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Record Student Debt Under Labour

Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 9:18 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused the Labour Government of entrenching New Zealand's young people in a cycle of debt. More >>

Cabinet Contempt for Treaty of Waitangi

Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 9:17 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks today called for Attorney General Margaret Wilson to clean her own stables of ignorance about the Treaty of Waitangi, before presuming to lecture the nation on its need to study and understand it. More >>

Gangs Wage War On New Zealand

Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 2:09 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today attacked the Government for standing idly by and doing nothing as criminal gangs effectively declare war on law-abiding New Zealanders. More >>

Mallard Locks the School Gates

Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand

The legacy of Trevor Mallard's time in office will be a generation of low-income families locked out of the education system, ACT Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>

Govt Admin Committee Dumping Ground for Dog Law

Tuesday, 18 February 2003, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that the Government Administrative Committee was a totally unsuitable committee to look at dog control. More >>

Helen Clark Makes Major Mistake in Australia

Tuesday, 18 February 2003, 1:44 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today strongly criticised the Prime Minister for involving herself in domestic Australian politics, and for delivering a frightening message that New Zealand does not stand alongside our traditional allies. More >>

Can Minister Ensure Safety?

Tuesday, 18 February 2003, 11:23 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded an assurance from Police Minister George Hawkins that the secondment of 100 police officers to America's Cup duties would not be detrimental to police districts throughout the country. More >>

Return Respect To Police

Tuesday, 18 February 2003, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand

Recently released figures showing that frontline police are being attacked more often are a clear indictment of the Labour Government's soft approach to crime, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>

Maharey On Shaky Ground

Tuesday, 18 February 2003, 8:21 am | ACT New Zealand

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey's reiteration that a person on the dole, who works one hour, is not unemployed, reveals that he has succumbed to his own officialese, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman ... More >>

Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington

Monday, 17 February 2003, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Prime Minister undersold the government programme as boring. It is actually dangerous "snake oil". Successive governments have avoided real structural reform by claiming as Clark did on Tuesday to be moving the economy "up the value chain" ... More >>

Give Doctors Credit

Monday, 17 February 2003, 3:40 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today stood in support of pharmaceutical advertising, saying that the proposed ban painted a picture of forceful patients and weak doctors. More >>

War On The Homefront

Monday, 17 February 2003, 8:36 am | ACT New Zealand

The Government's dream run for the economy looks set to end as rural New Zealand's chequebooks slam shut with a resounding snap, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

"Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics"...

Friday, 14 February 2003, 4:50 pm | ACT New Zealand

While the Labour Government lauds the low unemployment figures published in this week's Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS), there remain serious concerns about the accuracy of these statistics. Scrutiny of the long-term unemployment figures ... More >>

Stop Gangs, Stop Future William Bells

Friday, 14 February 2003, 1:48 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded that the Government outlaw all New Zealand gangs to prevent more murders like the RSA triple killing. More >>

Bell Parole Regrets Insincere

Thursday, 13 February 2003, 7:47 pm | ACT New Zealand

If the Government were sincere in its regret and sympathy with the victims of William Bell, it would not have been so politically calculating in release the reports on the Probation Service failures, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>