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Labour's Hypocritical Oath
Monday, 19 May 2003, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today accused the Labour Government of racial discrimination, and said that it was using its Primary Health Organisations to create a two-tiered health system. More >>
Richard Prebble’s The Letter
Monday, 19 May 2003, 5:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
After cabinet the Government will announce its plans to regulate the electricity industry by levying each generator to provide dry winter capacity. All regulation produces unintended consequences. This regulation will remove the possibility of ... More >>
Labour Neglects Land-Based Industry
Monday, 19 May 2003, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today congratulated Massey University Professor Ian Warrington for challenging the Labour Government's leadership of New Zealand's farming industry. More >>
Why Wait On Oil And Gas?
Monday, 19 May 2003, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
If the Waitangi Tribunal announces that Maori lost their oil and gas rights in breach of the Treaty, it is right - but so did every landowner, ACT New Zealand Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Boy Racers and All the Usual Suspects
Monday, 19 May 2003, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
It seems the very fears ACT New Zealand expressed when its MPs voted against the Street and Illegal Drag Racing Bill have unfortunately come to pass, Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
System Looks After 'Broomstick' Offenders
Monday, 19 May 2003, 8:13 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today called for a change in policy so that offenders who appeal and lose can be given stiffer sentences to reflect the difference between those who accept their crime and show remorse, and those whose ... More >>
Don't Settle Until Iwi Have 'Clean Hands'
Monday, 19 May 2003, 8:12 am | ACT New Zealand
The Waitangi Tribunal finding, that Wellington iwi deserve more compensation for unfair early land deals, should get a thorough review from impartial historians, ACT New Zealand Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
The Do Nothing Budget of 2003
Friday, 16 May 2003, 6:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Do you remember the days when budgets were exciting? Evening meetings of people huddled around the radio or television - complete with invited experts to explain what everything meant. The public galleries in Parliament were packed. New Zealanders ... More >>
Dodgy Changes Will Not Fix Problems
Friday, 16 May 2003, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today criticised the Labour Government's Cabinet reshuffle. More >>
Money Well-Spent? Probably Not
Friday, 16 May 2003, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks today said that the Labour Government's $6.5 million, for propaganda on the Treaty of Waitangi, could be well spent - if it actually promotes the Treaty itself. More >>
Courts-Justice Merger Risky Business
Friday, 16 May 2003, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Whether the Government's plan, to merge the Department of Courts and the Justice Ministry, is good or bad for New Zealand will depend on the calibre and ideologies of the bureaucrats who end up as winners in, what will be, a much bigger empire, ... More >>
Liberty Belle in Cambridge, 4
Friday, 16 May 2003, 8:58 am | ACT New Zealand
This week we Press Fellows had to present a seminar to invited students and other fellows, just in case, we were told, we were enjoying ourselves too much. The topic was “The Effects of Foreign Ownership on Local Media” with the other three press ... More >>
Richard Prebble’s The Letter Budget Special
Friday, 16 May 2003, 8:52 am | ACT New Zealand
The Budget reminds us of the Sherlock Holmes story - Inspector Gregory: “Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” Inspector Gregory: “The dog did nothing in ... More >>
ACT Spokesmen Respond to the Budget
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
This is the response by individual ACT Spokesmen to the Labour-Progressive Government's 2003 Budget delivered today. ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble and Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide are issuing separate statements. More >>
Do Nothing, Go Nowhere Budget
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 3:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Michael Cullen's Budget failed by the Government's own goals. More >>
Waitangi Tribunal Should Advise on Privy Council
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand has proposed a Parliamentary resolution to ask the Waitangi Tribunal to report on whether Labour's Bill to end the right of appeal to the Privy Council is contrary to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. More >>
The Two Faces Of Labour
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 11:04 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know how a government that denies some children the right to know their father's identity, now had the nerve to claim that other children should have that same right. More >>
Meth Re-Classification Just The First Step
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today welcomed the re-classification of methamphetamines as a Class-A drug, but said that merely giving police the powers they need to fight this crime is not enough on its own. More >>
Tomorrow's The Day for Tax Cuts
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Richard Prebble’s Speech Notes, Pre-Budget Press Conference - Delivered at 11.30am in ACT New Zealand Caucus Room. More >>
Aid Programme is Flawed
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 8:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's announcement today that it will spend an extra $20m on aid for "poor countries" flies in the face of evidence that such aid has harmed our neighbours in the Pacific, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
