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Maharey Impotent Over DPB Dads
Friday, 8 August 2003, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey of incompetence, in light of new information showing an increase in the number of DPB mothers refusing to name the father of their ... More >>
Heather Roy’s Diary: Saving Private Harry
Friday, 8 August 2003, 3:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
The week has been dominated by Harry Duynhoven and his predicament in initiating his Dutch citizenship and its ramifications under the Electoral Act. When Harry discovered there was a problem he told the Speaker and his Ministerial warrant was withdrawn. ... More >>
Labour Makes Cuckold Of United Future
Friday, 8 August 2003, 2:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today accused the Labour Government of adultery - using the recommendations of the report on the Cannabis Inquiry to flirt with the Greens, while keeping the cuckold United Future on side. More >>
Oh, 'Kia Ora', Minita
Friday, 8 August 2003, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today labelled Associate Tangata Whenua Minister Tariana Turia's proposal to now refer to Maori as Tangata Whenua - and drop the term `Maori' altogether - as a questionable diversion from ... More >>
MSD Fraud: Record Highs, Record Lows
Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:47 am | ACT New Zealand
It is ironic that, while overseeing a $44 million drop in benefit fraud detection, the Social Development Ministry has experienced the largest staff fraud in public service history - all under the leadership of Social Services and Employment Minister ... More >>
DHBs Labouring Under Huge Deficits
Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:46 am | ACT New Zealand
The fact that combined District Health Boards ran a $56 million deficit for the final quarter of the 2002-03 year highlights Health Minister Annette King's inability to manage her portfolio, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle
Friday, 8 August 2003, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
Last weekend I took my first journey through rural New Zealand since returning from Old Blighty. What a contrast in landscapes. In East Anglia I tired of gazing through train windows at endless hectares of bilious rapeseed crops, hugely subsidised by ... More >>
Private Property Rights Must Be Upheld
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today that all landowners' property rights must be upheld - regardless of the findings of a working group's report on public access. More >>
Minister Must Review Auckland Rates
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today welcomed the news that Local Government Minister Hon Chris Carter was considering a ministerial review of Auckland's massive rate rise, which is causing such hardship and pain for working families and ... More >>
Too Many Cooks
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 3:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today criticised the Labour Government's lack of accountability, in the wake of reports that a cook has been placed in charge of a Wellington eating disorders clinic. More >>
Car Thieves Away Laughing
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded that Police Minister George Hawkins stop pretending that Labour is cracking down on crime, in light of new information showing that police have resolved less than 20 percent of vehicle ... More >>
Sentence Shaves Scandalous
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Today's reduction of the sentences of Bruce Howse - convicted of murdering his step-daughters Saliel and Olympia - and RSA triple murderer William Dwane Bell are Sentencing Act failures," ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks ... More >>
School Camps A Thing Of The Past?
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 10:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today expressed disbelief that, thanks to workplace health and safety regulations, New Zealand children may never get the chance to experience one of our country's greatest traditions - the ... More >>
Tizard's Tirade Rates Pensioner
Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 4:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Auckland Issues Minister Judith Tizard exemplifies this Labour Government's arrogant attitude towards Auckland ratepayers, particularly superannuitants, Auckland-based ACT New Zealand MP Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Prebble Calls On Speaker To Act At Once
Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 3:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble today called on Speaker Jonathan Hunt to immediately suspend Minister Harry Duynhoven from Parliament, as the Speaker has a statutory duty to declare vacant a seat where the MP concerned has made an act ... More >>
Auditor-General's Report A Wake-Up Call For IRD
Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 3:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Revenue Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the Auditor-General's report on the IRD's `Performance of Taxpayer Audit' was a wake-up call for the IRD and the Minister of Revenue Michael Cullen. More >>
The Column: Families An Endangered Species
Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 3:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Amid ongoing concerns about the Government’s sinister anti-family agenda – and the detrimental effect it could have on children in the future – figures released by the Department of Child Youth and Family paint a grim picture of the immediate outlook ... More >>
Beneficiaries Need Consistency, Not Knee-jerks
Wednesday, 6 August 2003, 12:59 am | ACT New Zealand
How can Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey pat himself on the back for his Jobs Jolts initiatives, when some of the problems he is trying to solve are of his own Government's making, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel ... More >>
What Cost For Delayed Project?
Tuesday, 5 August 2003, 4:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Health Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded an assurance from Labour that the closure of Nelson's Braemar Hospital and Kimberley Centre will not exceed budget, in light of new information showing that the project is running ... More >>
Talking Tough Not Enough
Tuesday, 5 August 2003, 4:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today called on Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey to do more than just talk tough if he wants to fix the looming long-term unemployment problems. More >>
