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Minister Caught Out
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey is guilty of one of two things - he either misled Parliament, or is simply not on top of his own portfolio, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Escaped Crim? Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 1:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today demanded that Justice Minister Phil Goff get off his chuff and fix the Sentencing Act, in light of reports that an armed robber is now at large after being freed to apply for Home Detention. More >>
Too Little Too Late
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 8:35 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today New Zealand was continuing to pay a heavy price for our failure to contribute to the Coalition of the Willing. Peace keeping in Iraq could be time consuming, very expensive, dangerous and certainly, a thankless ... More >>
Give Maori Credit, Labour
Monday, 5 May 2003, 5:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today reiterated support for National's call to abolish Maori seats, and called on the Government to stop treating Maori like second-class citizens incapable of succeeding in the modern world. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter From Wellington
Monday, 5 May 2003, 3:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour’s solution is to bring huge pressure to get those who hold Maui Gas contracts to sell. Maui Gas “take or pay” contracts supply gas at a price that’s about half the world price. Pressure is going on to the owners of the methanex plant that converts ... More >>
Mallard Closes Schools - And Then Does Nothing
Monday, 5 May 2003, 10:46 am | ACT New Zealand
Seventy-four of the 192 state schools closed between 1994 and 2002 are still waiting to be disposed of, ACT Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington revealed today. More >>
Liberty Belle: Education Vouchers In Britain
Monday, 5 May 2003, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
Liberty Belle In Cambridge (2) Education vouchers in Britain? It’s not a matter of ‘if’, but ‘when’. By Deborah Coddington M.P More >>
Clark Looks For Next Job
Monday, 5 May 2003, 9:11 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble strongly criticised Helen Clark's attacks on Britain and the United States during her visit to London as reported in The Guardian newspaper. More >>
Deliberate Government Policy Helps Paedophile
Monday, 5 May 2003, 9:10 am | ACT New Zealand
Convicted paedophile Euan Trafford Hovell is immune from the judge who relied on his promise to pay compensation to his victims because of a deliberate Government choice to ensure judges could not make restorative justice agreements enforceable, ... More >>
Minister Names Top Suspending Schools
Monday, 5 May 2003, 9:09 am | ACT New Zealand
Four schools suspended more than one-in-ten pupils last year, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington revealed today. More >>
ACT Tautoko For National's Kaupapa
Monday, 5 May 2003, 9:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today welcomed the National Party's call to abolish Maori seats, saying he hoped it marked the end of two decades of woolly thinking, collusion with Labour on Treaty issues, and disastrous outcomes ... More >>
Playgrounds Safe from Scaremongering
Monday, 5 May 2003, 9:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today welcomed with relief the ERMA review that finds playgrounds are safe. More >>
New Zealand's Un-Armed Forces
Friday, 2 May 2003, 6:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
While Anzac Day is our chance to commemorate, and show our respect for, the sacrifices made by those who fought against tyranny, it is also a time to reflect on the state of our nation's defence capabilities - our readiness to protect ourselves from international ... More >>
NCEA is Corrupt: $78 Million Won't Help
Friday, 2 May 2003, 5:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
Mallard's taxpayer-funded $78 million fix-up job for the absolutely flawed NCEA is pathetic, ACT New Zealand Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Shonky Unemployment Measure May Be Changed
Friday, 2 May 2003, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government is working on a new measure to better reflect New Zealand's true rate of unemployment, ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman revealed today. More >>
The Diary of Heather Roy
Friday, 2 May 2003, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
It has been quite some time since - as a health professional - I sat down to write a case history about a patient with a disease. With more information about SARS available every day, for this week's diary I have engaged my previously abandoned taxpayer-funded ... More >>
Sentence Another Limp Slap On The Wrist
Friday, 2 May 2003, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
If Justice France felt that Malcolm Alan Francis should serve 12 years for manslaughter, she should have been able to make that 12 years non-parole, because the non-parole period is likely to be the true sentence, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen ... More >>
Barker's Comments False
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 5:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today questioned what faith New Zealanders can have in our justice system, when Associate Justice Minister Rick Barker does not even know the difference between parole and home detention. More >>
Medicine Ban Ridiculous, Knee-Jerk Reaction
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 10:43 am | ACT New Zealand
Waitemata DHB member Warren Flaunty's suggestion, to ban over-the-counter sales of cold and cough remedies containing pseudoephedrine in the DHB's catchment area, is absolutely ridiculous, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Abolish The HRC - It Would Never Be Missed
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 9:25 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today accused the Human Rights Commission of abandoning all claim to moral authority by allowing Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres to claim immunity from its own rules. More >>
