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Last Chance For Rural New Zealand?
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today offered New Zealanders what could be their last chance to speak out, by launching his petition to oppose the Labour Government's Flatulence Tax, at the Federated Farmers' National Conference. More >>
Will Clark Sign Her Integrity Away?
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 8:40 am | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark's integrity is on the line if she signs the Tony Blair initiative at the Left-leaning conference on progressive governments," ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Mallard Plays Truant - Again
Monday, 14 July 2003, 3:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Education Spokesman Stephen Franks today said he was dismayed that Education Minister Trevor Mallard had told the Education and Science Select Committee at its meeting to discuss Vote Education, that a pilot project for a truancy ... More >>
Foreshore Troubles Of Government's Own Making
Monday, 14 July 2003, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley, the only MP not identified as Maori to attend the Hauraki hui on seabed and foreshore claims, today said that the Labour Government has no one to blame but itself for the unreasonable expectations that ... More >>
Will Prime Minister Cry Again Next February?
Monday, 14 July 2003, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Clark's crying in the face of Waitangi protestors should have warned that she might not have the strength to stand up for ordinary people when the going gets tough, ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today, commenting on ... More >>
Will Goff Ever Admit Non-Parole Law Blunder?
Monday, 14 July 2003, 8:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today called on Justice Minister Phil Goff to accept ACT's amendments to the Sentencing ACT, after the Appeal Court described the Act's restrictions on Judges' power to set minimum non-parole periods ... More >>
ACT's The Letter 14 July 2003
Monday, 14 July 2003, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Parliament is currently in a two-week recess so Helen can indulge in her passion – visiting Europe to talk to Lefties. Nearly half the Cabinet is overseas. After four years of Government, Labour Ministers not accustomed to hard work are feeling ... More >>
Idle Minister, Idle Schools
Monday, 14 July 2003, 12:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today that reports of five Wellington schools, worth $4 million, remaining empty and unused 19 months after their closure was only the tip of the iceberg. More >>
Maori Myth-Making Grows From PM Dithering
Monday, 14 July 2003, 12:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark's dithering has fertilised the growth of customary property claims to beaches - from a fanciful gleam in greedy eyes, to the mythical proportions fuelling tomorrow's Hauraki hui, ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said ... More >>
Police Too Stretched Already
Friday, 11 July 2003, 4:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today called on the Government to tell the public how the deployment of police to the Solomons would affect crime in New Zealand, after reports that Auckland police were already too busy to pursue ... More >>
Don't Tax The Burger, King
Friday, 11 July 2003, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today wrote to Director General of Health Karen Poutasi, expressing her concern at conflicting comments from Health Minister Annette King and Director of Public Health Dr Colin Tukiutonga, over the ... More >>
Time For Maturity On Nuclear Ships
Friday, 11 July 2003, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Spokesman Ken Shirley today urged National to adopt the Conference remit calling for the cessation of the ban on nuclear-propelled ship visits. More >>
Liberty Belle: Final Transmission From Cambridge
Friday, 11 July 2003, 12:44 am | ACT New Zealand
This is my last Liberty Belle from Cambridge. When you read this, I'll be on my way home. In truth, with mixed feelings. I've missed my family - at times, physically ached for them. More >>
Muriel Newman Column - A Crumbling Society
Friday, 11 July 2003, 12:34 am | ACT New Zealand
“Strange times are these in which we live, when the old and the young are taught in falsehood’s school. And the one man who dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and a fool.” More >>
Fat Tax Back On The Menu
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 5:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
It looks as though the Fat Tax - to tax foods with a high fat content - is back on the political menu, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Hard Policing The Answer To Gang Problem
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today said, in response to the outbreak of violent gang activity in Taneatua, that hard policing is the key to reducing New Zealand's criminal gang problems. More >>
Bleed The Gangs, Don't Flatter Them
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 4:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Predictable political calls to outlaw the gangs always miss the mark, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Lifestyle The Problem, Not Race
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
Appalling new figures on Maori and Pacific life expectancy should come as no surprise - but blaming a 1980s government for terrible health figures in the 1990's, and hypothesising that this is the cause of the ills of the 21^st century health system, is short-sighted ... More >>
Claims On Maori Health Illogical
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble today said claims by health academics, that Rogernomics is to blame for poor Maori health statistics are as silly as claiming that Rogernomics makes pakeha live longer. More >>
DoC Provides Million Dollar Bribe To Join PSA
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 8:43 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said it was wrong that taxpayers had to pay Department of Conservation staff to join the Public Service Association. More >>
