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Labour Contempt For New Zealanders
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 4:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Northland-based MP Dr Muriel Newman today accused the Labour Government of committing an affront to the democratic process, by rejecting out-of-hand her petition to the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee. More >>
Property Rights Petition Launched
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 3:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff last night offered landowners an opportunity to speak out against further property rights abuse, by launching his petition, at the Government-organised meeting in Cromwell, to promote public access ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: TPK Stuffed - No-One Responsible
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Rodney Hide today welcomed the release of the State Services Commissioner's report on Te Puni Kokiri. More >>
Finally! Lianne Dalziel Climbs Off High Horse
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that it was pleasing that the Minister of Immigration Lianne Dalziel had finally admitted that the Immigration Service should have called in the police following the complaint that an immigration ... More >>
School Too Hard? Drop Out - Labour
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today accused Labour of consigning thousands of youngsters to the scrapheap, in light of new information showing that approvals for children to leave school early have risen 1,179 percent since 1993. More >>
Stop Burning Bridges, Helen
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today urged Prime Minister Helen Clark to heed the message - not attack the messenger - following Gerald Henderson's criticisms of her for not making the effort to attend the commemoration service in Bali. More >>
The Proof Is In The Pudding, Labour
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:35 am | ACT New Zealand
It is time Labour stopped waffling about its governing abilities and actually showed some leadership, by doing something that successive governments have failed to do for decades - build Transmission Gully, ACT New Zealand Wellington-based MP Heather ... More >>
Logic Absent From Mallard Initiatives
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 3:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard's willingness to accept that something must be done about truancy may be commendable, but throwing money at this problem is no solution, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
ACT Welcomes Education Forum's Schooling Vision
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today welcomed the launch of the Education Forum's `A New Deal: Making Education Work for all New Zealanders', describing it as another voice in the growing chorus calling for a reform of New ... More >>
PPTA And Labour Must Think Outside The Box
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today congratulated Rangitoto College Principal Allan Peachey for rewarding parents and teachers who went above and beyond the call of duty to coach sports teams and help with school activities. More >>
Bush's Worst Nightmare - Lunch With Helen
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 10:33 am | ACT New Zealand
It must be US President George W Bush's worst nightmare - denying Prime Minister Helen Clark a scheduled meeting, only to have her buttonhole him at the APEC summit, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
New Zealand On The Road To Ruin
Monday, 13 October 2003, 5:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Land Transport Management Bill, the result of a deal between Labour and the Greens, will do absolutely nothing to improve this country's prosperity, ACT New Zealand Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Pay Equity Not The Answer
Monday, 13 October 2003, 5:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
When talking about Pay Equity, it is very important to define the topic. I'm sure everyone here is well aware of the difference between pay equality and pay equity, but when I speak to most people about equity they automatically assume I mean equal ... More >>
Plea To Sign Petition
Monday, 13 October 2003, 4:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today called on New Zealanders to sign a widely circulating petition calling for a referendum on Labour's Supreme Court Bill. More >>
ACT Opposes The Politicisation Of New Zealand Cour
Monday, 13 October 2003, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour minority government should not proceed with the Supreme Court Bill that abolishes New Zealanders right to appeal to the Privy Council. More >>
ACT's The Letter - 13 October 2003
Monday, 13 October 2003, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
At midday today there was the first ever joint press conference of the leaders of the centre right parties. Richard Prebble, Bill English, and Winston Peters issued a combined statement opposing the government’s intention to change the country’s ... More >>
Calling All Former New Zealand Party People
Monday, 13 October 2003, 11:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Deborah Coddington is seeking to contact anyone who was involved in the setting up of, or standing for, The New Zealand Party which was founded by Sir Robert Jones in 1983. Names of people involved in this political party are needed for a project ... More >>
Police Need 'Shields' To Save Downed Colleagues
Monday, 13 October 2003, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government must provide police with more than body armour - they must also have enough ballistic shields to rescue officers and people downed by gunfire and under threat by armed assailants, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said ... More >>
Remove The Family Court Shroud Of Secrecy
Monday, 13 October 2003, 12:25 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today labelled proposed changes to the Family Court as nothing more than window-dressing, and accused the Government of just fiddling round the edges rather than addressing the real issue. More >>
Liberty Belle: Launching "Let Parents Choose"
Friday, 10 October 2003, 2:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Last night we held the first launch of "Let Parents Choose", a little book I wrote while I was at Cambridge University as a Wolfson Press Fellow researching the Dutch and Swedish system of freedom in education. More >>
