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Timing Right To Tell The Truth, Labour
Friday, 30 January 2004, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Department's prediction, that unemployment will drop to four percent by 2006, shows it's time for Labour to remedy the inconsistencies in its recording of unemployment, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Turia Decides While Labour Dithers
Friday, 30 January 2004, 1:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia's decision to abstain from voting on foreshore and seabed laws shows that Cabinet is unable to lead on the major choice issue that New Zealand will face over the next three months, ACT New Zealand Maori ... More >>
Labour's Two-Pronged Attack
Friday, 30 January 2004, 12:54 am | ACT New Zealand
I want to use this opportunity today to address two issues that are of serious concern to Northlanders, where responsibility for these outcomes can be fairly and squarely pinned on Government failure. More >>
Muriel Newman: The Child-Destroying Welfare Trap
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 1:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week, the Column looks at the need to modernise a benefit that is destroying the lives of children. More >>
Rural NZ Will Know Better Next Time, Mallard
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 11:01 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard's announcement last night, that the axe will fall on 15 Timaru schools, has highlighted his breathtaking hypocrisy, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Labour 'Newspeak' over Treaty
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 8:01 am | ACT New Zealand
George Orwell would envy Helen Clark and Dr Michael Cullen's gall in calling Dr Brash's honesty `racial divisiveness', ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Tribute To Janet Frame
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 12:10 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Acting Leader Ken Shirley today paid tribute to New Zealand literary giant Janet Frame, who sadly passed away after a long battle with leukaemia. More >>
Govt Pays A High Price For Birchwood Station
Wednesday, 28 January 2004, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government has driven the price of land to extraordinary new heights in the purchase of Birchwood Station, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Welcome Aboard, Dr Brash
Wednesday, 28 January 2004, 11:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Acting Leader Ken Shirley today welcomed National Leader Don Brash's clear enunciation of National's Treaty policy, and noted that his messages directly reflect what ACT has been saying since its inception 10 years ago. More >>
Labour Must Take A Leaf Out Of DHB's Booklet
Wednesday, 28 January 2004, 12:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today urged the Government to follow the example set by Wairarapa District Health Board, which published its booklet `Our Children, Their Health' in a bid to address the Wairarapa's appalling child health ... More >>
Schools Close, Despite Excellent ERO Reports
Wednesday, 28 January 2004, 12:07 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today slammed Education Minister Trevor Mallard's decision to close five Upper Hutt and Stokes Valley schools, describing the latest round of closures a disgrace. More >>
Labour's Foreshore Framework A Threat To NZ
Tuesday, 27 January 2004, 4:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand MP Dr Muriel Newman today expressed her concerns over the Labour Government's proposed seabed and foreshore framework, and warned that this complex document could have far-reaching ramifications for New Zealand. More >>
Maharey Attacks, But Offers No Housing Answers
Tuesday, 27 January 2004, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today asked how Housing Minister Steve Maharey could attack ACT for pointing out the flaws in Labour's housing policy when the fact remains that there has been an almost 100 percent growth in the number ... More >>
Labour's High Country Cleansing Continues
Tuesday, 27 January 2004, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
Today's transfer of Birchwood Station, to the Conservation estate, is just another example of Labour's misguided strategy to cleanse the South Island high country of farming activity, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
ACT Reveals NCEA Lucky Dip
Tuesday, 27 January 2004, 12:38 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today exposed the flaws in the New Zealand Qualifications Authority's delivery of NCEA results by revealing that one student inadvertently received the exam papers of two other students. More >>
ACT Will Hold National To New Clarity On Treaty
Tuesday, 27 January 2004, 12:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today said he hoped that National Leader Don Brash's speech would show that National had come to its senses on the racism soaking every cell of Government. More >>
Govt Spin Won't Solve Teacher Shortage
Monday, 26 January 2004, 1:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today accused the Government of driving teachers away from the profession, after 270 teacher vacancies were still being advertised in the same week that secondary schools are due to reopen their ... More >>
In Need Of A Home? Don't Ask Labour
Monday, 26 January 2004, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today expressed concern - but not surprise - at new information that has revealed a huge increase in the number of people urgently awaiting state housing. More >>
ACT Welcomes Parole Lawsuit
Monday, 26 January 2004, 9:08 am | ACT New Zealand
"I usually deplore inventive new lawsuits, but this one is good news," was ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks' welcome to reports that Tai Hobson is seeking $5 million damages for government negligence in letting parolee ... More >>
Government-Funded Fatherlessness
Monday, 26 January 2004, 8:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today asked how Labour could claim to encourage DPB mothers to name their children's father when new information shows that, even with the 70A deduction, one beneficiary was paid $731.10 a week. More >>
