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Undoing The Damage
Monday, 20 October 2003, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
Richard Prebble Speech to Auckland Regional Conference Alexandra Park Raceway, Auckland 10:30 am, Saturday 18 October 2003 More >>
ACT Supports APPEL Complaint To SFO
Monday, 20 October 2003, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today welcomed the Association of Private Providers of English Language's decision to lodge a complaint to the Serious Fraud Office about potential fraud related to the closure of the Modern Age English ... More >>
ACT Auckland Regional Conference
Monday, 20 October 2003, 9:25 am | ACT New Zealand
Reflecting on the `Reform of the U.K. Public Sector' paper prepared by Ruth Richardson, Steve Robson and myself, I realised how little had changed. More >>
Aucklanders, Get Ready To Walk To Work
Monday, 20 October 2003, 9:23 am | ACT New Zealand
He told more than 140 delegates at ACT's Auckland Regional Conference that New Zealand roads were "third world". More >>
Welcome Home To New Zealand's Liberal Party
Monday, 20 October 2003, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
Thank you for attending today. It's great to be here in ACT's urban liberal heartland. More >>
Minister Fails CYF, CYF Fails Children
Friday, 17 October 2003, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded that Labour address the problems plaguing CYF, in light of new information showing the department currently has 85,982 children recorded as having a client number. More >>
Sue Kedgley: Cereal Killer
Friday, 17 October 2003, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
Green MP Sue Kedgley's `Children's Food Awards' shows, yet again, the contempt for science that has become the Green Party's trademark, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Liberty Belle: Closing The Schools Of New Zealand
Friday, 17 October 2003, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Who would have thought that the Labour Government would be closing schools all over the country? Isn't this something that ACT is usually accused of doing? Isn't this the kneejerk reaction when ACT says we will lower taxes? More >>
Charter Funding Blows Out 'Willy Nilly'
Friday, 17 October 2003, 8:29 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that TVNZ's annual report released yesterday showed taxpayers just what the Government had bought with $12 million of Charter Funding. More >>
A Victory For Common Sense
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 5:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today congratulated farmers for their efforts in forcing Climate Control Convenor Pete Hodgson to make an embarrassing U-turn on his proposal to introduce a tax on livestock emissions. More >>
Appointment Process Already Contaminated
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Attorney-General Margaret Wilson's advertisements for new judges fit with her rejection of any mechanism to ensure they are appointed without political bias, ACT New Zealand Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
President Bush Downplays Tensions
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
In desperation, Labour is reading too much into US President George Bush's off-the-cuff comments before the APEC summit. A seasoned politician would never say anything inflammatory while on his way to an international forum, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley ... More >>
Franks To Run Again -- Catherine Judd
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
This evening is one of those rare and special occasions when I can put on several of the various hats I wear in my life. I'm here as president of ACT, I'm here as a Wellington Central voter, and I'm here as a long-standing friend of Stephen and ... More >>
Referendum More Worthwhile Than Ever
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today assured the public that, although Attorney-General Margaret Wilson managed to vandalise our constitution, they will still have a voice in Parliament over the Supreme Court Act. More >>
Wellington Central, Quite Frankly
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Last year, as we headed into an early election, some of you asked me why I was standing again. Good friends wanted to know whether I had come to my senses. Had the mid-life crisis that lifted me from my comfortable berth in legal practice run its course? More >>
Franks For Wellington Central
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 8:29 am | ACT New Zealand
Stephen Franks selected for Wellington Central; Museum Hotel, 7.30 pm, Wednesday 15th October 2003 More >>
Muriel Newman’s The Column
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
I recently received a letter complaining about a woman with seven children to six different fathers – all of whom have been live-in partners – who has been claiming the sole parent DPB for the past decade. Apparently the present de-facto partner ... More >>
Charter TV Costs Taxpayers Millions
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Broadcasting Spokesman Deborah Coddington today labelled TVNZ's disappointing dividend announcement of $7.8 million as another blow to Labour's politically correct Charter. More >>
Why The Secrecy, Trevor?
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 4:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Not content with closing state schools throughout New Zealand, Education Minister Trevor Mallard now wants to change the law to allow him to close, or merge, integrated schools, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Smokefree Bill A Cancer To Freedom
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 4:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today accused the Labour Government of using the Smokefree Bill to nail shut the coffin of personal freedom, and also to release New Zealanders from taking responsibility for their own actions. More >>
