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Poor Old Maharey Misses The Point
Wednesday, 10 September 2003, 12:02 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today expressed concern that Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey could be struggling to manage his portfolio, in light of a particularly weak response to figures she released ... More >>
What Was The Govt Deal To Emirates Airlines?
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 4:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that Prime Minister Helen Clark needed to front up to explain the nature of the deal that the crown limo service had with United Arab Emirates airline last month. More >>
The Party's Over, Labour
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 4:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today asked the Labour Government when it would begin to take New Zealand's drug problem seriously, in light of WellTrust executive director Pauline Gardiner's warnings. More >>
Labour's Welfare Policy: Positively Addictive
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 4:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded that Labour drop its soft-on-welfare approach, and stop sponsoring substance abuse, in light of new information showing that more than 900 Invalid beneficiaries are addicts. More >>
Eckhoff Tables Fart Tax Petition
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 3:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today tabled a petition to Parliament calling on the Government to scrap its proposed `Flatulence Tax'. More >>
Last Thing Kurariki Needs Is To Go Home
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 1:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Parole Board's report that Bailey Junior Kurariki will be eligible for release in January, and can now apply for home detention, is an indictment of Labour's new Sentencing Laws, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Mass Turnout Highlights Public Concern
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 11:01 am | ACT New Zealand
The enormous turnout for my public meeting on foreshore and seabed - so large that the hall at Tauranga's Bureta Park Motor Inn was completely filled - reflects the widespread public concern at the Labour Government's handling of this issue, ACT ... More >>
Everyone Must Be Heard On Foreshore
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 11:00 am | ACT New Zealand
Address to public meeting on seabed and foreshore Bureta Park Motor Inn, Tauranga Monday 08 September 2003, 7.00 pm More >>
Who's Thinking About Kurariki?
Monday, 8 September 2003, 10:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today asked who could think Home Detention would help rehabilitate killer Bailey Junior Kurariki when a lack of stable home life contributed to his criminality in the first place. More >>
Prebble On Leadership -- Richard Prebble
Monday, 8 September 2003, 4:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today I would like to set out an agenda for a Centre Right victory in the next election. The key to success is leadership. More >>
Foreshore, Law And Politics Conference – Prebble
Monday, 8 September 2003, 4:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
Speech to the press conference launching the Foreshore, Law & Politics conference. The Labour government is holding 11 taxpayer funded hui with Maori and holding no conferences for the general public. More >>
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 >>
