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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 >>
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 >>
