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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 >>
It's Not Easy Being Green
Monday, 29 March 2004, 8:38 am | ACT New Zealand
Taxpayers have forked out $24,000 since 2003 to the Forest & Bird Society to spray with chemicals condemned by the Greens, ACT New Zealand MP Deborah Coddington revealed today. More >>
No More Obstacles To Family Court Openness
Monday, 29 March 2004, 12:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today reiterated her call for all political parties to throw their support behind her Private Members Bill to open up the New Zealand Family Court. More >>
Coddington's Liberty Belle: "Whooh Hooh" Express
Friday, 26 March 2004, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
Look out your window next time you hear whooh-hooh and you might just catch sight of the Labour Government's gravy train chuffing around the country. It's a steam engine, with Helen Clark's face painted on the front, just like Little Toot in the ... More >>
RMA Iwi Consultation Grossly Abused
Friday, 26 March 2004, 11:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Corrections Minister Paul Swain was incorrect to claim that paid consultation with Iwi was a statutory requirement under the Resource Management Act - there is no such requirement in the Act, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Newman Demands Dyson's Resignation
Friday, 26 March 2004, 8:57 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today called for CYF Minister Ruth Dyson to be sacked for her appalling behaviour before the Social Services Select Committee. More >>
Taumaranui Coroner Damning Of Govt Agencies
Friday, 26 March 2004, 12:45 am | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide today said that Coroner Timothy Scott's decision on the death of three men in the helicopter crash that occurred in Taumarunui on 4 June 2001 was a damning indictment of the Government agencies charged with air safety. More >>
Race Policy Review Prevarication
Friday, 26 March 2004, 12:12 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today described Labour's terms of reference, for its review of race-based policy, as prevarication. More >>
Muriel Newman’s The Column - March 25
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 2:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week the Column looks at the suspicious allocation of the Community Employment Group’s Social Entrepreneur Fund grants – which is only a snapshot of the Government’s frivolous spending of taxpayers’ money. More >>
Gravy, Anyone?
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Recent revelations about the Government's highly questionable spending through the Community Employment Group's Social Entrepreneur Fund are simply a snapshot of Labour's blasé attitude toward taxpayers' money, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>
PM And Cullen At 6s And 7s Over Economic Policy
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 11:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that Prime Minister Helen Clark and her Finance Minister are now at sixes and sevens over economic policy and the polices of the 1980s and 1990s. More >>
Nick Safe
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said in his view no Member of Parliament will be raising a breach of privilege against convicted National MP Nick Smith on the grounds that any Member of Parliament convicted of a crime which carries a penalty of more than ... More >>
Smith Conviction Justice Gone Wrong
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 3:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today labelled National MP Dr Nick Smith's contempt of court conviction as nothing more than a completely avoidable misuse of justice. More >>
New Minister Must Address Poaching Now
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 1:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and former Fisheries Minister Ken Shirley today urged new Minister David Benson-Pope to act promptly to tighten Regulation 27 of the Amateur Fishing Regulations providing for customary rights. More >>
ACT Has The Answer
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today delivered the keynote address to the 6^th Annual Public Law Forum, where he outlined a framework to solve the country's current foreshore and seabed impasse. More >>
Foreshore & Seabed, An Opposition View
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
Ken Shirley Speech: Keynote Address to The 6th Annual Public Law Forum. Wellington Town Hall, Wellington, 24th March 2004 More >>
Another Step Toward An Open Family Court
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 8:56 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman was today delighted to announce that her Family Court (Openness of Proceedings) Amendment Bill had been drawn from the Private Members ballot. More >>
Govt Passes Buck On Dam Safety
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 12:08 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour is set to impose new requirements for irrigation dams that could impose substantial costs on water users - despite Economic Development officials warning that owners will `kick up a fuss', ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff revealed ... More >>
Irrigators Set Up To Fail, Says Eckhoff
Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 3:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour has set up irrigators to fail when they present their case to the Government-appointed Water Allocation Committee, regarding water rights to the Waitaki River, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Truancy: Govt Breaches UN Obligations On Kids
Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today accused Labour of breaching its UN obligations by not ensuring that truant children attend school, after reports that thousands of truancy cases are not being referred to the Non-Enrolment Truancy ... More >>
