his party's justice policies - to ensure that he has adopted them all and left nothing out. More >>
Shirley For Tamaki
Friday, 2 July 2004, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
National MP Clem Simich has trouble in Tamaki whichever way you look at it, ACT New Zealand MP and Tamaki candidate Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle July 02 2004
Friday, 2 July 2004, 10:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Stars, a kind adult once told me when I was a little girl, are the souls of those who've died, twinkling down at us, reminding us that life does, indeed, matter. More >>
ACT Welcomes Nuclear Fact To Dispel Fiction
Friday, 2 July 2004, 12:21 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs, Environment and Energy Spokesman Ken Shirley today welcomed Dr Andrew McEwan's book `Nuclear New Zealand - Sorting Fact From Fiction'. More >>
Minister Deluded On Grants Scheme
Friday, 2 July 2004, 12:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded that the Government stop making excuses and admit that the Social Entrepreneur Scheme was a failure - so much so that it was too embarrassed to do its own dirty ... More >>
Quiet Sinking Of Loudly Proclaimed Programme
Thursday, 1 July 2004, 5:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
Once again, the Government has suffered a blow to its credibility - this time by lumbering the Labour Department with the task of quietly announcing the demise of its controversial Social Entrepreneur Scheme, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social ... More >>
Govt Must Act After Martin Parole Decision
Thursday, 1 July 2004, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today described the decision to deny Leslie Martin parole as `curious', and said that a few more decisions like that would make it impossible for Justice Minister Phil Goff to pretend any longer that ... More >>
Muriel Newman's The Column
Thursday, 1 July 2004, 8:21 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, Newman-online examines the theory of collective wisdom, and how it relates to the flawed policies of the Labour Government. More >>
Euthanase Govt Thinking On Parole, Says Eckhoff
Thursday, 1 July 2004, 12:09 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand MP Gerry Eckhoff today accused the Labour Government of placing the Parole Board between a rock and a hard place, following the Board's decision to turn down euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin's application for home detention. More >>
Family Court Changes Could Be No Change At All
Wednesday, 30 June 2004, 6:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today issued official information confirming that the Labour Government's changes to bring more openness into the Family Court could well be toothless. More >>
Care Of Children Bill Sells Families Short
Tuesday, 29 June 2004, 9:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
The tabling of the report on the Care of Children Bill by the Justice and Electoral Select Committee marks a sad day for New Zealand children, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
ACT's The Letter: Monday 28 June 2004
Monday, 28 June 2004, 4:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Ken Shirley last Wednesday told parliament of an affidavit making claims that, if true, mean the end for NZ First. The following is an accurate full transcript of Ken Shirley’s speech. More >>
How Much Have We Forked Out On Rapist?
Monday, 28 June 2004, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today wrote to Corrections Minister Paul Swain and Justice Minister Phil Goff, asking how much rapist Faamanatuga Seumanutafa has cost taxpayers in his bid to avoid deportation. More >>
No Civilians On The Front Line
Monday, 28 June 2004, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded an assurance from Police Minister George Hawkins that police would not require non-sworn staff to perform front-line duties. More >>
No More CYF Whitewashes
Monday, 28 June 2004, 9:07 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded an urgent independent investigation into the case of a six-week-old baby critically injured after being left in his mother's care - after his two older siblings ... More >>
