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PM Goes to New York and Finally Gets It
Friday, 13 December 2002, 9:35 am | ACT New Zealand
It is pleasing to note the Prime Minister has finally recognised, accepted and conceded that the New Zealand economy will suffer significant damage if Australia enters a free trade agreement with the US and we don't, ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said ... More >>
Go Hard, New Zealand Business
Friday, 13 December 2002, 12:03 am | ACT New Zealand
Now is the time for every employer in this country to speak out against the Labour Government's hidden agenda to strip them of their rights, ACT New Zealand Business Development Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
ACT MP Publishes Suppressed NCEA Report
Friday, 13 December 2002, 12:02 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today released her Minority Report on the implementation of NCEA, which the Education and Science Select Committee blocked her from publishing or tabling in Parliament. More >>
Welfare Under Spotlight
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 8:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
The recent imprisonment of the leaders of a paua-smuggling ring has shone a harsh light into the dark recesses of our welfare system," ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Setting the Record Straight on the All Black Brand
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 7:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has required the Government to slow down the law changes which would give legal royalty status to the Rugby Union silver fern logo. The changes would have gone through this afternoon without anyone outside having more than an hour's notice of what they ... More >>
Anderton Incorporated Spends More Public Cash
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 7:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
Spending $350,000 on the loss-making Industry New Zealand magazine Venture clearly isn't enough for Minister of Industry and Regional Development Jim Anderton. He has now embarked on a new promotional venture with taxpayer cash, ACT New Zealand Commerce ... More >>
Cash Band-Aid Won't Heal CYF
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 5:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
Reports that recently convicted RSA murderer William Duane Bell was a ward of the State from the age of eight, highlights the fact that there are serious flaws in our Social Welfare system, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman ... More >>
An Announcement Isn't Enough, Ms King
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
Government statistics out today confirm massive underspending in the health budget of $173 million for the first four months of the year- almost half the extra $400 million the Health Minister announced a year ago, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy ... More >>
PM Puts Cart First, Horse Second
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark is putting the cart before the horse in visiting the US for the premiere of a documentary in which she features, ACT New Zealand Rural Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Help For NZRFU Must Not Cost Others
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 10:12 am | ACT New Zealand
Any provision made to enable the New Zealand Rugby Football Union to protect its stylised fern symbol must not come at a cost to any other code or brand, ACT Sports Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Treasury Report Short Of The Mark
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
Treasury's latest study, into the effectiveness of social spending to improve the well-being of children, has failed to address the real issues of the causes of social dysfunction" ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said ... More >>
Christmas 'Get Out Of Free' Card
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 9:09 am | ACT New Zealand
"Drink up and be merry' is our Justice Minister's Christmas present to Invercargill drink driving offender Jason Mann" says ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. Invercargill prison released Jason Mann the same day he turned up for his one-month prison sentence ... More >>
Helen Clark Award: Spending Other People's Money
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Prime Minister's latest confetti toss of taxpayers' money is a blatant attempt to purchase more votes from the arty-farty literati, ACT New Zealand economic development spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
ACT Defeats Labour's PC Language Commissars
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 9:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand has this week saved the military from the Labour Government's strident PC brigade, Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Maharey Pied Piper On Road To Ruin
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 9:07 am | ACT New Zealand
The Social Development Minister's announcement today, that Child, Youth and Family will receive a cash injection of more than $12 million dollars, raises serious questions about the Government's ability to lead on this issue," ACT New Zealand Social Welfare ... More >>
Flawed Local Government Bill Will Be Staunchly Opp
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 2:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand continued its opposition to the Local Government Bill today, as the report of the Environment and Local Government Select Committee was tabled in Parliament. More >>
Goff Must Denounce Death Sentence While in Iran
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesman Ken Shirley today called on Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff to use his visit to Iran to denounce the death sentence passed on Iranian university professor Dr Seyyed Hashem Aghajari. More >>
Federated Farmers Boycott Justified
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 10:05 am | ACT New Zealand
Federated Farmers executives have taken a principled stand in their decision to boycott the Labour Government's celebration of the signing of the Kyoto Protocol, ACT New Zealand Rural Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Minister's Facade Crumbling
Monday, 9 December 2002, 9:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Hawkes Bay District Health Board's statement that the significant delay in having its annual plan signed off cost up to $250,000 a month is a telling indictment on the credibility of Health Minister Annette King, ACT New Zealand health Spokesman ... More >>
What is the Penalty for Playing a Bum Note?
Monday, 9 December 2002, 8:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
"What's the penalty for playing a bum note? asked ACT Leader Richard Prebble today. More >>
