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New Zealand Party 20th anniversary
Thursday, 30 October 2003, 5:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Deborah Coddington, Member of Parliament announced today that she would host a function in November to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the formation of the New Zealand Party. More >>
ACT Welcomes Lifting Of GM Moratorium
Thursday, 30 October 2003, 9:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today welcomed the lifting of the moratorium on the commercial release of genetically engineered organisms. More >>
Lock Him Up And Throw Away The Key
Thursday, 30 October 2003, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Lloyd Alexander McIntosh should be locked up and the key thrown away," ACT New Zealand Associate Justice Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Muriel Newman’s The Column
Wednesday, 29 October 2003, 10:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Last week the government released the results of their first principles baseline review of the Department of Child, Youth and Family (CYF), the government agency that is responsible for the welfare of at-risk children. Established in October 1999 ... More >>
Labour Doesn't Give a Stuff!
Wednesday, 29 October 2003, 10:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
When a corrections officer is so anxious about the privacy of a convicted paedophile on parole that he doesn't watch him like a hawk, we know the government doesn't give a stuff said ACT's justice spokesman, Stephen Franks, today. More >>
Cullen Sees Light - Lower Taxes Mean More Growth
Wednesday, 29 October 2003, 4:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today congratulated Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen for finally accepting that if you tax something less you get more of it. More >>
Fast Track Legislation To Fix Transport Crisis
Wednesday, 29 October 2003, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington today said she had drafted a Private Member's Bill which would go a long way to solving Auckland's transport mess and provide relief for families trapped in traffic jams. More >>
Prebble On Dr Nick Smith's Appointment
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Any political party that selects Nick Smith as its deputy leader cannot be accused of having moved to the right," ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
ACT's The Letter - Ranking Party Leaders
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
After ranking of Parliament’s most effective backbench MPs we received requests for the ranking of the front bench. So here it is. There are 15 opposition frontbenchers. We rank them 1 to 15 and then give their overall opposition rank. More >>
Where's the Benefit in Benefit?
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 10:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today said she was appalled at the Ministry of Social Development's 2003 annual report that so unashamedly promotes the spending of more than $2.1 billion on Maori "clients". More >>
Prebble on National Leadership
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 12:26 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble congratulated Don Brash on his election as Leader of the National party. More >>
Stand Alone National Bank or Propping Up ANZ?
Friday, 24 October 2003, 9:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Reserve Bank's stand alone condition of approval on the sale of National Bank to ANZ looks like making the best of a bad situation says ACT Associate Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Liberty Belle: Times Are A Changin'
Friday, 24 October 2003, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
How times have changed. This week I, along with Andrew Little from the Engineers' Union, delivered a speech to HRH Princess Anne when she visited Auckland. More >>
Who's Responsible For Closing Schools?
Friday, 24 October 2003, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard is closing schools all over New Zealand, but the Education Ministry is still advertising for senior staff to manage the process, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington revealed today. More >>
Buzz Off Qantas
Thursday, 23 October 2003, 3:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks' message for Minister of Finance, Michael Cullen today was " Tell Air New Zealand not to sulk." More >>
A Dingo Took My Baby
Thursday, 23 October 2003, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Every New Zealander who values private property rights should object to the Telecommunications Commissioner Douglas Webb's recommendation that Telecom be forced to rent access to its copper wire network to Telstra and other competitors, ACT New Zealand Communications ... More >>
Massive Cover Up Continues
Thursday, 23 October 2003, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT's Social Welfare spokesman, Dr Muriel Newman said the Department of Child Youth and Family Services First Principles Baseline Review released today confirms our worst nightmares of a dysfunctional department forced to struggle on with no accountability, ... More >>
NZ Film Commission - a Taxpayer Funded Film Studio
Thursday, 23 October 2003, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand
The Minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Handbag, Judith Tizard, aka Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister, should come clean on the true role of the New Zealand Film Commission, ACT New Zealand Associate Finance Spokesman Deborah Coddington ... More >>
Remember the Family Values Mandate Mr Dunne
Thursday, 23 October 2003, 11:01 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today reminded the United party they were elected to promote family values and challenged them to stop supporting the Labour government's attempt to have CYF become every child's father. More >>
Save Karetu Primary School - A National Treasure
Thursday, 23 October 2003, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand
If Education Minister Trevor Mallard really cared about the education of Bay of Islands children he would butt out and leave their good schools alone, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
