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Practical Parole Reforms
Monday, 23 June 2003, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today summarised what ACT will do with the parole system and said the publicised cases of Douglas Reekie and Michael Carroll are simply two of countless cases of parole failure - public anger should ... More >>
Liberty Belle: Elitist, Academic Bovine Manure
Monday, 23 June 2003, 12:03 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, in the course of my research, I came across a chapter written for a British publication by the Dean of the School of Education at Otago University, Professor Keith Ballard. Apart from being badly written, the content is highly questionable, ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Health Estimates
Friday, 20 June 2003, 6:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Once a year, following the budget, Health Minister Annette King comes before the health select committee to explain the spending estimates for the forthcoming financial year. More >>
Flatulence Tax Just Government Hot Air
Friday, 20 June 2003, 1:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today said that farmer organisations should not, under any circumstance, cooperate with the Government over the imposition of the new flatulence tax. More >>
Foreshore And Seabed Ownership
Friday, 20 June 2003, 10:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today disputed Maori Fisheries Commissioner Maui Solomon's statement that non-Maori have nothing to fear from collective iwi ownership of the foreshore and seabed. More >>
Prime Minister Must Act Consistently
Friday, 20 June 2003, 9:10 am | ACT New Zealand
"The Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commissioners have foreshadowed that the decision to allow the Maori Land Court to hear iwi claims to the foreshore and seabed of the Marlborough Sounds opens the way for similar claims around the country" ... More >>
Maori Claim to Marine Areas a Mabo Problem for Gov
Friday, 20 June 2003, 9:09 am | ACT New Zealand
The Court of Appeal's decision that customary rights can be a basis for the Maori Land Court to award ownership of foreshore, could confront the Government with problems as legally knotty as in Australia's Mabo uproar, ACT New Zealand Treaty Spokesman ... More >>
Fonterra Bites The Hand That Feeds It
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 1:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today lodged a formal complaint with the New Zealand Commerce Commission over Fonterra's intention to reject milk from dairy farmers who do not meet its environmental and animal welfare standards. More >>
Minister Must Be Realistic
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 8:32 am | ACT New Zealand
District Health Boards are in only marginally better shape now, than they were this time last year, with a combined deficit that looks set to reach $192 million by the end of this month, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
ACT Will Check Stupefication Law Change
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 12:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today said that a law change is needed against opportunists who rape stupefied victims - even where they haven't done the stupefying - but that ACT will examine the drafting very carefully. More >>
Burrett's Court Abuse Should Not Go Unpunished
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 4:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today applauded the seven-year sentence given to John Burrett for the attempted kidnap of `Mr X' Bill Trotter, but said it was likely that Burrett will only serve around four years, no fault of the ... More >>
Labour Drags Its Feet On Meth
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 3:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused the Labour Government of being soft on crime while, at the same time, trying to convince the public that it is serious about cracking down on drugs. More >>
Treatment Option Long Overdue
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today welcomed Wellington Hospital's offer to send breast and prostate cancer patients to Australia for radiotherapy treatment, but said it was disgraceful that the hospital has taken so long to see the light. More >>
Government Ducks On Compulsory Te Reo
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Education Spokesman Stephen Franks today accused Associate Education Minister Marian Hobbs of giving a long flannel answer to his simple question about languages that could satisfy a new curriculum requirement. More >>
Sutton Unfit To Be Minister
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton is demonstrably unsuited to the role of Minister and should resign - his failure to advocate for rural industry, and to accept the enormous contribution that dairying makes to our economy defies belief, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Enough Is Enough, Close The Gates
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today said he would close the gates on his property to public access, in direct response to the Labour Government's constant abuse of landowners' property rights. More >>
BIA Can't See The Forest For The Trees
Monday, 16 June 2003, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Forestry Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today expressed his incredulity at the Building Industry Authority's demand for all Oregon or Douglas fir wood to be treated, and accused the BIA of simply kowtowing to the Government's insistence ... More >>
Awatere-Huata Should Resign
Monday, 16 June 2003, 4:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is unacceptable for a Member of Parliament not to co-operate with the Auditor-General who is himself an Officer of Parliament ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
The Letter 16 June 2003 - Horomia Must Go
Monday, 16 June 2003, 1:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
The cabinet is in general agreement that Minister of Maori Affairs, Parekura Horomia, should go but is divided over whether his firing will cause more or less political damage. More >>
Fixing Abuse Of Process Is In The Court's Hands
Monday, 16 June 2003, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT agrees with the judge in the Burrett kidnapping trial - that there should be a way to discourage abuses of court process by defendants like Burrett. The solution is plain, not complex, and is in the hands of the judges now," ACT New Zealand ... More >>
