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Are Beneficiaries Above The Law?

Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand

New information on Labour's benefit debt write-offs highlights the Government's soft-on-welfare approach, and willingness to allow benefit fraudsters to break the law with impunity, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said ... More >>

Flaws Common, And Commonwealth, Knowledge

Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 10:07 am | ACT New Zealand

The Commonwealth Fund's report `Mirror, Mirror on the Wall' is a salient reminder of the fundamental bureaucracy flaws that exist in our Labour-led health system, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Put Traffic Revenue To Good Use, Minister

Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 8:18 am | ACT New Zealand

New information has confirmed that Labour's investment in traffic policing is paying off, with a record increase in traffic fines collected, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>

Prime Minister's Energy Statements Alarming

Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 8:17 am | ACT New Zealand

Prime Minister Helen Clark's rejection of the market model for electricity should be alarming to all New Zealanders, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Energy Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>

Richard Prebble Speech: Race Relations - The Issue

Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 10:44 am | ACT New Zealand

Speech to Auckland Harbour Rotary 7 am Tuesday 10 February 2004 Hyatt Regency, Cnr Waterloo Quadrant and Princes St, Auckland. More >>

What Value In DHB Elections?

Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 10:29 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today agreed with Dame Susan Devoy's questioning of the value of District Health Board elections and said that, with DHB elections to be held this October, these questions are very timely. More >>

Where are Labour's Treaty Policies Taking Us?

Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 10:25 am | ACT New Zealand

In a speech to Auckland Central Rotary today, ACT Leader Richard Prebble said the successive Treaty policies of both Labour and National governments are at fault. More >>

School Closures Cynical Penny-pinching

Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 8:58 am | ACT New Zealand

Education Minister Trevor Mallard's arrogant and cynical penny-pinching has taken a turn for the worse highlighted by his announcement last night that six Northland schools are to be closed, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington ... More >>

Huata Injunction Set Down for Thursday & Friday

Monday, 9 February 2004, 5:31 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble confirmed that Donna Awatere Huata's injunction case would be heard in the High Court in Auckland on Thursday and Friday of this week. The hearing will examine the interim injunction preventing Richard Prebble from sending ... More >>

Better Use For Health Dollars

Monday, 9 February 2004, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand

Auckland District Health Board Chair Wayne Brown's suggestion today, that Auckland's three DHBs could make significant savings by jointly outsourcing administrative work, is encouraging, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Time For Court To Clear The Air

Monday, 9 February 2004, 4:11 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs and Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today urged judges to clarify exactly what was meant by their Court of Appeal seabed and foreshore judgment last year. More >>

ACT's The Letter - Monday 9 February 2004

Monday, 9 February 2004, 1:58 pm | ACT New Zealand

On Tuesday parliament reopens with Labour under pressure. The TV pictures from Waitangi showed the state of the country’s race relations. Pressure is on Helen Clark to produce a Prime Ministerial statement that has an answer to the growing gap between Maori ... More >>

DPB Debt Into The Next Century

Monday, 9 February 2004, 1:32 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today condemned the Labour Government's `easy come, easy go' attitude to taxpayer money, after new information revealed that the top five Domestic Purposes Benefit debt totals a shocking $638,401.41. More >>

CER Will Wither On The Vine

Monday, 9 February 2004, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs and Trade Spokesman Ken Shirley today predicted that CER will now wither on the vine, following Australia's first stage Free Trade Agreement with the US. More >>

'Fart Tax' Consigned To The Dust Bin

Friday, 6 February 2004, 12:09 am | ACT New Zealand

The Labour Government has finally admitted - after months of protest from the rural community - that its proposal to introduce a tax on livestock emissions was wrong, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

Muriel Newman: Divided We Fall?

Thursday, 5 February 2004, 3:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

New Zealanders are saying “enough is enough”. Separatism is not a future we aspire to. New Zealand is a modern democratic nation and to go forward we need to be working and walking shoulder to shoulder, with a united vision of prosperity and one law ... More >>