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ACT Welcomes National Party Support on Iraq
Monday, 17 March 2003, 8:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said he welcomed National Party's Foreign Affairs Spokesman Wayne Mapp's statement on Iraq. More >>
Sudden Resignation at Te Mangai Paho
Monday, 17 March 2003, 8:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today's sudden resignation from Te Mangai Paho (TMP) of Mr Tame Te Rangi highlighted the Clark Government's lax attitude to public spending and misbehaviour by officials. More >>
Public Money Down the Gurgler
Monday, 17 March 2003, 8:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
Massey University's decision to loan $180,000 to a "fraud-stricken" student union is indefensible, ACT New Zealand Tertiary Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
LabourLand: Poor Workers, Rich Beneficiaries
Monday, 17 March 2003, 8:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today condemned the Labour Government for enabling beneficiaries to live the high life off the sweat of hardworking New Zealand families. More >>
Clarification: Broken Prison Rules? Who Cares?
Monday, 17 March 2003, 5:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
In an earlier release, entitled Broken Prison Rules? Who Cares? ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks wrongly attributed Janet McIntyre's interviews on TVNZ's Sunday programme, to TV3's 20/20. We apologise for the error. More >>
Broken Prison Rules? Who Cares?
Monday, 17 March 2003, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today asked how criminals could possibly take the law seriously, when the Prison Service itself cannot even bring itself to enforce the law of the land. More >>
More Effort For Free Trade
Monday, 17 March 2003, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today recommended that the Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton divest himself of his agricultural portfolio and focus more on pushing for free trade. More >>
Mental Healthcare Set To Snap
Monday, 17 March 2003, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today that it should come as no surprise that West Auckland's CATT West psychiatric crisis team is under huge pressure, and feels unable to respond adequately to those with mental illness. More >>
Richard Prebble's 'The Letter' 17 March 2003
Monday, 17 March 2003, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
It seems likely that the US will invade Iraq with or without a UN resolution. The US believes Iraq, with weapons of mass destruction, is a danger, and if the UN will not enforce its own resolutions, it is broken – as is NATO if it will not respond ... More >>
What's The Deal With Mental Health?
Monday, 17 March 2003, 8:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today said there were huge discrepancies between DHBs in the provision of mental healthcare, and asked why these discrepancies exist if - as the Mental Health Commission has found - money allocated to mental ... More >>
Securities Market Watchdogs Yapping at Visitors
Monday, 17 March 2003, 8:53 am | ACT New Zealand
Having multiple watchdogs comment on the Vertex prospectus is likely to reduce market confidence and renew calls for a bigger dog, ACT Associate Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Allow MP at Parole Hearing
Friday, 14 March 2003, 4:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today applauded attempts by United Future MP Marc Alexander to attend the Parole Board's hearing for Casie Rawiri, who robbed pizza deliveryman Michael Choy as he lay dying. More >>
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 >>
