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You're The Joke, Tizard
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 12:56 am | ACT New Zealand
Contrary to what Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard may think, spending $500,000 of taxpayer dollars to send a braying port-a-loo to represent New Zealand at the 2005 Venice Biennele is no laughing matter, ACT New Zealand Arts, ... More >>
National Takes Soft Option On RMA
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 5:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today accused the National Party of abandoning any pretence of major changes to the Resource Management Act. More >>
National Must Clarify Zoning Position
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today expressed her disappointment at the National Party's attempt to water down its policy on school zoning. More >>
Just What Exactly Is Going On, Prime Minister?
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 12:53 am | ACT New Zealand
With furore over the cost of sending an artist to Italy to showcase their braying exploding port-a-loo, it is time that Prime Minister - and Arts Culture and Heritage Minister - Helen Clark front up and explain just what on Earth is going on in her ... More >>
Greedy Labour Punishes Rental Home Owners
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 6:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused Labour of this week continuing its attack on rental property owners with the release of proposals advocating a tougher depreciation regime for rental housing investors. More >>
The Letter
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 8:27 am | ACT New Zealand
Winter Recess Parliament is in its long winter recess, three weeks as opposed to the usual ‘three weeks on one week off’. A large proportion of the cabinet are travelling so politics is also in recess. More >>
Prime Minister Makes An Ass Of Taxpayers
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 12:29 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Arts, Culture and Heritage Spokesman Deborah Coddington demanded that Prime Minister Helen Clark explain just why she thinks it's a good idea to spend $500,000 on a port-a-loo that makes donkey noises, and then explodes, in the name ... More >>
Sir Robert Jones To Run Naked Down Queen St
Monday, 12 July 2004, 3:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is not prepared to sit idly by and allow Auckland Mayor Hon John Banks get away with firing broadsides at Wellington, ACT New Zealand North Shore-based MP Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Iwi Consultation Spend-up Outrageous
Monday, 12 July 2004, 12:26 am | ACT New Zealand
Wellington ratepayers should be outraged that their councils have spent over $1 million consulting iwi over the last three years and, as a consequence, must hold their elected representatives to account in this year's local government elections, ... More >>
Electricity Levy Bad News For Consumers
Monday, 12 July 2004, 12:25 am | ACT New Zealand
The $18.20 annual levy that all electricity consumers will be paying to fund the Labour Government's Electricity Commission is just the down payment, ACT New Zealand Energy Spokesman Ken Shirley warned today. More >>
Laying Down The Welfare Challenge -- Muriel Newman
Monday, 12 July 2004, 12:21 am | ACT New Zealand
There are three key reasons behind the ACT Party's long-held belief that welfare reform should be a key priority for any New Zealand government. Those reasons are: More >>
Labour's Beach House Subsidy
Friday, 9 July 2004, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government is proud of its new interventionist energy policy - it's greatest boast seems to be the new obligation that low-use energy users receive a 30-cents per day tariff, ACT New Zealand Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Minister King 'Saves' Plunket Line - Yeah Right
Friday, 9 July 2004, 9:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today called on Health Minister Annette King to front up to Kiwis, and explain just how she thinks she will `save' Plunket Line by taking it off Plunket, and handing it over to the gargantuan Australia/US ... More >>
Newman-Online July 7th
Thursday, 8 July 2004, 9:44 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, Newman-Online looks at how welfare has changed over the past three decades, and looks at how it is harming the country and destroying lives. More >>
Another Labour Failure Left To Officials
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 8:12 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused the Government of again hiding behind the Labour Department - this time leaving it to quietly publish reports revealing the failure of Capacity Building initiatives. More >>
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 >>
