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Richard Prebble's Letter From Wellington - June 3
Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party conference at Karapiro was potentially the Party’s most important since they split from the Alliance. The Party that had expected to be in government with Labour finds itself irrelevant and facing electoral defeat. More >>
Sex Offender Register will help in McIntosh Case
Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand MP Deborah Coddington today urged the politicians who express concern at the release of convicted paedophile Lloyd Alexander McIntosh to get behind her legislation to create a register of sex offenders. More >>
Leave No Child Behind
Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand
Just imagine Trevor Mallard's reaction if the country's worst 10 schools included eight private schools, ACT Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Muriel Newman’s The Column
Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 9:00 am | ACT New Zealand
On Wednesday I was invited to the launch of the National Party’s welfare discussion paper, “Saving The Next Generation From Welfare Dependency”. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: The Generation Gap
Friday, 30 May 2003, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand is in the midst of a power crisis, and the prospect of losing water heating looms for many people. The Prime Minister isn't worried for herself, as she recently explained that she uses gas for heating. More >>
New Broom, Or Cover-Up Carpet For TMP?
Friday, 30 May 2003, 9:51 am | ACT New Zealand
Having Wira Gardiner take over at Te Mangai Paho raises a key question: `is he a new broom, or just a carpet to cover the sweepings of cronyism and corruption that masquerade as cultural entitlement?' ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen ... More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle
Friday, 30 May 2003, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
It's a rare day New Zealand makes it to a news story in the British papers, so it's been nice this week to see Sir Edmund Hillary feted as a New Zealand icon and the conqueror of Everest. One article talked of his being bullied at school, and that ... More >>
Crime Policy Means More Than Just Police Numbers
Friday, 30 May 2003, 12:35 am | ACT New Zealand
NZ First is right to express concern about the rising levels of crime, ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Let Parents Choose
Friday, 30 May 2003, 12:17 am | ACT New Zealand
If New Zealand had an education system like that of the Netherlands, parents in places like Putaruru, Papakura, and Stratford would not be writing to me, pleading for help to keep their schools open, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah ... More >>
Parekura Horomia Must Go
Thursday, 29 May 2003, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
National MP Murray McCully and ACT MP Rodney Hide today said that Helen Clark has no option but to sack Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia. More >>
Prebble Speech: Why Labour Will Lose Next Election
Thursday, 29 May 2003, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Thank you for the invitation to speak to the Diplomatic Club. I thought it would be helpful to give you an insider's view of the political scene and why Labour faces electoral defeat. More >>
Why Is Labour Letting Patients Die?
Thursday, 29 May 2003, 10:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today attacked the Labour Government for letting yet another patient die, in the wake of reports that a second man has died while awaiting heart surgery at Wellington Hospital. More >>
Maori Funding a Problem Across the Board
Thursday, 29 May 2003, 8:10 am | ACT New Zealand
National MP Murray McCully and ACT MP Rodney Hide said today that the Te Mangai Paho funding scandal reported on today was just a tip of a very large iceberg. More >>
Welfare Reform One Step Closer
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today welcomed the release of the National Party's welfare report, and said that it helped bring the country closer to welfare reform. More >>
Who is in Control?
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Who is in control of Labour's foreign policy? asked ACT Leader Richard Prebble today. More >>
Patients Deserve Options
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
If Wellington Hospital is unable to offer cancer patients treatment within clinically acceptable guideline times it should then offer them treatment in Australia, as is happening at Hamilton and Christchurch Hospitals, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman ... More >>
Labour Still Killing Patients
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today blamed the Government for the unnecessary death of a Wellington man, and said it was the direct result of Labour's philosophical objection to use the private sector in healthcare. More >>
Ministry Set To Repeat Yesterday's Mistakes
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 11:18 am | ACT New Zealand
Delays in audit report-back, following the Gisborne cervical screening inquiry, show again the inadequacies of a flawed system that the Health Ministry insists on setting up, running reporting on and auditing, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather ... More >>
Why Does ACT Highlight Pardon Petitions?
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT highlights the Government's dithering and lack of concern about miscarriages of justice, because we believe passionately in justice for everyone - including people that Justice Minister Phil Goff calls `scumbags', ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman ... More >>
Why No Suppression for 'Bunker Kidnap' Victim?
Tuesday, 27 May 2003, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Wellington family of `Mr X' are victims - not only of the crime attempted on him, but also of Labour's legislated lies in the Victims' Rights Act passed last year. ACT always supports open justice and media freedom, and so we accept today's ... More >>
