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Labour Perpetuates Maori Misery
Monday, 18 August 2003, 1:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know how Labour could claim to be uplifting Maori, when it excludes them from the very initiatives that could help them escape the misery of entrenched, long-term welfare ... More >>
Richard Prebble’s The Letter
Monday, 18 August 2003, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
It’s very expensive – but some other government will pay! Labour believes the public does not care about telephone number Maori settlements as long as the public still has access to the beaches. ACT will look very closely at any proposals the government ... More >>
MTS Should Be Dumped
Monday, 18 August 2003, 10:18 am | ACT New Zealand
The latest episode in the ongoing never-to-be-aired mini-series called `Maori Television Service' shows it is past time the Labour Government axed this sideshow, ACT New Zealand Broadcasting Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Name and Shame The Worst As Well
Friday, 15 August 2003, 6:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
If the Labour Government has no compunction about allowing the Courts Department to `name and shame' major fine defaulters, why will it not let the public know the names and records of more serious criminals, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen ... More >>
Labour Must Not Ignore Police Call
Friday, 15 August 2003, 6:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today supported the New Zealand Police Association's call for more police, in light of latest crime statistics showing that crime has increased by more than five percent over the past two years. More >>
Childflight Victim Of Government Meddling
Friday, 15 August 2003, 5:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health and Internal Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy today criticised Associate Health Minister Ruth Dyson's comment that there are 10 other operators that can fill the void left by the closure of Childflight, and likened that claim ... More >>
Farmers Win First Skirmish
Friday, 15 August 2003, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today that last night's meeting, in Hastings, of Hawke's Bay farmers showed the anger felt by rural communities regarding the Labour Government's Flatulence Tax. More >>
Crime Stats Show Parole Failure
Friday, 15 August 2003, 10:12 am | ACT New Zealand
This year, more than 5,700 of the 46,000 New Zealanders who were robbed, bashed, raped or murdered would have been safe if the Government had kept violent crime rates at the level they were when Labour first took office, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman ... More >>
Australia Beware
Friday, 15 August 2003, 10:12 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Defence Spokesman Ken Shirley today cautioned Australia to use more subtlety in its dealings with our Pacific neighbours, in an address to the Australian Defence College for Defence and Strategic Studies. More >>
Figures Reveal The Truth Behind Labour Spin
Friday, 15 August 2003, 10:11 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today slammed the Government for failing to crack down on crime and - in light of today's crime statistics - accused Labour of taking a dropping crime rate and turning it on its head. More >>
Ban Sale of National Bank to Australia
Friday, 15 August 2003, 10:10 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government must stop any sale of the National Bank to Australia until their law treats New Zealanders equally with Aussies in the event of a bank collapse, ACT New Zealand Associate Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle
Friday, 15 August 2003, 12:46 am | ACT New Zealand
How do you set up a New Zealand company offshore? You ratchet up taxes and compliance costs and make it more attractive for companies to relocate across the Tasman. More >>
Time To Clamp Down, Labour
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 2:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today accused the Government of refusing to hold charitable and iwi-based health providers accountable for their spending of taxpayers' money - in light of the Te Whatiuapiti Trust's comments today that ... More >>
Australian Defence College Visit
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Speech to the Australian Defence College Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies Visit, Australian High Commission, Thursday 14th August 2003 More >>
Muriel Newman MP Column - The Harsh Reality
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 1:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
In the mid 1800s, Henry David Thoreau said, “Men are born to succeed, not fail”. That is as true today as it was back them. In almost any area of enterprise, success is the name of the game. More >>
Rodney Hide To Try To Boost Charter TV
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 8:11 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that he had accepted Dr Brian Edwards' invitation to try and pump some life into his ailing chat show "Edwards at Large". More >>
Labour Rewards Non-Smokers With Sunny Jaunt
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 8:11 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today demanded that Health Minister Annette King tell the public whether her Labour Government had used taxpayers' money to send 25 anti-smoking bureaucrats and activists to Finland - and, if so, how much. More >>
Fight the Fart Tax
Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 3:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today launched the Party's `Fight the Fart Tax' tour on the steps of Parliament - the start of a four-week journey that will see him tour the length and breath of the country listening to rural New ... More >>
Commissioner Must Be Best Person For The Job
Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today expressed disappointment that the Labour Government had appointed a new Commissioner for Children without consulting with Opposition parties. More >>
Property Owners Must Protect Their Rights
Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today called on New Zealand property owners to consider a new land march on Parliament, akin to that led by the great Dame Whina Cooper. More >>
