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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 >>
Why Work For A Living?
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 12:29 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded that Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey explain just what it is that exempts aspiring artists from having to work for a living. More >>
ACT Shows the Way to Implement No Race-Based Law
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 12:25 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT MPs have entered two bills to implement the no race law policy in the private members ballot, said ACT leader Richard Prebble today. More >>
Who's The REAL Racist?
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 10:42 am | ACT New Zealand
Allegations that the Opposition is promoting racial separatism are a bit rich coming from a Government that - new information shows - is creating separatism through social policies that are clearly failing the very people it purports to be helping, ACT ... More >>
Maharey Cannot Fight The Facts
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today responded to Housing Minister Steve Maharey's underhanded attack on her scrutiny of Labour's race-based housing assistance programmes. More >>
Hardened Crims Too Soft For Cold Showers?
Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
If prison inmates have found three days without hot water so uncomfortable as to issue riot threats, then perhaps the hot water should be left off a lot longer, ACT New Zealand Corrections Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Labour's Attacks On Dr Brash Hysterical
Monday, 16 February 2004, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble today said that the Labour Government's personal attacks on Dr Don Brash were now verging on the hysterical. More >>
Quit Spinning And Address Benefit Fraud, Labour
Monday, 16 February 2004, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded answers from Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey, after new information shows that his Ministry does not record whether benefit debt is the result of overpayment ... More >>
ACT's The Letter - Monday 16 February 2004
Monday, 16 February 2004, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Don Brash’s Orewa speech was an earthquake that split the political landscape. Now it is producing an electoral landslide. On one side is middle NZ that has firmly returned to National and on the other is the Wellington elite and most media commentators. ... More >>
