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Taxpayers deserve better

Monday, 9 June 2003, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand

News stories this week exposed a critical shortage of fruit pickers in an area that boasts one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. Kiwifresh, the largest citrus grower in Northland, had a half million dollar export order of mandarins put ... More >>

Energy Problems Remain Unsolved

Friday, 6 June 2003, 4:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

While this year's energy crisis may have been averted, it is clear that we are very vulnerable in a dry year - and the el Nino weather patterns could well create an extremely tight situation later this year or next year," ACT Deputy Leader Ken ... More >>

Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle - Ray Mallon

Friday, 6 June 2003, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand

I first heard about Ray Mallon from a friend who attended a London conference in April on reforming public services. "Mallon," he emailed me, "was one of the top cops in Middlesbrough and he's now the Mayor. Basically he was saying ... More >>

Family Court To Blame For Its Own Dramas

Friday, 6 June 2003, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

If it were not for the secrecy of the Family Court - with the associated delays and costs - MPs would not be asked to intervene in Family Court cases, and National MP Dr Nick Smith would not have found himself facing prosecution, ACT New Zealand ... More >>

Panic Patch on Paedophile Law

Friday, 6 June 2003, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT looks forward to the details of Justice Minister Phil Goff's hasty promise to let courts order supervision for paedophiles after they get out of prison but it is a panic patch on the law. The principle should apply to a whole range of predictably ... More >>

Minister Must Heed Mental Health Warnings

Friday, 6 June 2003, 11:08 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today said that health professional and union delegate Jim Ferguson's comments - that the mental health situation at Waitemata DHB's new clinic is `beyond crisis' and `dangerous to patients, staff and ... More >>

Where's the Accountability?

Friday, 6 June 2003, 10:05 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that it was clear that Helen Clark was applying two standards in Government: one for Maori and one for everyone else. More >>

ACT Party Cleared

Friday, 6 June 2003, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble revealed today he had received a draft report from the Auditor General's office. More >>

Database Gains Support -- Deborah Coddington

Friday, 6 June 2003, 12:12 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT MP Deborah Coddington is very hopeful that with the support of Justice Minister Phil Goff, her legislation to create a central database of sex offenders will pass into law. More >>

Good On You, TV3 -- Stephen Franks

Thursday, 5 June 2003, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today congratulated TV3 news for having the courage to name convicted paedophile Lloyd Alexander McIntosh, when the wider media would not. More >>

Labour Rips Motorists Off - Again

Thursday, 5 June 2003, 8:58 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble today accused the Labour Government of forcing motorists to pay for its ideological ACC scheme, in the wake of reports that petrol tax is due to increase by another three cents per litre by July 1. More >>

Heads Must Roll

Thursday, 5 June 2003, 12:26 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded answers from the Government, in the wake of reports that two girls were found in drug convulsions after running away from a Dunedin-based Child, Youth and Family Home. More >>

PM And Ministry Hoist With Own Petard

Thursday, 5 June 2003, 12:26 am | ACT New Zealand

Plans to unveil a tomb of the unknown warrior, at the National War Memorial on Armistice Day, have now hit the RMA's wall of frustration, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>

Tragic History Set To Repeat

Wednesday, 4 June 2003, 3:16 pm | ACT New Zealand

New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy has expressed concern over the Health (Screening Programmes) Amendment Bill - on which the Health Select Committee has today heard submissions - and said the Bill raises questions about whether the Ministry will ... More >>

Nothing More Permanent than Temporary Tax

Wednesday, 4 June 2003, 3:16 pm | ACT New Zealand

Labour just likes taxing people said ACT Leader Richard Prebble today. "The government is continuing with its so-called temporary petrol tax despite having a $4 billion surplus, and despite the fact that most of the extra revenue has not been ... More >>

Maharey Not Helping Worker Shortages

Wednesday, 4 June 2003, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey of three years' inaction, after reports that Northland fruit-growers have had to rely on immigrant fruit-pickers because workers ... More >>

Paedophile's Privacy 'Garbage'

Wednesday, 4 June 2003, 1:23 pm | ACT New Zealand

It is ludicrous that the innocent family of a TV presenter is told by the court that they have no right to privacy, while the Government decides - without any legal requirement - to hide the identity of a paedophile who is about to restrict the freedoms ... More >>