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Centre-Right Coalition Campaign Viable Option
Monday, 29 September 2003, 8:29 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble said today the centre-right needs to show that we can form a viable alternative government to the left. More >>
Government 'P'rocrastinating On Drugs
Friday, 26 September 2003, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today accused Labour of compromising vulnerable New Zealanders' health and safety, in the wake of the UN report ranking New Zealand's Ecstasy and amphetamine abuse rate as one of the world's highest. More >>
Eckhoff Urges Calm
Friday, 26 September 2003, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today urged farmers not to allow their anger and frustration, over Climate Control Convenor Pete Hodgson's arrogant refusal to scrap plans to impose a methane emissions tax on rural communities, to ... More >>
Regulating Aviation - Rodney Hide Speech
Friday, 26 September 2003, 1:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
I am here for two reasons. The first is because I am responsible for the State Services Commissioner's Inquiry into the Civil Aviation Authority. The second is because I asked to speak to members of your Association after being visited by two of your ... More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle
Friday, 26 September 2003, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
I'm often asked if being a member of a small political party in government is frustrating. Can I make a difference? What's the point? More >>
NZ Academic Freedom An Orwellian Joke
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 2:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Cabinet guessed right that most of our academics are craven cowards when it decided to demand that all research proposals be examined through a Maori lens. Otago University is in the news, but at least some there resisted that racist demand. ... More >>
NZ Third In Contest We Don't Want To Win
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 12:32 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today demanded that Labour drop its soft-on-crime mentality and start doing, instead of talking, in the wake of a UN report finding that New Zealand has one of the world's highest rates of amphetamine-type ... More >>
Muriel Newman: Saving Our Children From Brutality
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 4:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
Last week’s UNICEF report – that ranked New Zealand as having the third highest rate of child abuse in the OECD – is a real wake-up call. It is an appalling indictment of our ability to perform one of the most basic functions of any Western nation – ... More >>
Landowners Urged To Send Govt The Message
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 4:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today urged landowners to attend a series of Government-organised public meetings to discuss the Land Access Ministerial Reference Group's recent report - or risk losing their property rights ... More >>
Health Minister Must Butt Out
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 10:56 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today accused Health Minister Annette King of imposing unrealistic expectations on District Health Boards, after new information revealed that Capital and Coast DHB's budget blowout was completely unexpected. More >>
Greens Scaremongering Could Hit Meat Trade
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today warned that trade with the European Union and beyond would become increasingly difficult, thanks to Green Party scaremongering. More >>
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 >>
