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Everybody Must Be Heard On Foreshore Debate

Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:49 am | ACT New Zealand

Address to ACT Waikato/BOP Regional Conference, Quality Hotel, Hamilton, Saturday 1 November 2003, 11.00 am More >>

Judd Speech: Beyond The 'Tipping Point'

Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand

It has been a memorable week in politics. The return of our absent Party Vice President Vince Ashworth, has been one of the highlights for me this week. I'd like to acknowledge the wonderful job Diane Mulcock has done as acting Vice President, and thank her ... More >>

National Could Win Hamilton East

Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand

Hamilton East is a seat that National should win back from Labour, ACT New Zealand President Catherine Judd said today. More >>

Brash PM in 18 Months - Prebble

Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:42 am | ACT New Zealand

New National Party leader Don Brash could be Prime Minister in 18 months, ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>

Education Minister Can't Cope

Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:41 am | ACT New Zealand

Recent events show that Trevor Mallard is suffering from a crisis of mismanagement in education, ACT's education spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>

Speech: Rodney Hide To Contest Epsom

Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:40 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Epsom Candidate Selection Meeting, Parnell Community Centre, 545 Parnell Road, 1pm Sunday 2 November 2003 More >>

Firearms, Lies and the Police

Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:39 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today warned that three bills Parliament will attempt to push through in the pre-Christmas rush will frustrate frontline police. More >>

Prebble Speech: "Labour's Law-making Machine"

Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:17 am | ACT New Zealand

The job of being a director of a company has become very risky. Directors often have their own money at risk and always their reputational capital at risk. Just look at the attacks on Lindsey Payne, who in my observation of the BNZ, certainly ... More >>

End Government Racism - Richard Prebble Speech

Friday, 31 October 2003, 1:59 pm | ACT New Zealand

It is a pleasure to speak to the ACT Waikato Regional Conference. This years regional conferences have been the most successful in our party's history. More >>

Is Cullen Funding New Zealand Sell Off?

Friday, 31 October 2003, 1:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Associate Commerce spokesman, Stephen Franks today called for assurance from Dr Cullen that the deal he has done with Toll is not indirectly funding Toll's surprise raid on New Zealand transport company, Owens Group. Toll's ambush on Owens blocks ... More >>

Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle.

Friday, 31 October 2003, 12:00 am | ACT New Zealand

Trevor Mallard - speaking from Edinburgh - got away with spin last night on Holmes. He was talking about school closures. Ken Shirley was briefly featured, as a famous former pupil of one of the New Zealand schools the Minister wants to shut. More >>

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 >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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