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MOH Lobbying - Typical Response - No One's Fault
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 3:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the politicisation of the public service, revealed by the Health Ministry funding groups to lobby MPs for law change, should worry all New Zealanders. More >>
CYF Procedures Lead To Yet Another Tragedy
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
The comments today of Eru Pokaia - whose three-year-old grandson Tamati was killed in CYF foster-care - are a disturbing reminder of the inadequate procedures in place at the Department of Child, Youth and Family, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>
Mitchell Should Stay
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 4:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT voters think that John Mitchell should remain as All Black coach, ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Newman: Under Attack From Political Correctness
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 2:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week…. The Column examines the wave of political correctness that is sweeping the country, and is now threatening the very commonsense way of life that makes New Zealand great. More >>
How Many Warnings Does It Take?
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 2:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
Surely it will not be long before US Ambassador Charles Swindells simply becomes tired of being ignored and gives up on helping us mend our relationship with the US, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Punishing Smacking
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 2:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today told the Child/Youth Law & Policy Conference that criminalisation of parents who choose to smack their children is now purely a political struggle. More >>
Reparation Rejection The Right Decision
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today supported an Auckland mother's rejection of reparation from the man who sexually violated her daughter. More >>
Heed The Nation, Labour
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 3:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded that Labour stop paying lip service to New Zealand's methamphetamine crisis, in the wake of reports that Women's Refuges are now experiencing the fallout from the `P' epidemic. More >>
ACT Welcomes Tonga Inquiry
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today welcomed news that the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee is to hold an inquiry into New Zealand's relationship with Tonga, saying that - as Pacific neighbours - the futures of both countries are ... More >>
Mallard Passes The Buck
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 1:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Secondary school students face uncertainty and upheaval next year with reports that principals are struggling to provide teachers with four non-teaching hours a week - a requirement of the latest collective contract for teachers, ACT New Zealand Education ... More >>
Eating Disorder Clinic Audit Comes Too Late
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 1:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today asked why organisations contracted to provide health services must slip up before anyone bothers to audit them, after Wellington's eating disorders clinic was given six months to shape up or face closure. More >>
Rare Congratulations, Human Rights Commission
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand
The Human Rights Commission's simple endorsement of freedom to discriminate in favour of non-smokers is a breath of fresh air. It's the first defence of genuine liberty I've seen from this mob, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Disown Duffy Demand For Young Criminals' Privacy
Monday, 24 November 2003, 9:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
Given Ailsa Duffy QC's recent official appointment for this Government, the Justice and Police Ministers should disown her complaint about the police diversion public works scheme for young offenders - if they won't, then they are endorsing her complaint, ... More >>
Did Johansson Get A Second Chance?
Monday, 24 November 2003, 4:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
Media reports suggest that William Johansson, convicted now for his second killing in eight years, got a second chance and blew it - was it his second or his tenth chance, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks asked today. More >>
Principal's Words Strike Blow For Commonsense
Monday, 24 November 2003, 4:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Northland-based MP Dr Muriel Newman today congratulated Hibiscus Coast Intermediate School Principal Carl Becker for speaking out about naughty children. More >>
ACT's The Letter - Monday, 24 November 2003
Monday, 24 November 2003, 2:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
Fifteen years ago, Canada was running huge deficits and debt had reached 100 percent of GDP. Canada signed a trade agreement with the US (their CER), deregulated state trading institutions, introduced GST and cut tax - a mild Rogernomics. The result: ... More >>
Labour Lip-Service Meaningless
Monday, 24 November 2003, 9:04 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today welcomed Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy's opposition of Labour's plan to abolish DHB constituencies, especially in light of the lack of democratic consultation with the local community. More >>
Russell Peninsula Families Rule
Friday, 21 November 2003, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Families on the Russell Peninsula know what's best for their children, not Education Minister Trevor Mallard, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Liberty Belle: Freedom & Prosperity
Friday, 21 November 2003, 2:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Those were the words; that was the slogan of the New Zealand Party, founded 20 years ago by Sir Robert Jones. Last night Liberty Belle hosted a wee function in Parliament's Grand Hall to celebrate the occasion. More >>
Maharey Statement False And Out Of Touch
Thursday, 20 November 2003, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
How can Social Development Minister Steve Maharey find no evidence to dispute his claim that sole mother families are as good as nuclear families, when his own department says otherwise, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
