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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 >>
ACT Happy To Say It Kanohi ki Kanohi
Thursday, 5 February 2004, 10:10 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today said he would like to take up the challenge from Waitangi lower Marae spokesmen to deliver the message of Dr Brash's Orewa Rotary speech face to face. More >>
Prebble Backs Brash
Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 10:45 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said that it was refreshing that National has now got a strong leader. More >>
Maharey Fails To Right Benefit Fraud
Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 12:02 am | ACT New Zealand
New information hows that Social Services and Employment Minister Maharey is still failing to get on top of New Zealand's serious benefit fraud problem, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Wang Attends Caucus Retreat
Tuesday, 3 February 2004, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand
As we prepare to hold our three-day retreat in Wallingford, Hastings, the ACT caucus is in very good spirits, ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
End Parole Secrecy
Tuesday, 3 February 2004, 12:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Tomorrow's parole hearing of Napier killer Tony Roma is a classic example of the attack that parole secrecy launches on the very foundations of our legal system, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Who Rules, PM, Parliament Or Unelected Judges?
Monday, 2 February 2004, 5:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today urged journalists to probe Prime Minister Helen Clark's plot to usurp our constitution, after she told State radio today that the courts would block a National/ACT Government from abolishing ... More >>
Revelations Re-Iterate Need For Urgent Inquiry
Monday, 2 February 2004, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know why Police Minister George Hawkins has not yet ordered an urgent independent inquiry into the alleged police rape of Louise Nicholas - especially after revelations that at least ... More >>
Richard Prebble: State of the Nation 2004
Monday, 2 February 2004, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
In 2004 the US election will dominate world politics and its outcome will have a significant impact on New Zealand. I visited America in November. Then Howard Dean had such a lead in the opinion polls he looked unstoppable to be the Democrat party’s ... More >>
ACT's The Letter - The State Of The Nation
Monday, 2 February 2004, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
Excerpts from Richard Prebble’s State of the Nation address today. More >>
New Labour Law Dictated by Unions
Monday, 2 February 2004, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour Minister Margaret Wilson must explain why so many aspects of her Employment Relations Law Reform Bill match the requests made by the Council of Trade Union (CTU) in a previously secret document, ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Mallard's Axe, A Cruel Blow For Wairoa
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman and buddy MP for Wairoa Deborah Coddington today accused Education Minister Trevor Mallard of waging a bitter war upon rural communities, following his announcement that nine Wairoa schools will effectively be closed. More >>
Independent Inquiry Needed On Police Complaint
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know why rape allegations against three police officers were not independently investigated when Police Minister George Hawkins first became aware of them - before one of these officers ... More >>
Déjà Vu Over Nurses' Strike
Friday, 30 January 2004, 5:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
Once again, Health Minister Annette King's double-dealings with nurses and District Health Boards have come back to haunt her, with 4,000 lower North Island nurses preparing to strike on February 13, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
