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Murray McCully's ACT Conference Speech
Monday, 4 August 2003, 8:17 am | ACT New Zealand
I truly appreciate your invitation to address you today, because I believe we have some business to get on with together. More >>
Respect For Rights The Only Answer
Monday, 4 August 2003, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today said that respect for property rights is the only long-term solution to the foreshore and seabed controversy - respect which must include private and public property. More >>
PM Must Listen To Ratepayers
Monday, 4 August 2003, 8:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Prime Minister Helen Clark can't sit on the rate revolt sideline. "She is the Prime Minister. She has to listen to the hardship and heartache that spiralling rates are causing working families ... More >>
Crime Survey Misrepresented
Friday, 1 August 2003, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today accused top justice official Warren Young of misrepresenting the official survey of periodic detainees' views on sentencing and crime, when he claimed it `demonstrates that harsher penalties do not necessarily ... More >>
Maharey's Housing Double Standard
Friday, 1 August 2003, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today said that beneficiaries with private landlords deserve the same support from the Department of Work and Income as those who are Housing New Zealand tenants. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - One Year On
Friday, 1 August 2003, 3:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
One Year On I have now been an MP for one year and it is a good time to reflect on the Parliamentary term so far. More >>
Liberty Belle: Saving Kids From Sexual Predators
Friday, 1 August 2003, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
In 1996 when US President Bill Clinton signed in Megan's Law he said: 'We respect people's rights, but there is no right greater than a parent's right to raise a child in safety and love. That's why the law should follow those who prey on children wherever ... More >>
Wake Up Greens - The World Is Moving On
Friday, 1 August 2003, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand
"The Greens have yet to come to terms with the fact that the world is moving on over the GM issue," ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Appeal Court Damns Minister's Pride and Joy
Friday, 1 August 2003, 7:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today described yesterday's Appeal Court judgement, on the section of the Sentencing Act that allows judges to set minimum non-parole periods, as a very blunt condemnation of Justice Minister Phil Goff. More >>
Sex Offender Register One Step Closer
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 4:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Common sense New Zealanders will be very pleased with Parliament's unanimous decision last night to send my Sex Offenders' Registry Bill to Select Committee," ACT New Zealand Associate Justice Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Jim's Deal No Bargain For The Warehouse
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 3:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said he felt sorry for retailing giant, The Warehouse, for losing the $75,000 Business Growth Fund grant that Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton had trumpeted last year. More >>
Rate Relief on the Way
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 3:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rodney Hide's Local Government (Rating Cap) Amendment Bill was drawn from the Private Members' ballot today. More >>
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 >>
