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Prime Minister Chasing Global Rainbows
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 9:34 am | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark's failure to heed the friendly warning from Australian High Commissioner Allan Hawke, on the deterioration of the Trans-Tasman relationship, is disconcerting in the extreme, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Brash To Address ACT Meeting
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 4:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand President Catherine Judd today expressed her delight that National Party Finance Spokesman Dr Don Brash will address the ACT Upper South Regional Conference at Christchurch's George Hotel on Saturday September 27. More >>
School Drop Outs Labour's Legacy
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 3:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
Education Ministry figures showing that 20 percent of students who left school last year did so without any formal qualification are a sad indictment on Education Minister Trevor Mallard's `one-size-fits-all' approach to education, ACT New Zealand Education ... More >>
Heed The Warning, Labour
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today advised the Government to heed the friendly warning from Australian High Commissioner Allan Hawke, who has observed that ANZAC relations are `finely poised on the fulcrum', and that our future relationship ... More >>
ACT Welcomes National To Education Debate
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today welcomed the National Party's Education discussion document, and described it as a step in the right direction for New Zealand education. More >>
What Are The Parole Conditions?
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 10:33 am | ACT New Zealand
Parole is wrong but, while we have it, it must be transparent, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today - in light of the decision to free Dr Morgan Fahey on parole. More >>
Hodgson Says 'We Got It Wrong'
Monday, 22 September 2003, 4:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Climate Control Convenor Pete Hodgson's admission that the amount he would demand from farmers, to fund methane gas emissions research could be lower than expected, reflects badly on Labour and its officials, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman ... More >>
ACT's The Letter - Monday, 22 September 2003
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government has produced a “Making Tax Easier for Small Businesses” discussion document - yet more talk. Proposed is a tax concession to use PAYE agents. As there are good, cheap software programs, paying PAYE is not a problem. There is a risky ... More >>
Let Parents Choose, Minister
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today said she was not surprised that Education Minister Trevor Mallard's review of Wainuiomata schools last year failed to find any improvement in education standards for the area, in light of a ... More >>
Sisters Already Doing It For Themselves
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Women's Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy today asked why Labour pushes so strongly for pay equity, when Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey announced that women are already catching up with men in the workforce. More >>
Ministry Unfit To Run Cervical Programme
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
Although Select Committee has come part of the way toward addressing the earlier problems with the National Cervical Screening Programme, I still have serious concerns about the Health Ministry's all-encompassing involvement in the programme, ACT New ... More >>
Maharey Exploits Tragedy For Labour Ends
Monday, 22 September 2003, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today accused Labour of exploiting the Coral Burrows tragedy to re-attempt to impose its child-raising theories on parents, after Social Services Minister Steve Maharey revealed an anti-smacking law change ... More >>
ACT Smacks Children's Commissioner
Friday, 19 September 2003, 8:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today said that new Commissioner for Children Cindy Kiro's leap into the anti-smacking debate was showing Labour's ideology. More >>
Liberty Belle: After Cancun - Where's Plan B?
Friday, 19 September 2003, 3:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
I've been in Parliament 14 months now, but last Tuesday was the first time I've ever heard the Prime Minister give a speech in the House. She's answered questions, or more accurately, "addressed the question", but she's very coy about coming ... More >>
Save Cadenza!
Friday, 19 September 2003, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Broadcasting Spokesman Deborah Coddington today expressed dismay over Radio New Zealand's decision to can classic music programme Cadenza from its National Radio weekday line-up. More >>
Quit The Window Dressing Minister
Friday, 19 September 2003, 8:09 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Education Spokesman Stephen Franks today accused Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey of attempting to further restrict the role of private education providers. More >>
Make Tax Really Easy
Friday, 19 September 2003, 8:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said the Labour government should stop fiddling on the issue of tax on small business. More >>
Govt's Fraudulent GM Policy Chases Rainbows
Friday, 19 September 2003, 8:07 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government's GM policy of zero tolerance was exposed for the fraudulent sham it is at the Local Government & Environment Select Committee, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
What Drives The Law Society On Privy Council?
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 8:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today asked whether the New Zealand Law Society is expressing solidarity with the politically correct sisterhood ahead of its members in welcoming of the abolition of our right of appeal to the Privy ... More >>
Landowners Must Deliver Strong Message
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 3:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today urged landowners to deliver a strong, concise message to Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton that they must retain the climate sanction of refusing access to their land if they so choose. More >>
