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Keeping The Monsters At Bay
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Justice Spokesman Deborah Coddington was today pleased to launch the latest edition of her `New Zealand Paedophile & Sex Offender Index' - and described it as another step toward protecting communities from sexual predators. More >>
ACT Fights For Open Justice
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 10:06 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today commended his colleague Deborah Coddington for trying to achieve openness in the face of the justice establishment's attempts to ensure that secrecy surrounds offenders and their crimes. More >>
Minister Must Address Mental Health Problems
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 8:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today called on Health Minister Annette King to consider changes to Labour's mental health policy, in light of reports that an Auckland couple now lives in fear after the release of their son who, they have ... More >>
Protest At Parliament - The Right Place
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 8:16 am | ACT New Zealand
The May incident referred to in the House today was that of a young man who rode his motorbike on Parliamentary lawns, protesting murderer Nika Abraham's inadequate sentence. It was one of the most justified protests Parliament has seen in years, ... More >>
Consultation - What's That? Says Mallard
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's refusal to consult with the insurance industry over accommodation fees lost through the collapse of the Modern Age English Language school has cost private education providers hundreds of thousands of dollars, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman ... More >>
The Column: New Zealand CAN Be Safe Again
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 8:14 am | ACT New Zealand
The fear of crime is alive and well in most New Zealand communities. At one end of the scale we are so concerned about the young that we no longer let our children walk to school on their own. At the other, we worry about the safety of the elderly ... More >>
Invertebrate Committee on Privy Council
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Select Committee report on the Supreme Court Bill shows how powerful Attorney-General Margaret Wilson is, despite claims that her PC agenda is a minority taste in the Labour Cabinet, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Time to Repair US Relationship
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that the ACT Party is using its oral question to point out that the New Zealand government no longer has a viable trade position. More >>
King Forced To Come Clean
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 1:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's no surprise that Health Minister Annette King has made an announcement on $3 maximum prescription charges for Access PHOs, and all PHO patients under 18 - especially in light of the pressure I have been placing on her for answers, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Saccharine Sweetener For Elderly Patients
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 10:26 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today labelled Health Minister Annette King's announcement yesterday - to fast-track health cost changes for over 65 year-olds - nothing more than an election sweetener. More >>
Hide Accepts TVNZ Apology
Monday, 15 September 2003, 3:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today accepted TVNZ's apology for Dr Brian Edwards' appalling interview of Rodney on Edwards at Large. More >>
King's Broken Pharmaceutical Promise
Monday, 15 September 2003, 2:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
Health Minister Annette King will not deliver on her Budget promise to lower the cost of prescription medicines, from $15-$3 per prescription on October 1, for the country's poorest patients - those enrolled in access PHOs, ACT New Zealand Health ... More >>
ACT's The Letter -15 September 2003
Monday, 15 September 2003, 2:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
The big concern facing the government is how to resolve the foreshore issue that has the potential to bring down the government and split race relations. More >>
Letter To New Zealand Bar Association
Sunday, 14 September 2003, 12:33 am | ACT New Zealand
I am glad that the Bar Association upholds the conventions that protect the independence of the judiciary, and respect for the courts. I accept that your members will be concerned by a challenge to the propriety of the Chief Justice's involvement in the ... More >>
Turia's Response Late, Baffling, And Irrelevant
Friday, 12 September 2003, 3:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today expressed surprise at Associate Child, Youth and Family Minister Tariana Turia's response yesterday to concerns raised about CYF almost two months ago. More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle
Friday, 12 September 2003, 11:53 am | ACT New Zealand
This may come as a shock to you but I'm supporting a campaign to "Save Public Broadcasting". I know that a market liberal does not support state ownership and operation of radio and television stations, and I stand by that. In the ideal ... More >>
Criticising The Judge, Or Government?
Friday, 12 September 2003, 8:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today he understood the Bar Association, and other lawyers', concern about his statement that the Chief Justice should not have sat on the Court of Appeal for the seabed and foreshore case. More >>
Attorney-General's Muzzle Attempt Ironic
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 8:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
I take Attorney-General Margaret Wilson's release today - reminding Members of Parliament of the convention about the relationship between the courts, the executive and the legislature - as a direct attempt to muzzle me, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman ... More >>
Report A Recipe For Education Reform
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 8:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today welcomed the release of an Independent Schools of New Zealand report into Government funding, and described it as a worthy contribution to the education debate. More >>
Taxpayers To Fork Out Millions For Holidays Bills
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 2:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today condemned Labour for introducing two Bills that will end up costing taxpayers millions of dollars, in light of the Private Hospitals Association's submissions to the Transport and Industrial Select ... More >>
