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Where's Pugmire's Apology?
Friday, 14 March 2003, 4:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today asked why, in the wake of the nine-year non-parole sentence given to paedophile Barry Allen Ryder, no apology had yet been given to the nurse who blew the whistle on the impending release of New ... More >>
Copeland should put his vote where his mouth is
Friday, 14 March 2003, 3:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today called on United Future's Finance Spokesman Gordon Copeland to put his vote where his mouth is. More >>
Government Gagging Machine Gears Up
Friday, 14 March 2003, 11:30 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today questioned Government plans to merge the Ministries of Youth Affairs and Social Development, asking if it was not simply a Government bid to silence Youth Affairs Minister John Tamihere. More >>
Analysts Could Bolster Council
Friday, 14 March 2003, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today recommended that Fonterra's shareholders' council consider inviting independent analysts to join the council. More >>
Rawiri Parole Possibility A Pure Outrage
Friday, 14 March 2003, 8:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today joined other Opposition MPs in slamming the Parole Board's attitude toward victims and their families - but said the real issue is why Casie Rawiri, who helped rob Michael Choy, is eligible for parole already. More >>
Weekly Column by Dr Muriel Newman
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 5:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is ironic that in the same week the Labour Government is scrapping work testing of sole parents on the Domestic Purposes Benefit, a major new study being published in the US shows that children benefit if their sole parents on welfare move into ... More >>
Rawiri Parole Possibility A Pure Outrage
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 5:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today joined other Opposition MPs in slamming the Parole Board's attitude toward victims and their families - but said the real issue is why Casie Rawiri, who helped rob and kill Pizza Deliveryman Michael Choy, ... More >>
Re-Classification Alone Not Enough
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today welcomed recommendations to re-classify Speed, or methamphetamine, as a Class A drug - but said the new label would be meaningless if police were unable to use their new powers. More >>
ACT New Zealand Annual Conference
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble said today that this weekend ACT will be the first political party to hold its annual conference. More >>
Ryder Should Have Been on Register
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
Recidivist sexual predator Barry Ryder would have been added to the central Sex Offender Register after his first offences if legislation by ACT Associate Justice Spokesman Deborah Coddington had been enacted years ago. More >>
More Misery From Parole
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 11:09 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today said the Minnell case is nothing out of the ordinary, despite the misery it is causing the families of the boys killed by Wanganui hit-and-run driver Victor Minnell. More >>
Unemployed Vegetate Under Labour
Wednesday, 12 March 2003, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today slammed Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey for allowing New Zealand's unemployed to vegetate on benefits. More >>
Minister Must Earn Support, Not Buy It
Wednesday, 12 March 2003, 1:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today slammed Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey for putting the wants of the Beneficiaries Unions over the needs of the taxpayer. More >>
Wake Up, George
Wednesday, 12 March 2003, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today called on Police Minister George Hawkins to wake up and take a reality check, in the face of police statistics showing that violent crime and drug use are on the rise. More >>
New Defence Against Crime: "I'm Unemployed"
Wednesday, 12 March 2003, 1:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Justice Spokesman Deborah Coddington today expressed outrage that a recidivist offender has had $19,000 in fines wiped by a district court judge. More >>
Two Old Parties Cling to Rotten Health System
Wednesday, 12 March 2003, 1:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Cutting patients from surgery waiting lists is simply what has to happen under New Zealand's outdated, Soviet-style public health model, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Maharey Just A Puppet On A String
Tuesday, 11 March 2003, 6:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today labelled Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey a puppet of the Beneficiaries Unions, in light of new information showing huge debts across all benefits More >>
What Are The Real Crime Figures?
Tuesday, 11 March 2003, 6:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today said the New Zealand Police statistics for crime, released today, were bad enough - with crime up in every category, and the most serious violent categories up 30 percent - but said it is the victimisation ... More >>
Report Shines Light On Government Failings
Tuesday, 11 March 2003, 5:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
The New Zealand Crime Statistics report is an indictment on Police Minister George Hawkins, and on the Labour Government's infamous soft-on-crime approach, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Jim Throws Even More Money at Business
Tuesday, 11 March 2003, 2:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today attacked the Government's $1.5 million grant to multi-billion dollar company EDS. More >>
