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Act's -The Letter 22 March 2004
Monday, 22 March 2004, 1:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
The next election campaign has already begun. Despite MMP, the electorate realises there’s still a fundamental choice between voting Left or Right. Winston Peters’ decision to support Helen Clark's Treaty Royal Commission has aligned New Zealand ... More >>
Poll Signals Labour's Demise
Monday, 22 March 2004, 1:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble today said the latest poll, which has the National Party with a 10 percent lead, shows one of the biggest leads for an Opposition since polling began. More >>
DoC And Labour Fooling Themselves
Monday, 22 March 2004, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
DoC's claim, to have done everything possible to reduce the risk to human life and property from a collapse of Mt Ruapehu's crater lake, is demonstrably untrue and reflects an appalling level of self-deception, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken ... More >>
Spend On Sportspeople, Not With Gay Abandon
Friday, 19 March 2004, 11:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Sport & Leisure Spokesman Stephen Franks today predicted that Olympic sports - such as swimming, hockey, athletics, rowing, sailing and water polo - would be seething with fury at the latest revelations of the Labour Government's ... More >>
Liberty Belle: The power of the State
Friday, 19 March 2004, 11:46 am | ACT New Zealand
The powers of the State are enormous and terrifying when abused. You sail along in life assuming that when things do go wrong and an agent - or agents - of the State overstep the mark then good people will be outraged and wrongs will be righted. More >>
Taxpayers Wait, While Minister Plays
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 5:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
Finally, after my repeated questioning in Parliament, Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey has acted to investigate the Hikurangi Learning Centre and the funding it receives from the taxpayer, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington ... More >>
ACT Reaction to Peters' U-Turn
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today the ACT party did not support Mr Peters' new position on the foreshore. More >>
Council Rates And Spending Out Of Control
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 3:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
Local authority statistics released today confirm that local councils are out of control in spending and rate increases, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Local Government Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Foreshore Crown Ownership Irrelevant
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's emerging willingness to revert to Crown ownership of the foreshore is completely irrelevant - no one can tell whether it's a concession until they see the fine print of rights they want to concede to Maori over that Crown property, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Trevor 'School Bully' Mallard
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Tauranga-based MP Ken Shirley was today appalled that Education Minister Trevor Mallard, and his officials, had stripped Bellevue School of its authority to enrol pupils. More >>
How Many More Lisa Clements Are There?
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 5:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Revelations that the Justice Ministry knew of Lisa Clement's history raises serious questions, not only about its screening procedures but, of how many other Lisa Clements are still working in the public sector, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>
Maharey's Pet Dinosaur: SWIFTT
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
When will Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey stop pretending nothing is wrong with the SWIFTT computer system, when new information shows it is costing millions of dollars each year, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr ... More >>
Don't Throw The Court Baby Out
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Courts Spokesman Stephen Franks today urged the Government not to ignore all of the Law Commission's `vision' for the courts, and reiterated his view that the report does contain some sensible suggestions. More >>
Parental Choice Finally Becoming Mainstream
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
After eight long years as Kiwi parents' only champion, in the battle for the right to choose their children's schools, ACT is pleased to see that its education policies are finally becoming mainstream, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington ... More >>
Brash Tax Promise Nowhere Near Enough - ACT
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 11:29 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that he was disappointed that Dr Don Brash won't immediately reverse Helen Clark's 39-cent envy tax. More >>
Bury Law Commission Report on Courts
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 11:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Courts Spokesman Stephen Franks today urged Labour to ignore much of the Law Commission's `vision' for the courts, just as it have ignored so many other Commission reports in the past. More >>
Labour Cripples Wellington
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 8:37 am | ACT New Zealand
United Future's Gordon Copeland shouldn't hold his breath for another Mt Victoria tunnel - Labour's abandoning of the second Terrace tunnel shows it never cared about Wellington's traffic congestion, ACT New Zealand Wellington-based MP Heather Roy ... More >>
Tax Policy Political Rot
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 12:47 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said ACT welcomed the National party leader's commitment to lower taxes but are disappointed that National's proposals are driven by politics and not sound economics. "National's proposals are also unfair," said Mr ... More >>
Too Dangerous To Be In New Zealand?
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 12:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs Spokesman Ken Shirley today called on the Labour Government to revoke the residency status of the three foreigners mentioned by SIS Head Richard Woods in his rare briefing to journalists yesterday. More >>
Law Commission Proposal Doesn't Go Far Enough
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 3:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
While ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today welcomed the Law Commission's proposal to allow the media access to the Family Court, she warned that it did not go far enough - being just the first step toward opening up the secret ... More >>
