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Muriel Newman: Heroes In Waiting
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 6:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week, the Column looks at how New Zealand’s thousands of unemployed could be used to help in the event of natural disaster or emergency. More >>
SSC Terms of Reference Need to be Widened
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today the terms of reference for the State Services Commission inquiry into the `guinea pig letter' need to be much wider to include the role of the prime minister's electorate office in the affair. More >>
General Practitioners A Dying Breed
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today expressed concern - but not surprise - at the Royal College of General Practice's survey finding that full-time independent General Practitioners may be a dying breed in New Zealand. More >>
'Education Matters': Choice A Step Closer
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today welcomed Mark Harrison's book `Education Matters: Government, Markets and New Zealand Schools', labelling it another voice in the call for a comprehensive overhaul of New Zealand's failing ... More >>
Crowd Urges Mallard To Re-think School Closures
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 2:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington was today delighted - but unsurprised - at the number of people protesting Labour's school closures, and said it was just a fraction of the anger that communities feel about this misguided initiative. More >>
Trevor Listens, Yeah Right!
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard's backdown on school network reviews has got everything to do with Labour's bad polling, and nothing to do with quality education, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Organ Donor Fairness
Monday, 23 February 2004, 4:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today proposed that organ donorship be encouraged by a simple law change, an idea he believes would be good to discuss at ACT's conference in Christchurch in the next fortnight. More >>
Save Our Schools From Labour's Axe
Monday, 23 February 2004, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today urged New Zealanders to voice their anger over Labour's school closures and said that, with the Government's popularity in free-fall, the time was ripe to save their children's futures. More >>
Desperate
Monday, 23 February 2004, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Clark government is desperate when it thinks that lifting the minimum wage is going to save it," said Mr Prebble. More >>
No Need For Nick Smith Prosecution
Monday, 23 February 2004, 2:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
National MP Dr Nick Smith's High Court hearing today highlights the urgent need for change in the running of our Family Court as recommended in my Private Members Bill, drawn last week for debate by Parliament, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>
ACT's The Letter - Monday 23 February 2004
Monday, 23 February 2004, 2:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Lianne complains she is not the first minister to leak a paper and then deny knowledge. The ninth floor has made it an art form. Like Nixon in the Watergate scandal, Clark has fired her minister to hide her own role. The PM’s electorate office leaked the ... More >>
Massey Finding Raises Race Relations Hope
Monday, 23 February 2004, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand
The Massey University study's finding, reported today, that most Kiwis are in favour of one law for all is extremely heartening, ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
State Houses, Or State Castles?
Monday, 23 February 2004, 8:17 am | ACT New Zealand
New information on the rental cost of some Housing NZ properties dispels any question of why some tenants are reluctant to leave State housing - who wouldn't want to live in an $823,000 home for less than $60 a week? ACT New Zealand Housing Spokesman Dr ... More >>
Maori Seats A Public Matter
Monday, 23 February 2004, 8:16 am | ACT New Zealand
If National Leader Dr Don Brash agreed that a referendum would be part of abolishing Maori seats, he is showing a respect for Constitutional principle that has been missing for too long, ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Johansson Sentence Shows Flaws In Goff's Law
Friday, 20 February 2004, 11:39 am | ACT New Zealand
The delayed sentencing of William Logan Johansson yesterday shows a judge applying Justice Minister Phil Goff's sentencing law - the non-parole periods are welcome, but justice has still not been done, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks ... More >>
Boo-Boo's Boo-Boo
Friday, 20 February 2004, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
As a member of the Parliamentary Environment and Local Government Select Committee, I am incensed by Environment Minister Marion Hobbs' announced intention to call for nominations this month for membership of the Waitaki Catchment Allocation Board, ... More >>
Judge Vindicates ACT Decision Over Huata
Friday, 20 February 2004, 8:42 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that he was delighted with the judge's decision that he had acted properly in instituting provisions of the Electoral Integrity Act to remove Mrs Donna Awatere Huata from parliament. More >>
Another Step Toward An Open Family Court
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 4:52 pm | 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 >>
Hand-Up For Flood Victims
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 11:09 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today pledged to donate the cash equivalent of a dairy cow to farmers who suffered significant losses in the recent Manawatu Rangitikei and Southern Wairarapa floods - and urged other rural ... More >>
A Welfare System Gone Wrong
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 8:46 am | ACT New Zealand
This week the Column looks at a welfare system that is undermining our society, and asks why such flawed policies have not been modernised. More >>
