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ACT's The Letter: 8 September 2003
Monday, 8 September 2003, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Treaty, Maori, and what sovereignty means, are going to be the defining issues for a generation. More >>
You Have Been Warned, Minister
Monday, 8 September 2003, 3:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today condemned Health Minister Annette King for ignoring the warnings of North Shore mental health nurses, who have been predicting that staff shortages will soon lead to disaster. More >>
Compensation Should Not Be A Lottery
Monday, 8 September 2003, 3:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today said she was not surprised that record numbers of medical misadventure claims were made in the last financial year, nor that the amount paid out in compensation has hit an all-time high. More >>
What, ANOTHER Petrol Tax?!
Monday, 8 September 2003, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington today condemned Labour's plan to tax motorists - based on the distance they travel - as just another blatant tax grab. More >>
Hide Calls For Inquiry Following Tuku's "Shedgate"
Monday, 8 September 2003, 8:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said it was now a matter of urgency that a proper inquiry be undertaken into just where the millions and millions of dollars of taxpayers' money poured into Maori TV were ending up. More >>
More Invalids Under Labour
Monday, 8 September 2003, 8:44 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded that Labour explain why it continued to fail to address rapidly rising beneficiary numbers, in light of new information showing a 32 percent increase in the number of adults supported ... More >>
Foreshore Hui Where Everyone Can Be Heard
Friday, 5 September 2003, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today announced that he has called a public hui on the foreshore and seabed issue, to be held at Tauranga's Bureta Park Motor Inn at 7pm on Monday September 8. More >>
Mallard Must Front Over Possible School Closures
Friday, 5 September 2003, 12:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today demanded that Education Minister Trevor Mallard keep his word to consult parents, Boards of Trustees and the wider community before closing any schools, in light of his announcement that ... More >>
Liberty Belle: Private vs Public Welfare
Friday, 5 September 2003, 12:14 am | ACT New Zealand
I'm just back from another trip to the Heartland. Martinborough, Masterton, Pahiatua, Woodville, Dannevirke, Waipukurau, Wallingford, Hastings, Napier and Palmerston North. A whistle-stop tour, but such a treat. One of the nicest things about being an ACT ... More >>
Labour Agenda To Damage New Zealand
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 9:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman last night predicted to the Hornby Rotary Club that the Labour Government's social policy agenda would damage New Zealand. More >>
Northland Demands Motorway Completion
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 4:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Northland-based MP Dr Muriel Newman today tabled in Parliament her petition for the completion of the Northern Motorway, supported by 4,060 signatories and 121 electronic email supporters. More >>
King's Big Pharmaceutical U-Turn
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 4:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
In true Labour style, Health Minister Annette King has broken her promise to tens of thousands of New Zealanders, to introduce maximum $3 co-payments for pharmaceuticals for PHO patients under 18 and all access PHO patients from October 1, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Labour Should Beg For Farmers' Forgiveness
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today expressed delight at the public response to Federated Farmers' march on Parliament - but said he was not surprised by the turnout. More >>
Who Will Staff Our Hospitals, Minister?
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today criticised Health Minister Annette King for allowing the Health Ministry to recommend that District Health Boards restrict enrolled nurses' areas of work, and predicted that this move would only exacerbate ... More >>
Muriel Newman: Labour Creates Fraud Opportunities
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 8:03 am | ACT New Zealand
Last week the Auditor-General, Social Services Minister, and the Chief Executive of the Social Development Ministry (MSD) fronted up to the Social Services Select Committee to answer questions regarding the recent $1.9 million MSD staff fraud. More >>
Fight Child Obesity: Get Kids Off Their Butts
Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 11:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Calls to restrict fast food advertising, to combat child obesity, are totally outrageous - the most effective way to minimise risk of this problem is for parents to take responsibility for their children's lifestyle, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather ... More >>
Zero Credibility For Labour's Zero Tolerance
Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 6:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Environment Minister Marian Hobbs' repeated claims that the Government policy of zero tolerance for GM contamination in food crops is now patently absurd, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Storm Clouds Gather Over Foreshore Policy
Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 5:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
Residents' fears in Port Waikato are well-founded - and are merely the harbinger of what we can expect to see more of in the political, social and legal vacuum created by this Government, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Minister Hobbs Both Confused And Confusing
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 9:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's official - Corngate is now `Clarkgate' and `Hobbgate', ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Hodgson Misleads Over Flatulence Research
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 5:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckkoff today accused Climate Control Convenor Pete Hodgson of deliberately misleading rural New Zealand over the benefits of farmers funding methane gas emissions research through the proposed "Flatulence ... More >>
