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ACT Supports Principal's Stand Against Zoning
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 4:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today congratulated Napier Principal Robin Edwards for refusing to comply with Education Ministry instructions to develop an enrolment scheme for Meeanee School. More >>
Labour's Double Standard Beyond Contempt
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today accused the Labour Government of having double standards, in the wake of its decision to raise levies for private education providers by a massive 55 percent. More >>
Giant Step Backwards
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble condemned the 59-page Employment Relations Law Reform Bill as a great step backwards towards the dark old days of compulsory unionism, multi-employer contracts, and trade union bosses. More >>
Smoking Gone - Along With Freedom
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 10:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today expressed her disappointment - but not surprise - that Labour had tonight managed to make the legal illegal, after the passing of the third reading of the Smokefree Environments Amendment Bill. More >>
What About The Family Court?
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 5:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today expressed disappointment - but not surprise - that, while media attention has been grabbed by a restructuring of our courts, little has been said about the need to re-vamp the Family Court. More >>
Less Law - Not More Courts
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 3:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today deplored the Law Commission's warning that it is about to recommend yet another layer of `people's courts' to deal with New Zealand's ballooning law suits and prosecutions. More >>
Dangerous 'Musing'
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble called for an informed open public debate before the government orders the Reserve Bank to intervene in the international currency market in an attempt to drive down the value of the Kiwi. More >>
Give Up, Jonah
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
Rugby superstar Jonah Lomu should give up any idea of playing rugby again and become an ambassador for the sport, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Time to Ditch the Kiwi -- Richard Prebble
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 2:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
On Monday the Kiwi dollar hit 64 cents. The Kiwi started 2003 at 52 cents. Exporters are hurting. Manufacturers normally work on a profit margin of just 6 per cent. More >>
Alternative Hydro Options Ignored
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 11:15 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today expressed disbelief that the Ministry charged with overseeing the environment has not even considered the environmental impacts of alternatives to Project Aqua. More >>
Transit NZ Shafting Tauranga
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 12:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today slammed Transit New Zealand for its farcical decision denying highway status to the Tauranga Harbour Bridge. More >>
Something Fishy With Moratorium Extension
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 5:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today labelled Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson's announced nine-month extension to the moratorium on marine farming licences as an admission of political failure. More >>
Payment To Fishers Inappropriate
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand has always maintained that the ex-gratia payment to fishers, recommended by a majority of the Primary Production Select Committee is inappropriate, ACT New Zealand Fisheries Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Locke Guilty Too
Monday, 1 December 2003, 5:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Green MP Keith Locke is guilty of the same offence of which he has accused SIS Inspector General Laurie Greig in the Ahmed Zaoui case, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Prebble’s The Letter
Monday, 1 December 2003, 3:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Parliament is in recess, so our lifestyles and property have been safe. On Tuesday it resumes with an attack on liberty: a trade union law – making it harder to sack, and forcing successful tendererers to take the previous contractor’s workforce – ... More >>
Influence, Not Power
Friday, 28 November 2003, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is good to be here today in beautiful Queenstown, in Gerry Eckhoff country, in the Scenic South for ACT's Southern Regional Conference. More >>
Minister Leaves School Trustees Exposed
Friday, 28 November 2003, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard is not only undermining school principals with his scornful put-downs over their OSH fears, he is also exposing Boards of Trustees to potentially huge costs because the Education Ministry has secretly changed the ... More >>
Liberty Belle: Going West
Friday, 28 November 2003, 3:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's shameful. I've been to Paris five times but only twice to the West Coast of New Zealand. Both those visits have been because of this Labour Government's stupid policies. More >>
Gang War Result Of Labour Apathy
Friday, 28 November 2003, 12:01 am | ACT New Zealand
The eruption of gang violence in Wairoa yesterday is a sure sign of the Labour Government's failure to keep our communities safe from violence and crack down on organised crime, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Smug Minister Steals Children's Chances
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard's put down of school principals' concerns about OSH liability shows how sheltered he is from reality, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
