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Taking The Family Out Of Families Commission
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 4:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Families Spokesman Heather Roy today predicted that New Zealand children at risk of abuse would receive no relief from the Families Commission, and said the only families it would benefit would be those of its members. More >>
Labour Abandons Maori Victims
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
For all its fine talk and public promotion, the Labour Government does not truly care about Maori - if it did, it would ensure that the Maori community's most vulnerable members would be kept safe from harm, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel ... More >>
Labour Picks And Chooses
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 8:26 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today questioned why the Labour Government is not extending its young persons education, training and work scheme, announced today, to all unemployed New Zealanders. More >>
Goff Must Get It Right
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 8:25 am | ACT New Zealand
Justice Minister Phil Goff has announced that he will put into the Statute Amendment Bill changes to Home Detention Provision - ACT will support those changes, but only if they are along the correct lines, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks ... More >>
Where Are The Answers We've Been Waiting For?
Monday, 12 May 2003, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today described the Government's release of the long overdue Crime Victimisation Survey as a calculated exercise in arrogance. More >>
Helen Clark: Dishonest, Or Out Of Touch?
Monday, 12 May 2003, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark's comments on ZB radio this morning, concerning amendments to the Resource Management Amendment Bill currently before Parliament, reveal either her lack of understanding or her propensity to obvisacate or distort facts, ACT New ... More >>
Budget Must Not Skimp On Biosecurity
Monday, 12 May 2003, 2:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today warned that a failure to recognise the importance of bio-security in the Budget could condemn New Zealand to Third World status. More >>
Richard Prebble’s The Letter
Monday, 12 May 2003, 2:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
This year’s phrase is “smart growth”. It’s cargo cult economics – the idea that governments can pick some easy way to achieve prosperity. Cullen has been, as finance ministers always do, lowering expectations. But with a massive $4 billion surplus the budget ... More >>
Blood Test, Comrade?
Monday, 12 May 2003, 1:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today renewed her attack on the Government's consideration of a plan to nationalise privately owned medical laboratories, labelling it another example of Labour's ideological opposition to private sector involvement ... More >>
Liberty Belle
Monday, 12 May 2003, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders should take fright at Prime Minister Helen Clark’s announcement in Paris that “the whole dynamic” is shifted by a German, French and Russian “linkup.. against a small Anglo/American group.” More >>
Fisheries Settlement Trashes Property Rights
Monday, 12 May 2003, 8:50 am | ACT New Zealand
It is unlikely that ACT New Zealand will vote for the $700 million allocation deal that Fisheries Minister Hodgson will soon put before Parliament, ACT New Zealand Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Get Your Priorities In Order, Labour
Monday, 12 May 2003, 8:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today slammed the Labour Government's move to give $34 million to the America's Cup syndicate, at a time when taxpayers' money should be used more effectively. More >>
Labour Dumbs Down Growth
Monday, 12 May 2003, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said that instead of trying to take credit for the smart growth of the private sector, Labour MPs should be taking action to stop the dumb growth in the Government sector. More >>
Prebble Speech: Israeli Independence Day
Monday, 12 May 2003, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Israeli 55th Anniversary of Independence Day Speech by Hon Richard Prebble MP CBE Sunday 11 May, 7:15 pm Auckland Zoo. More >>
Time Right For Honest Unemployment Figures
Monday, 12 May 2003, 7:51 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today urged the Government to advance to a new, and more honest, measure of the true rate of unemployment. More >>
Teen Pregnancy: Who Is Accountable?
Friday, 9 May 2003, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
Many people were shocked by the recent revelation that 28 boys, all under the age of 16 – the youngest being 12 years old – had fathered children and were being charged child support. More >>
Helen Clark's Visit is Not So Smart
Friday, 9 May 2003, 4:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark's "Smart Growth Day" visit to EDS - the huge company receiving $1.5m of public money - is an embarrassing backfire, ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Government Gambles On Cup For Votes
Friday, 9 May 2003, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Sport and Recreation Spokesman Stephen Franks today wondered how a silver-ferned black boat competing in Europe was supposed to encourage international tourists, rich or poor, to visit New Zealand. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary 09 May 2003
Friday, 9 May 2003, 1:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is dedicated to enabling New Zealanders to have more opportunities and choices in their own lives. We promote political and economic freedom, strong families and communities, smaller government, and greater empowerment of individuals. www.act.org.nz More >>
When are you going to admit you're wrong Goff
Friday, 9 May 2003, 9:32 am | ACT New Zealand
Today the United States of America has signed a Free Trade Agreement with Singapore. According to the New York Times, Franklin L. Lavin, the US Ambassador to Singapore, said it was the US Administration's policy, after the war in Iraq, of "working ... More >>
