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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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Labour Nurtures New Gang Generation
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 5:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is outrageous that, while denying police the resources they urgently need to combat New Zealand's gangs, Labour is financially supporting gang members and giving them the free time to commit crimes, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman ... More >>
How Many More Must Die, Minister?
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 5:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded that Labour stop procrastinating and start dealing with the growing methamphetamine crisis, after it was revealed that four men accused of murder were all heavy users of methamphetamines. More >>
Jim Anderton Socks Taxpayers For Another $2 M
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 9:15 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that taxpayers shouldn't have to work hard paying tax so that politicians like Jim Anderton can play at being businessmen. More >>
Heather Roy For Ohariu-Belmont
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 9:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Ohariu-elmont candidate confirmation 7:30 pm, Monday 1 September "Jay's Bar", 1 Disraeli Street, Johnsonville More >>
Labour Promotes Racial Disharmony
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 9:04 am | ACT New Zealand
The conviction of four Bay of Plenty men, of kidnapping and demanding that hunters surrender part of their kill to the local marae, is the type of behaviour we can expect to see more of if Labour changes the status of Crown lands, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Project Aqua 'Call In' Patently Unfair
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 9:03 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government's `call in' of Project Aqua, under the procedures of the Resource Management Act, raises a number of issues while, at the same time, highlighting two points of conflict, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
National Bank Sale Another Air NZ/Qantas Mess?
Monday, 1 September 2003, 5:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks today called on Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen to tell the Reserve Bank that he does not want it to sacrifice New Zealanders' financial security for political peace with Australia. More >>
ACT's The Letter 1 September: It’s Clarkgate
Monday, 1 September 2003, 1:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
The real issues are these: 1 Helen Clark has publicly claimed until last week that all documents were released. 2 That claim is false. 3 Helen Clark knew it was false. More >>
