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Jury Still Out On John Jury

Thursday, 12 June 2003, 12:18 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand ACC Spokesman Heather Roy today called for ACC Minister Ruth Dyson to launch an inquiry into the case of 27-year tetraplegic John Jury, who is currently being cared for by his 11-year-old grandson. More >>

Catherine Judd Speech: Launch of Liberal Thinking

Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 3:51 pm | ACT New Zealand

Tonight's book launch continues the process in establishing our rightful claim to the word 'liberal'. More >>

Parole Highlights Urgent Need For Change

Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 10:40 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today called for an immediate amendment of the Parole Act - to make it illegal for the Parole Board to hear an application until they have evidence that the victims have been asked for their view - after ... More >>

TV3 Story Totally Wrong

Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that TV3's lead story that the ACT Caucus had re-suspended Donna Awatere Huata is totally wrong. More >>

Child Care Bill Huge Disappointment

Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 9:39 am | ACT New Zealand

The long-awaited Care of Children Bill was tabled today, and ACT's initial response is one of huge disappointment, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>

Book Launch Liberal Thinking -- Richard Prebble

Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 9:38 am | ACT New Zealand

We are responding to a challenge put down by our President, Catherine Judd, to set out what it means to be a classic liberal in 2003. More >>

Time For Some Honesty On Welfare

Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey claims to be trying to move beneficiaries into work, yet his track record shows he is a soft-on-welfare Minister pandering to the Beneficiary Union's demands, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>

Hope That Sex Offenders Register Will Be Backdated

Tuesday, 10 June 2003, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand MP Deborah Coddington said today that Justice Minister Phil Goff's plans to monitor sex offenders have provided her with hope that her Sex Offenders Register Bill will be strengthened in Select Committee. More >>

Labour Failing Mentally Unwell And Police

Tuesday, 10 June 2003, 2:23 pm | ACT New Zealand

While police have done a fantastic job plugging the gaps in the mental health system, it is not their job - prison and jail are no place for the mentally unwell, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Government Heeds Warnings Too Late

Tuesday, 10 June 2003, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today said it was disgraceful that a psychiatric patient was mauled by a tiger before warnings of acute mental health bed shortages were heeded, after a report cited overcrowding as a factor in the incident. More >>

Good Work Unrewarded

Tuesday, 10 June 2003, 7:50 am | ACT New Zealand

It comes as no surprise that the Whanganui District Health Board has had its projected $1.8 million deficit for the 2003-04 financial year rejected by the Labour Government, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Sex Offender Register One Step Closer

Tuesday, 10 June 2003, 7:49 am | ACT New Zealand

Justice Minister Phil Goff's decision to further investigate the creation of a central register of sex offenders is highly positive, ACT New Zealand MP Deborah Coddington said from London today. More >>

Mercy For A Mistake, Or Mercy For Money?

Monday, 9 June 2003, 5:33 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today demanded to know why Ding Yan Zhao - whose reckless driving killed an innocent child - had his sentence cut to an effective six months, with permission to apply for home detention. More >>

What's so right now that wasn't right before?

Monday, 9 June 2003, 5:28 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble today welcomed the Labour government's decision to abandon its policy of refusing to assist in Iraq except as part of a UN force. More >>

ACT Extends Sympathy To Crash Victims' Families

Monday, 9 June 2003, 3:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today extended his deepest sympathy to the families of the seven Crop and Food Research employees, and the pilot, who were killed in Sunday's plane crash. More >>

Richard Prebble’s The Letter

Monday, 9 June 2003, 3:20 pm | ACT New Zealand

Last week the Reserve Bank cut interest rates again. Is the bank just feeding a property price boom? The editor of influential The Economist (31 May) says the stockmarket bubble has been replaced by a property price bubble that will burst. Property is ... More >>

What's The Score, Labour?

Monday, 9 June 2003, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today attacked the huge surgery criteria discrepancies that exist in District Health Boards throughout the country, and said they were yet another example of the Labour Government putting patients' lives at ... More >>