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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 >>
Criminal Record (Concealment) Bill Gets Worse
Friday, 25 July 2003, 4:31 pm | 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 >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Anyone else for a By-Election
Friday, 25 July 2003, 3:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
Heather Roy's Diary: Anyone else for a By-Election Heather Roy's Diary 25 July, 2003 More >>
King-Sized Problems In Health Spending
Friday, 25 July 2003, 3:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today condemned the Health Ministry for failing to measure the health outcomes of taxpayer-funded health providers, in light of revelations of the Whatuiapiti Trust's questionable use of Ministry funding. More >>
Liberty Belle: Last Week On Holmes
Friday, 25 July 2003, 2:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Last week I watched a 'Holmes' programme on a single mother in South Auckland, waiting for a state house and living in a garage with her three children and a dog. More >>
Welcome To The Real World, Trevor
Friday, 25 July 2003, 9:19 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard's reaction to a new Education Ministry-commissioned literacy report shows just how out-of-touch he is with what is happening in our country's schools, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Questions Of The Day Transcript -24th July 2003
Friday, 25 July 2003, 2:46 am | ACT New Zealand
1. Methamphetamine—Laboratories 2. Crime—Auckland 3. Food Standards—Genetic Engineering 4. Securities Trading—Law Review 5. Local Government—Treaty Obligations 6. Discrimination—United Nations Committee 7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Agricultural Levy 8. Young New Zealanders ... More >>
The Law's the Law
Thursday, 24 July 2003, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that the provision in the Electoral Act declaring an MP may not give allegiance to a foreign power was an important provision. More >>
Public Enemy #1: Mum In A Dressing Gown
Thursday, 24 July 2003, 9:20 am | ACT New Zealand
It seems that mothers driving their children to school, who forget to put their driver's licence into their dressing gown pockets, pose more of a risk to the community than real criminals - at least, that seems to be Labour's take on the situation, ... More >>
