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A Breach Of Law By de Bres?
Monday, 16 February 2004, 8:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today said that Attorney General Margaret Wilson should be trying to sack Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres, for his attack on Dr Brash's Orewa speech - as reported in today's Dominion Post. More >>
Prebble: Cooking Wine Crackdown Crazy
Monday, 16 February 2004, 8:26 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble today criticised the Liquor Licensing Authority's decision to crack down on supermarkets selling rice-based cooking wine due to its high alcohol content, describing it as an over-zealous application of the law. More >>
Give Private Healthcare A Chance
Monday, 16 February 2004, 12:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour should consider a more broadminded attitude toward private sector involvement in healthcare - then it might not have to fork out taxpayers' money to have cancer patients treated in Australia, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy asked ... More >>
One Law For All
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 6:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble announced today that the ACT party is erecting billboards to support the One Law For All campaign. More >>
Two Sizes Two Laws
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 5:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble has put down Questions in the House to the Minister of Fisheries asking how it can be that two people arrested and charged for poaching and having in their possession undersized crayfish have been let off because they ... More >>
Fast-Track Project Aqua Legislation A Fizzer
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
All submitters before the Local Government and Environment Select Committee agree that the Project Aqua special legislation won't result in a better water allocation model for the Waitaki catchment, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Committee Member ... More >>
Labour's No Show At ECO-N Launch A Disgrace
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 4:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today welcomed the launch of ECO-N - a new product to reduce nitrate leaching into waterways - but was disappointed at Labour's failure to send a representative. More >>
Labour Govt's Culture Of Extravagance
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 10:45 am | ACT New Zealand
Revelations that Government broadcasters are swanning off to a conference at a luxurious Fijian resort, spending at least $50,000, further confirms Prime Minister Helen Clark's idea of 'arts and culture' is the culture of excess, ACT New Zealand Broadcasting ... More >>
Honourable Lawyer Will Be Caged By Goff Law
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 4:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Palmerston North lawyer wanting to leave the Law Society, because it forces him to associate with crooked colleagues, puts his finger on the basic flaw in Justice Minister Phil Goff's Lawyers and Conveyancers Bill now before a Parliamentary Select ... More >>
Newman: Letting The Light Pierce The Darkness
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 4:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week the Column considers the actions of two Family Court judges who tried to remove the shroud of secrecy from their courts, and discusses what is needed to truly care for our most vulnerable children. More >>
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 >>
Time To Show Mallard We've Had Enough
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today urged New Zealanders to voice their anger over Labour's school closures by marching on Parliament on February 24. 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 >>
