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ACC Changes Long Overdue
Monday, 26 May 2003, 12:40 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand ACC Spokesman Heather Roy today said that, while changes were needed in ACC's assessment of medical misadventure, the faults with the system should have been addressed sooner. More >>
High Priestess Helen Abandons Cult
Friday, 23 May 2003, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week justifies celebration across the country as New Zealanders - Maori and pakeha alike - who believe in the sanctity of property rights and one law for all, see the beginning of the end of the Treaty industry. Meanwhile, the Treaty cult has ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 23 May 2003, 4:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Following the reading of the Budget by the Finance Minister, there is a 14-hour debate. Because everything at Parliament works on proportionality, each party is allocated so many minutes of debate - in this case broken up into 10-minute speaking slots. More >>
Labour-Fonterra Unholy Alliance
Friday, 23 May 2003, 4:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today said that dairy farmers are becoming increasingly uneasy over the potential for an unholy alliance between the Labour Government and Fonterra. More >>
Budget Debate Speech: Dr MURIEL NEWMAN
Friday, 23 May 2003, 4:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
The 2003 Budget is an utter disgrace. It cements New Zealand on a path to failure. More >>
Minister Must Come Clean Over Service Loss
Friday, 23 May 2003, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today demanded that Health Minister Annette King come clean about her plans for cancer treatment centres in New Zealand, in the wake of reports that Wellington Hospital is in danger of losing its cervical ... More >>
Te Mangai Paho Well Past Its Use-By Date
Friday, 23 May 2003, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
If the Government doesn't have the good sense to end race-based funding, then it should at least end the slow torture of revelations of financial fiascos at Te Mangai Paho by bringing Maori Broadcasting under the auspices of NZ On Air, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Sutton Confesses to Flawed Foreign Policy
Friday, 23 May 2003, 11:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today the Minister of Trade's statement to his local newspaper that it's time for New Zealand to review its nuclear policy is very significant. More >>
Parekura Horomia Must Front
Friday, 23 May 2003, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today it was simply not credible for Minister of Maori Affairs Parekura Horomia to continue ducking accountability for the latest fiascos over Maori Broadcasting spending. More >>
More Labour PC Social Engineering
Friday, 23 May 2003, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's establishment of a pay equity taskforce is taking feminism too far - it will do nothing but increase the burden on taxpayers, and introduce feelgood legislation for feminists, ACT New Zealand Women's Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Watercare Appointment Was Conflict of Interest
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Auckland City Councillor Bruce Hucker's claim that Mr Gary Taylor's appointment as a Director of Watercare has been invalided due to a legal `technicality' is grossly misleading" ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
George Bush Snubs Helen Clark
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 1:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
"It is clear that George Bush's enthusiastic acceptance of John Howard's invitation to visit Australia around the time of the APEC meeting later this year will be matched with a stony silence towards New Zealand" ACT Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs ... More >>
Very Serious Trade Setback
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 10:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today the rejection of a New Zealand/US Free Trade Agreement is the most serious trade setback since Britain joined the EC. More >>
Oil & Gas Claim Valid, But Not Justified
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 8:16 am | ACT New Zealand
The Waitangi Tribunal's finding, that Maori ownership in petroleum was a basic facet of land ownership and property rights created by the Treaty in 1840, is almost indisputable, ACT New Zealand Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Minister Desperate Over Welfare Challenge
Wednesday, 21 May 2003, 2:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey today showed his desperation about any challenge to Labour's soft-on-welfare growth strategy, by criticising National's welfare reform plan before it has even been released, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare ... More >>
Treaty Religion Unravelling
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 6:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
Hallelujah - the cult followers of the Treaty of Waitangi are losing their faith. But when a cult decays, expect it to get ugly, ACT Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Another Bureaucratic Committee
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 6:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government's response to the energy crisis announced no more than the establishment of another bureaucratic commission with the power to levy consumers to the tune of $200 million a year, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
New Zealanders Petition Cullen for Tax Relief
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 3:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today is presenting Dr Cullen with Parliament's first electronic petition, together with 60 pages of comments from the public, calling for an immediate tax cut for every worker. More >>
Double-Speak Minister Raising Hopes In Vain
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
The looming prospect of nurses' strikes can be laid firmly at the door of Health Minister Annette King, whose two-faced dealings with nurses and District Health Boards will result in the shutting down of all but essential services at five North Island ... More >>
Pseudo-Science on Vehicle Emissions is Bull
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 10:42 am | ACT New Zealand
Aucklanders should be very suspicious of the pseudo-science being spouted by their Regional Council and Judith Tizard regarding motor vehicle emissions, ACT New Zealand Transport spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
