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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Cutting patients from surgery waiting lists is simply what has to happen under New Zealand's outdated, Soviet-style public health model, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today.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 >>
Sweet Words Bad Signs
Tuesday, 11 March 2003, 2:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today the sweet coy protestations of friendship between Helen Clark and Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, are just a sign of how deeply dysfunctional the ANZAC relationship has become. 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 >>
Road Politics Cause Chaos
Tuesday, 11 March 2003, 11:47 am | ACT New Zealand
"The traffic chaos in Auckland caused by just 20 millimetres of rain would have cost the city and the country tens of millions of dollars as well as having seriously disrupted people's lives," ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Richard Prebble’s Letter From Wellington
Monday, 10 March 2003, 5:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
Why have electorate agents for list MPs? How do you take rules written for electorate MPs and apply them to a list MP whose electorate stretches from North Cape to Stewart Island? How do you apply rules written before fax machines were invented, to the ... More >>
Victims' Rights Paramount
Monday, 10 March 2003, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today congratulated the Parole Board for deferring rapist-murderer Paul Bailey's parole for three years, but said the law will not work properly until it is changed to give victims' families enforceable rights - not just ... More >>
Disband the Ministry of PC Women
Monday, 10 March 2003, 9:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Women's Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy today used the eve of "International Women's Day" to slate the Government-initiated `Action Plan for Women' and to call for the disbandment of the Ministry of Women's Affairs. More >>
Roy Welcomes Baker's Comments
Monday, 10 March 2003, 9:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today slammed Health Minister Annette King for her criticisms of Canterbury District Health Board member Erin Baker, saying the biggest problem facing New Zealand healthcare is the lack of intellectual honesty ... More >>
Debate Reveals Selective Dislike of Democracy
Monday, 10 March 2003, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks was today amazed by the Government's reaction to the Auckland District Law Society's 85 percent opposition to abolishing our right of appeal to the Privy Council. More >>
Disband the Ministry of PC Women
Friday, 7 March 2003, 6:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
Disband the Ministry of PC Women ACT Women's Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy today used the eve of "International Women's Day" to slate the Government-initiated 'Action Plan for Women' and to call for the disbandment of the Ministry of Women's ... More >>
