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Teachers Council, Mallard's Disgrace

Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 1:25 pm | ACT New Zealand

Education Minister Trevor Mallard's much vaunted Teachers Council is a disgrace, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>

King's Royal Health Disaster

Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today demanded to know when Health Minister Annette King would finally realise that it is a change in management - not ever-increasing amounts of taxpayers' money - that would fix the problems in our ... More >>

Government's Carbon Credit Folly

Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 11:27 am | ACT New Zealand

The Government's expropriation of forest-owners' carbon credits is an affront to property rights, as well as being a self-defeating policy, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>

Swain Amendments Suspicious

Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 11:26 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Justice and Corrections Spokesman Stephen Franks today opposed Corrections Minister Paul Swain's last-minute insertion in the Corrections Bill of a provision imposing UN rules across our prisons. More >>

Higher Drinking Age Futile, Says Eckhoff

Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 12:25 am | ACT New Zealand

The raising of the legal drinking age, as proposed by Jim Anderton, will solve nothing, ACT New Zealand MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

Labour Govt Penalises TV3

Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 4:32 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Labour Government, using millions of taxpayers' dollars, is helping TVNZ to eliminate competition from its TV3 rival, ACT New Zealand Broadcasting Spokesman Deborah Coddington revealed today. More >>

Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle May 7 2004

Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand

Speech - Visionschools Conference - Hotel du Vin, Auckland "I'm often asked why I'm ACT's education spokesman. Was I a teacher? Do I have a degree in education? Did I work in the Ministry of Education?... More >>

Youth Justice Budget Must Not Be Wasted

Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand

Instead of spending $381,000 on new Youth Offending Teams, the Government should heed the call of Principal Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft and remove young offenders from the jurisdiction of the Department of Child, Youth and Family entirely, ACT ... More >>

Mean Mallard Makes School Beg

Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today accused Education Minister Trevor Mallard of making a pauper out of a decile two Auckland school by forcing it to beg for extra funding to pay for routine building repairs and maintenance costs. More >>

'P' Spend-up: Better Late Than Never

Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 9:08 am | ACT New Zealand

"Better late than never", was ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman's reaction to the Government's pre-Budget announcement that it will spend an extra $39 million - over the next four years - policing the methamphetamine trade ... More >>

Act's The Letter - 17 May 2004

Monday, 17 May 2004, 1:50 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Primary, The Budget, The surplus, Family Facts, Beneficiaries the Winners, Brash's Economic Policy, War in Digital... More >>

PM Caught Telling Porkies

Friday, 14 May 2004, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand

I formally request the foreign affairs notes regarding the meeting held between the leader of the opposition, Dr Don Brash MP, and US Congressmen, during a January meeting this year. More >>

Happy Medium Sought For Mayor And Residents

Friday, 14 May 2004, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Environment Spokesman Ken Shirley today wrote to Auckland Mayor John Banks seeking an assurance that the Waiaturua Reserve's amenity and reserve values would not be compromised by the Auckland City Council's engineering ... More >>