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Be Very Afraid of 'Guardians'
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders should be very afraid of Labour's panic development of so-called Maori guardianship of foreshore and seabed, ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
C'mon PPTA, What's Changed?
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 3:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today she was not surprised by reports that Post Primary Teachers Association members have voted in favour of implementing NCEA Level 3 next year - despite threatening last year to oppose it. More >>
Labour Gives Burglars Nine-Month Head Start
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today said that, thanks to Labour, it didn't matter that overworked police can take 19 hours to attend a burglary callout, because it can take up to nine months to analyse evidence from the crime scene. More >>
Ratepayer Referendum
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 9:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today he believed it was wrong that a local council like the Auckland Regional Council could increase rates by a massive 34 percent. More >>
Dunne on the Constitution
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 9:38 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today in response to United Party leader, Peter Dunne's statement that his party will support government legislation to declare Mr Duynhoven an MP, that if so, will United be moving an amendment to also declare Kelly ... More >>
Newman Sets The Record Straight
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman has set the record straight on ACT's call for more sworn police officers, in light of Police Minister George Hawkins' attack in Parliament today. More >>
Breaking Down Market Disciplines
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 9:35 am | ACT New Zealand
"We have now seen the spectre of Government announcing the construction of a new 155-megawatt oil-fired power plant - it seems that Labour isn't satisfied with its state-owned monopolies controlling the energy sector, it now wants to return ... More >>
Six Billion Reasons To Rethink Loans
Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 4:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
Reports that student loan debt has hit $6 billion shows the need for urgent changes to reduce non-recoverable loan debt, overall indebtedness, and to enable faster repayment, ACT New Zealand Tertiary Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Teacher Quality Versus Registration
Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today that reports indicating 25 percent of New Zealand schools have unregistered teachers in their classrooms - and that two schools have unregistered principals - raises the question of whether ... More >>
Things Not Fine With Ticket Quotas
Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 1:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
A recent nationwide survey of some 750 people – conducted by UMR Research, for the New Zealand Police Association – has found that most people disagree with the Government initiative giving police quotas for the issuing of traffic tickets. More >>
Diversity An Answer To Truancy Question
Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 12:45 am | ACT New Zealand
"New Zealanders should not be surprised by Chief Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft's strongly worded statements on truancy - and the situation will only get worse," ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Diversity An Answer To Truancy Question
Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 12:45 am | ACT New Zealand
"New Zealanders should not be surprised by Chief Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft's strongly worded statements on truancy - and the situation will only get worse," ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
ESR Bottleneck Lets Crims Go Free
Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 12:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused Police Minister George Hawkins of doing nothing more than paying lip service to the looming methamphetamines crisis, in light of new information showing a huge backlog of forensic work relating ... More >>
Truth In Sentencing Answer To Parole Lies
Monday, 28 July 2003, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today said that abolishing parole, and replacing it with truth in sentencing, was the most honest answer that the Labour Government could give to crime victims demanding justice. More >>
Zero Tolerance For Crime
Monday, 28 July 2003, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party today is launching a campaign to reform the way New Zealand deals with crime. ACT Leader Richard Prebble said the approach adopted by the Labour Government is failing. More >>
Sex Offenders Register Now
Monday, 28 July 2003, 3:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
For 10 years, I have called for a national register of sex offenders - first, as a private citizen, then as an elected member of Parliament - in order to protect our children from offenders like Barry Allen Ryder, Jules Mikus, Lloyd McIntosh and ... More >>
ACT's 5-Point Plan - Zero Tolerance For Crime
Monday, 28 July 2003, 3:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party today is launching a campaign to reform the way New Zealand deals with crime. ACT Leader Richard Prebble said the approach adopted by the Labour Government is failing. More >>
The Letter: Heave Ho Duynhoven
Monday, 28 July 2003, 3:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
Harry Duynhoven has broken the electoral law and should be expelled from parliament this week. MPs are expelled if they act to become a “citizen of any foreign state”. Duynhoven has admitted that this year he “filled in forms” to get Dutch citizenship. ... More >>
Criminal Record (Concealment) Bill Gets Worse
Monday, 28 July 2003, 9:23 am | ACT New Zealand
The Bill to suppress criminal records has been reported back to Parliament, by the Justice and Electoral Select Committee, with changes that make it worse than when it was first sent to the Committee, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks ... More >>
Figures Show Minister's Failure - Again
Monday, 28 July 2003, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey of a lack of leadership, in light of new figures showing a 61 percent increase in the number of registered unemployed. More >>
