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Exemptions Skyrocket Under Mallard
Friday, 2 April 2004, 12:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today revealed that the Government has given up on thousands of young New Zealanders, with new information showing that approvals for children to leave school early have risen 49 percent since 1999. More >>
Adult Sentences For Adult Crimes
Thursday, 1 April 2004, 1:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today called on the Government to reform youth justice by lowering the age of criminal responsibility, after a 14 year-old North Canterbury boy admitted to brutally raping a girl in a Kaiapoi cemetery. More >>
Euthanasia: Time For Some Honesty
Thursday, 1 April 2004, 11:39 am | ACT New Zealand
Medical and nursing professionals should be more forthcoming over the covert practice, among some, of assisting terminal patients to die earlier than they otherwise would, ACT New Zealand MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Muriel Newman: The Winds Of Change
Thursday, 1 April 2004, 9:09 am | ACT New Zealand
The winds of change are now sweeping towards New Zealand’s Family Court. In a report to Parliament earlier this month, not only has the Law Commission recommended that the Family Court be more open but, both the former and present Chief Family Court ... More >>
RSA Should Defend Freedom
Thursday, 1 April 2004, 8:22 am | ACT New Zealand
I hope the national Returned Servicemen's Association joins sports organisers, school trustees, employers and others burdened by the Government's nanny state risk aversion, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Judges To Escape Minister Wilson's Thumb?
Wednesday, 31 March 2004, 5:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
No one should mourn if the Labour Government has lost majority support for the Judicial Matters Bill, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
What Was Zaoui Doing Here To Begin With?
Wednesday, 31 March 2004, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is clear that the High Court had no alternative other than to stand down Inspector General of Intelligence and Security Laurie Greig for his comments showing apparent bias against Ahmed Zaoui, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Waitara Leaseholders Left Hanging
Wednesday, 31 March 2004, 5:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
The New Plymouth District Council may have done a deal with Minister Margaret Wilson that allows it to pander to its historical conscience, but it should not simply abandon its tenants living in Waitara today, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks ... More >>
New Police Bill Exposes Government Disarray
Wednesday, 31 March 2004, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
The shambles with which the Police Complaints Authority Amendment Bill was introduced into Parliament last night - under Urgency - has exposed, what must be, a high level of disarray within Labour, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said ... More >>
A King Among Men
Wednesday, 31 March 2004, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Arts, Culture & Heritage Spokesman Heather Roy today expressed her sorrow over the recent death of acclaimed New Zealand literary giant Dr Michael King who, along with his wife, died tragically in a car accident near Maramarua yesterday. More >>
Maori Life Expectancy On The Rise
Wednesday, 31 March 2004, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
New figures revealing a startling improvement in Maori life expectancy are extremely good news, and show that Maori - contrary to Government opinion - appear to be rising to the challenge of taking responsibility for their health needs, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
RMA Another Government U-Turn
Tuesday, 30 March 2004, 4:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Having spent its four years in office refusing to streamline the Resource Management Act to make it more user-friendly, the Labour Government is now in a panic and has announced yet another U-turn, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Community Grant Crackdown Overdue
Tuesday, 30 March 2004, 2:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Cabinet may have cracked down on the CEG's Social Entrepreneur grants, but it still needs to come clean over what action it has taken to address the Audit Office's damning criticisms over the Government's allocation of taxpayer-funded grants More >>
Shh...Don't Tell Hodgson: Methane Gas On Mars!
Tuesday, 30 March 2004, 1:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today predicted that the Labour Government would investigate the possibility of taxing Mars, in light of the discovery of methane gas on the red planet. More >>
Project Aqua Shows Government All Wet
Monday, 29 March 2004, 5:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Having spent the past six months telling us that Project Aqua is essential, it is clear that Labour has done another U-turn in reaction to adverse publicity, and in fear that this would turn into another `Save Manapouri' campaign, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Innocents Pay For Minister's Parole Blunder
Monday, 29 March 2004, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today demanded that Justice Minister Phil Goff and Corrections Minister Paul Swain front up and explain just what Gary Maui Isherwood was doing out on the streets only four years after his eight-year ... More >>
RMA Spells The End For Project Aqua
Monday, 29 March 2004, 3:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Meridian Energy's scrapping of Project Aqua, has highlighted flaws in the RMA, and raises questions over New Zealand's future with the Kyoto Protocol, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Has ACT got an act?
Monday, 29 March 2004, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
The shift in parties' support recorded by the polls this year is the most dramatic since polling began. ACT's polling not only confirms that the shifts are real, and bad news for Labour, but also that the voters have made up their minds on the race ... More >>
The Letter - Monday 29 March 2004
Monday, 29 March 2004, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
Nick Smith has told his colleagues he won’t submit to a Duynhoven-type humiliating privileges committee hearing. He wants to clear his name. Two High Court judges have in effect accused him of lying under oath when they did not accept the MP’s version ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Judge Boshier's Call For Open Court
Monday, 29 March 2004, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
The comments of new Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier - that he favours more openness in the Family Court - is welcome news, and couldn't have come at a better time, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
