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Wrong Again, Prime Minister
Monday, 15 December 2003, 11:54 am | ACT New Zealand
It seems that Prime Minister Helen Clark's crystal ball has let her down yet again, this time over the possibility of US forces ever capturing Saddam Hussein, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
PHO Criticisms Echo ACT Warnings
Monday, 15 December 2003, 11:21 am | ACT New Zealand
Media reports today of PHO staff criticisms of the Government's implementation of the primary health strategy, have simply re-iterated what ACT has always warned - that changes in the delivery of primary healthcare have actually resulted in very ... More >>
ACT Welcomes National Call For Seabed Debate
Monday, 15 December 2003, 9:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today lent his support to National Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee's proposal to forego any adjournment debate in favour of a debate over the foreshore and seabed issue. More >>
Prebble: Urgent Hearing Sought
Friday, 12 December 2003, 6:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today he is applying for leave from the Court of Appeal for a special urgent hearing of the Court to squash the High Court ruling preventing him from invoking the Electoral Integrity Act in the case of former ACT ... More >>
Labour's Spin Knows No Bounds
Friday, 12 December 2003, 6:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's propaganda machine has gone into overdrive this Christmas, with news that a large sum of taxpayers' money is being given to an advertising/PR agency to run a campaign `explaining' to the public the dangers of climate change, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
"Just more expensive to sit in a traffic jam?"
Friday, 12 December 2003, 6:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said in his view, as a former Transport Minister, the Labour government's transport measures will fail to resolve Auckland's gridlock and the nations inferior roading system. More >>
Labour Ignores Auckland's Real Problem
Friday, 12 December 2003, 2:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
The only way to fix Auckland's gridlock problems is to radically overhaul the Resource Management Act, ACT New Zealand Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Research Indicates National Radio Bias
Friday, 12 December 2003, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
Radio New Zealand is in breach of its obligations under the Radio New Zealand Act's Section 7 1(f) to provide `comprehensive, independent, impartial and balanced national news services and current affairs', ACT New Zealand Broadcasting Spokesman Deborah ... More >>
Judge Says It's ACT's Decision
Friday, 12 December 2003, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that, while he would have preferred the judge to have thrown out Donna Awatere Huata's application for an injunction, he was nevertheless pleased with significant parts of the court's decision. More >>
Sutton Fails Rural New Zealand
Friday, 12 December 2003, 9:25 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today highlighted Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton's ongoing failure to stand up for the concerns of rural New Zealand - a constituency he's supposed to represent at the Cabinet table. More >>
OECD Report Criticises Govt's Economic Direction
Friday, 12 December 2003, 9:24 am | ACT New Zealand
Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen's airy dismissal of the latest OECD report on the New Zealand economy, as a `difference of opinion', should not go unchallenged, ACT New Zealand Associate Finance Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Labour, Let Downs, and Child Support
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 4:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week, the Column looks at soaring child support debt, and examines how Labour’s failings not only allowed it to happen, but perpetuates the situation. Last week’s fiasco over unpaid child support debt and penalties – now standing at over $730 million ... More >>
RMA Hindering New Zealand's Development
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Environment Minister Marion Hobbs has described the RMA as `beautifully written and beautifully balanced' - what a joke, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Parole, Not Bail, The Main Issue
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
Public outrage at the soft criminal justice system that allowed Steven Williams freedom to murder Coral Burrows, is completely justified - but parole, not bail, should be the target, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Courts Right, Exchange and Politicians Wrong
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is a pity that National thinks like Labour on business law issues, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today, commenting on National's joining in the complaints after Fletcher Forests received court approval to a 50 percent majority ... More >>
Labour Patronising Maori Education
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 11:02 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Tertiary Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today accused Labour of blatant racism, in the wake of a Government announcement to establish a new Maori framework for tertiary education. More >>
Revelation Highlights Need For Drug Action
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 10:21 am | ACT New Zealand
Today's revelations that Coral Burrows' killer was high on methamphetamines in the days before her death adds urgency to the need for Labour to take the methamphetamine epidemic seriously, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Parker Faces Dunking Over Project Aqua
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 10:19 am | ACT New Zealand
Otago MP David Parker's failure to front for the Resource Management (Aquaculture Moratorium Extension) Amendment Bill's first reading, could spell curtains for his Parliamentary career, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff predicted ... More >>
Report Highlights Serious Welfare Flaws
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 10:18 am | ACT New Zealand
The Controller and Auditor-General's report into the accuracy of social security benefit administration, released to Parliament today, raises serious concerns about the Social Development Ministry's administration of benefits, ACT New Zealand Social ... More >>
Ministerial Taskforce Too Late For Some Teachers
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 5:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's Ministerial Taskforce report on secondary teacher remuneration will do nothing for many of the teachers caught up in Education Minister Trevor Mallard's systematic programme of school closures," ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington ... More >>
