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Hobbs confirms RMA Unworkable
Monday, 1 September 2003, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that the Labour government's intention to fast track the Resource Management Act's decision-making process is confirmation of what ACT has been saying for years. More >>
Chris Carter Turns Back On Ratepayers
Monday, 1 September 2003, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said he was disappointed to learn that Local Government Minister Chris Carter was advising his Labour caucus to vote against Rodney's Local Government (Rating Cap) Amendment Bill. More >>
Keep Criminal Law for Criminals
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Astrid Andersen case shows we must restore criminal law to its proper sphere - controlling and punishing criminals, not well meaning people who make an unfortunate mistake, ACT New Zealand Sport and Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week several things reminded me of why I'm here, in Parliament, trying to fight for individual freedom, small government, property rights, choice and personal responsibility. More >>
Seeds Of Doubt As Labour Covers Its Tracks
Friday, 29 August 2003, 5:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
It seems that Environment Minister Marian Hobbs and Prime Minister Helen Clark are working desperately to cover their tracks in the Corngate issue, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Environment Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
ACT's Message To Farmers: Stand Firm
Friday, 29 August 2003, 5:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today said the Labour Government's retreat over the ridiculous Flatulence Tax - as reported to him from many sources - is now accelerating in an attempt to head off next Thursday's farmers rally at ... More >>
Resist Pirate Pete And His Labour Crew
Friday, 29 August 2003, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today urged Fonterra and Meat New Zealand to stand firm against Labour pressure to fund methane gas emissions research, and labelled the Government move nothing more than a backdoor attempt to save face. More >>
Labour: Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None
Friday, 29 August 2003, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Broadcasting Spokesman Deborah Coddington today said that the Labour Government should address the problems plaguing the Maori Television Service before it concerns itself with introducing free-to-air digital television. More >>
Maternal Instinct Reserved For Foreigners
Friday, 29 August 2003, 11:51 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today called on Health Minister Annette King to explain why she had not addressed the issue of non-residents having their babies in New Zealand, in light of reports that it had been brought to her attention ... More >>
Nana, Where's Mummy?
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 6:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is outrageous that, while the Government continues to drag its feet on methamphetamines, a growing number of grandparents are being left to raise children whose parents are meth addicts, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Labour Must Vote For Consumers On Pharmacies
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour MPs are being urged to ignore the special pleading of chemists and to put the health of their constituents first when they vote in Parliament on ACT MP Rodney Hide's SOP to end the chemists' monopoly on owning chemist shops. More >>
New Zealand Patients First, Minister
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today accused Health Minister Annette King of giving non-residents free healthcare at the expense of hard-working New Zealand taxpayers, in light of reports that foreign mothers are coming to New Zealand to ... More >>
Labour Refuses To Support Shared Parenting
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 9:19 am | ACT New Zealand
In Parliament today the Labour Government confirmed that it had no intention of supporting an amendment to the Care of Children Bill to introduce Shared Parenting, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Govt In Full Retreat Over Fart Tax
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 8:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today predicted that it would not be long before the Labour Government backed-down over the proposed Flatulence Tax, in light of Climate Change Convenor Pete Hodgson's behaviour in Parliament today. More >>
Kyoto Rorts And Scams
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 8:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
The fart tax on pastoral farming and Labour's appropriation of forest-owners' carbon credits is just the start of the Government's Kyoto rorts, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Labour Must Address Trade Deficit
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 5:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Trade Spokesman Ken Shirley today accused the Labour Government of running New Zealand trade into the ground, in light of new information showing the largest trade deficit in almost 17 years. More >>
LAV: Lacks Army Value
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 3:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is completely outrageous that the Government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on military vehicles that cannot be transported by air when our soldiers are deployed overseas, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Defence Spokesman Ken Shirley ... More >>
Who's The Racist, Dr Cullen?
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 3:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
Perhaps Deputy Prime Minister Dr Michael Cullen should have taken a look in the mirror - or at his Cabinet colleagues - before he decided to brand Marlborough Mayor Tom Harrison a racist, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Government May Reap Bitter Fart Tax Harvest
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Over the weekend, I joined the ACT bus on the northern leg of a nationwide tour to support our primary producers by campaigning against the Government’s stupid livestock emissions tax. More >>
Another Nail In The Coffin Of Quality Healthcare
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today expressed disappointment at the defeat of her motion to exclude doctors from the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Bill, saying the Bill would create more problems in an already flawed health ... More >>
