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Callous IRD Lacks Compassion
Monday, 13 January 2003, 2:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Inland Revenue Department's demand that Charlene Aplin - mother of the two recently murdered Masterton girls - repay $120 in overpaid child support, shows just how insensitive the department is, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Labour's Socialism by Stealth
Monday, 13 January 2003, 9:23 am | ACT New Zealand
While we undoubtedly finished last year with a buoyant economy, the country continues its inexorable slide to Third World status. From being a world leader in living standards we have now dropped to 21st position in the OECD rankings, below Puerto Rico. As ... More >>
Computer-Endorsed Benefit Fraud
Friday, 10 January 2003, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
The fact that the Work and Income Service's computer system cannot tell whether or not a benefit debt is the result of fraud makes Government claims of effective fraud prevention implausible, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel ... More >>
Minister Relaxes As Fraud Increases
Thursday, 9 January 2003, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government's failure to prosecute 94 percent of beneficiaries investigated for welfare fraud highlights Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey's feeble approach to combating benefit fraud, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>
Kahukura Saga Gets Murkier
Wednesday, 8 January 2003, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
Answers to new parliamentary questions show the New Zealand Film Commission has been totally irresponsible with taxpayers' money over the demise of Larry Parr's Kahukura Productions Ltd, and Chief Executive Ruth Harley - or the Associate Minister ... More >>
Maharey Soft On Fraud
Tuesday, 7 January 2003, 4:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's weak-kneed approach to welfare fraud is costing the taxpayer tens of millions of dollars, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
How Many Sex Offenders Have Custody of Children
Tuesday, 7 January 2003, 11:59 am | ACT New Zealand
State Has No Idea How Many Sex Offenders Have Custody of Children - Family Courts have no record of how many sex offenders, or partners of sex offenders, have been awarded custody of children, ACT New Zealand MP Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Sponsorship Criticism Smoke In The Air
Monday, 6 January 2003, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Recent criticism of a tobacco company's sponsorship of the Life Education Trust is completely unwarranted, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Statement on Awatere Huata Story
Tuesday, 31 December 2002, 12:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble has been in contact today with the Awatere Huata family today regarding the Dominion Post's allegations of wrongdoing. More >>
Secretive Committee Refuses to Review Security
Tuesday, 31 December 2002, 12:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Secretive Committee Refuses to Review Security ACT New Zealand Leader Hon. Richard Prebble today expressed concern that Parliament's secretive Intelligence and Security Committee has declined his request for a review of New Zealand's security and intelligence ... More >>
Police Minister's Priorities Are All Wrong
Monday, 30 December 2002, 11:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
The revelation over the Christmas break that Labour has increased the number of expensive police head office desk jobs at the expense of frontline policing is very serious, ACT New Zealand Leader and former Minister of Police Hon. Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Richard Prebble’s Letter From Wellington
Tuesday, 24 December 2002, 9:18 am | ACT New Zealand
Dr Cullen is boasting that the December fiscal update indicates the surplus will be a massive $3.5 billion. Labour taking, over the last three years, an additional $14 billion in increased taxes and government charges, has brought about the surplus. ... More >>
Response to Allegations Against Huata MP
Friday, 20 December 2002, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
This morning the Dominion Post newspaper has run a front page story making serious allegations against Donna Awatere Huata MP stating that public money that was paid to assist New Zealand school children with reading difficulties has been misused. More >>
ACT Protects Liberties, But Treaty Rights Miss Out
Friday, 20 December 2002, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand today successfully changed one despotic aspect of the massive Local Government Bill, in an unprecedented defeat for the Labour Government. More >>
Time for a Tax Cut for the Workers
Friday, 20 December 2002, 1:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand can afford a tax cut for every worker and a cut in the company tax rate to below Australia’s rate right now,” said ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>
Population Funding A Fraud
Friday, 20 December 2002, 1:05 am | ACT New Zealand
Health Minister Annette King’s statement today that she is implementing population-based funding is just not true, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
ACT Protects Liberties, But Treaty Rights Miss Out
Friday, 20 December 2002, 1:02 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand today successfully changed one despotic aspect of the massive Local Government Bill, in an unprecedented defeat for the Labour Government. More >>
Newman: How Social Welfare Nurtured A Killer Trio
Friday, 20 December 2002, 12:04 am | ACT New Zealand
Jules Mikus, Bruce Howse, William Bell. Three killers who - in a year defined by rising crime and a fading blue line - stand out for their unmistakable evil. Three men whose convictions may have served justice, but whose lessons our country has ... More >>
DEFU Shows Welfare Spiralling Out of Control
Thursday, 19 December 2002, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
The December Economic and Fiscal Update shows Labour Government welfare spending is roaring ahead despite unemployment actually being down, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Minimum Logic to Minimum Wage Change
Thursday, 19 December 2002, 3:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
With the stroke of a pen, the Government has locked thousands of young New Zealanders out of employment by denying them choice and freedom of contract, ACT New Zealand Commerce Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
