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Police Buckling Under Pressure
Tuesday, 11 February 2003, 8:07 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today slammed the Government for allowing some police districts to come under such enormous pressure that some of their duties have had to be sidelined. More >>
Business Roundtable Wake-Up Call Welcomed
Tuesday, 11 February 2003, 8:06 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the New Zealand Business Roundtable's wake-up call to Prime Minister Helen Clark's government was welcome. More >>
Labour Invites The Big Finger
Monday, 10 February 2003, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today accused the Government of inviting teenage offenders to give the law the finger, after a Hamilton teen clocked up $9,205 in fines - after having nearly $20,000 written off last year. More >>
Richard Prebble’s Letter From Wellington
Monday, 10 February 2003, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Caucus will suspend her [Donna Awatere Huata] tomorrow because she admitted to them last Monday that she had broken the ACT Caucus rules on conflicts of interest; she accepted with her husband a plane trip to Sydney, all expenses paid to see the ... More >>
Government-Funded Gangs
Monday, 10 February 2003, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
Ongoing violence in Palmerston North highlights the need for police to be given the mandate and resources to adopt a zero tolerance approach to crime - especially gang-related crime - ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
ACT Urges Government To Help Children
Friday, 7 February 2003, 6:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today urged the Government to fast-track a proposal, before the Social Services Select Committee, to stabilise housing for low-income families. More >>
Paradise Lost Can Be Regained
Friday, 7 February 2003, 6:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
Weekly Column by Dr Muriel Newman: Although we like to think our country is a child-rearing paradise, the OECD this week released a devastating picture of life for young New Zealanders. The study found that New Zealand's rates of juvenile crime, youth suicide, ... More >>
Adult Crime Should Mean Adult Treatment
Friday, 7 February 2003, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today that it was time the law was changed, so that teenagers who commit crimes should expect to be held in police custody. More >>
Prebble Requests Special Parliamentary Iraq Debate
Friday, 7 February 2003, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble has today written to the Prime Minster to request that the government set aside time for a special parliamentary debate on Iraq. More >>
Energy Crisis Looms
Friday, 7 February 2003, 1:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
Energy Minister Pete Hodgson has failed to address pressing issues that threaten to undermine our energy sector with increasing frequency, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Streets Must Be Safe Before Children Can Play
Thursday, 6 February 2003, 1:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
As well as urging schoolchildren to become more physically active, the Government must get to the heart of why more children spend time indoors, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Be Radical; Look At The Treaty On Waitangi Day
Thursday, 6 February 2003, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
For me, as ACT's Treaty and Maori Affairs Spokesman, today is a day of reflection. I will go to look at the original signed Treaty, on display just for today, here in Wellington, ACT Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Workers Worse Off Under Labour
Thursday, 6 February 2003, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that the Labour Cost Index released yesterday proved what everyone, bar Labour politicians, have realised - that workers are worse off under the Labour Government. More >>
Treaty Fatigue No Wonder
Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 5:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
If the Government was applying the actual Treaty of Waitangi, instead of its spurious principles, the Human Rights Commission would not be reporting Treaty Fatigue, ACT Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Devastating OECD Figures Need Apology
Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 5:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour politicians who attacked ACT crime concerns during the last election should apologise in the light of the report that says our juvenile offending, youth suicide and cannabis use are the highest in the OECD, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks ... More >>
Save Our Young People From Themselves
Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
Devastating OECD figures on teenage birth, juvenile crime and youth suicide are a damning indictment of the failure of successive governments to face up to the destructive effects of increasing family breakdown, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>
Get It Together, Maharey
Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
Steve Maharey's attempt to discredit work for the dole, and his soft-on-welfare tinkering, have cemented him as the weakest Welfare Minister in New Zealand history, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Victims Rights Law An Insult
Monday, 3 February 2003, 4:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
Jonathon Tolo would not have been left confined to expressing his anger about a light sentence through the Dominion Post if ACT work on the Victims Rights law had been accepted by the Government, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Senior Doctors Strike For First Time Ever
Monday, 3 February 2003, 8:46 am | ACT New Zealand
History will be made at Timaru Hospital tomorrow when senior doctors begin strike action, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Surf The Net, Mr Sutton
Saturday, 1 February 2003, 10:12 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today suggested that Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton pay a visit to the country's leading agricultural website, www.Fencepost.com More >>
