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Cut Everyone's Tax, Not Just The Favoured Few

Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that the Government's move to give special rebates to the film industry - picking them out as a special industry - was a mistake. More >>

Sentence Reduction Highlights Lies In Court Policy

Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 9:29 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today said that the Appeal Court's reduction of the sentence of taxi robber Eneasi Finau, highlights the fraudulence of the Government's claims to be toughening up our criminal law, and how far we are ... More >>

Cut Everyone's Tax, Not Just The Favoured Few

Monday, 30 June 2003, 6:21 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that the Government's move to give special rebates to the film industry - picking them out as a special industry - was a mistake. More >>

Deployment Must Not Hurt New Zealand

Monday, 30 June 2003, 5:54 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today called on Police Minister George Hawkins to fast-track the recruitment of the 50 additional police officers signalled in last month's Budget, in the face of the deployment of New Zealand police ... More >>

No Excuse For Northern Motorway Delays

Monday, 30 June 2003, 1:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Northland MP Dr Muriel Newman today called for the immediate completion of the Northern Motorway extension - from Puhoi to Orewa - in the wake of reports that Transfund New Zealand will carry forward $155 million of its budget into the ... More >>

Solomons Peace Force

Monday, 30 June 2003, 1:55 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today issued ACT's support for the deployment of New Zealand troops and police to the Solomon Islands, as part of a multi-national Pacific force to restore law and order - but expressed concern over the strain that ... More >>

The Letter - 30th June 2003

Monday, 30 June 2003, 1:54 pm | ACT New Zealand

Helen Clark’s announcement on Monday that Labour would legislate to extinguish any Maori claim to the foreshore and seabed was poll driven. Labour conducts regular opinion and focus group polling and this says there is growing public reaction against ... More >>

Stop Risking Lives With Parole

Monday, 30 June 2003, 9:56 am | ACT New Zealand

Government Ministers cannot pretend that the threat represented by multiple rapist Michael Carroll has nothing to do with them ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

SSC Must Investigate Entire CAA

Monday, 30 June 2003, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that the State Services Commission Investigation underway into the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) should be expanded to cover Director John Jones, and the work of investigators and their ... More >>

Muriel Newman MP: Missed Opportunities

Monday, 30 June 2003, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand

Australia is our closest ally. While we may be fiercely competitive in sport, we share many similar goals. In areas of governance we view our neighbour as a large, successful nation that has achieved much that we can emulate. More >>

Prostitution Law Challenges Local Councils

Friday, 27 June 2003, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand

With a key role in dealing with prostitution and brothels under the new Prostitution Reform Act, local councils will now be subject to the tensions and rhetoric that have split Parliament over the past weeks, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen ... More >>

Government In Hopeless Position

Friday, 27 June 2003, 1:20 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble said today that the Maori claim to the seabed and foreshores is an issue that has the Labour Government caught between a rock on the foreshore, and a hard place on the seabed. More >>

ACT Proxy Vote Changed NZ

Friday, 27 June 2003, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand

One proxy vote, cast for ACT MP Deborah Coddington, was enough to change prostitution law. ACT must therefore accept fair proxy vote rules for the Progressives says Matt Robson, Progressive Deputy Leader today. More >>

Liberty Belle: Making Demands

Friday, 27 June 2003, 11:29 am | ACT New Zealand

Today I spotted this advertisement on the London Underground. It pictured a grumpy-faced little boy wearing an Indian head-dress (as if playing cowboys and Indians), saying, "I want the groceries I ordered. And a puppy. One that plays football!" More >>