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Look Back and Wonder
Thursday, 28 November 2002, 10:03 am | ACT New Zealand
Three years down the track and what is this Government's standout feature? Cronyism, according to ACT's Economic Development Spokesman, Deborah Coddington. More >>
Government Kickbacks Break Their Own Law
Wednesday, 27 November 2002, 5:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today that IRD and other government department payments to employees simply because they are members of the PSA is in breach of section 9 of the Employment Relations Act. More >>
Labour?s Sentencing Act Strikes Again
Wednesday, 27 November 2002, 5:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Yesterday's paltry sentence for a schoolteacher who preyed upon his pupils highlights the dramatic failures in the Government's sentencing laws, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Dunne Leads Voters Up the Garden Path
Wednesday, 27 November 2002, 4:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Just how long can Peter Dunne keep promising his supporters that Transmission Gully's completion is just around the corner so long as they vote for him, ACT New Zealand Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington asked today. More >>
National considers future immigration Policy
Wednesday, 27 November 2002, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
A tighter focus on ‘net benefit to New Zealand’ is the theme of a discussion paper released by National’s Immigration spokesperson, Murray McCully, today. More >>
Labour's Legacy: The Education Gap
Wednesday, 27 November 2002, 3:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Education must respond to new international research showing New Zealand has the second biggest gulf in educational achievement in the developed world, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Govt Pays Union Kickbacks
Wednesday, 27 November 2002, 12:15 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that it was outrageous that Helen Clark was using taxpayers' money to bribe civil servants to join the PSA union. More >>
Rodney Hide Speech: Best Team Parliament Has Seen
Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
I want to thank you for something else because you have seen the calibre of your MPs. You have delivered to Parliament the most outstanding team of MPs ever seen in our Parliament. We spend long hours in Parliament and MPs from every party talk ... More >>
Poor Families, Poor Health
Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
A recent study highlighting the long-term health outcomes for children raised in low socio-economic families should set Government alarm bells ringing, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Immigration Petition Launched
Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 9:51 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT party today launched a petition against the recently announced changes to immigration. The new rules require immigrants to have a higher standard of English than that of the average Kiwi. More >>
Government Hides Behind Law That Doesn't Exist
Monday, 25 November 2002, 5:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders should not accept for one minute the Government's use of securities law to hide from answering questions about the delivery of Air New Zealand into Australian hands and the end of domestic competition, ACT Justice and Associate Commerce Spokesman ... More >>
Richard Prebble’s Letter From Wellington
Monday, 25 November 2002, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
One law firm has told The Letter that three property deals fell over on Friday because of the latest U-turn on immigration. The Auckland Chamber of Commerce estimates that the changes will have a $2 billion negative impact. The requirement that immigrants ... More >>
Qantas Deal Anti-Competitive
Monday, 25 November 2002, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Qantas Deal is anti-competitive," ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Qantas Has Its Cake And Eats It
Monday, 25 November 2002, 11:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Ersatz competition under "tight regulation" will suit Qantas just fine, ACT New Zealand Associate Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Coddington Speech: Hold the Canapés...
Monday, 25 November 2002, 11:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Hold the Canapés, and Make Richard Prebble PM - Deborah Coddington Speech Delivered to ACT Waikato Regional Conference, Sunday 24 November, 2002 - We hear a lot about Jim Anderton - usually from Jim Anderton, about his Jobs Machine. How he's creating ... More >>
Richard Prebble Speech Auckland (South) Conference
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
Extract from Speech by Hon Richard Prebble, Leader ACT New Zealand to Auckland (South) Regional Conference, More >>
So Why Did Mallard Go to Asia?
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today asked why taxpayers paid for Education Minister Trevor Mallard's May trip to Asia to "promote export education opportunities" when he has now decided to cap the number of foreign students allowed into the country. More >>
Rodney Hide Speech: Political Leadership
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand
It is great to come along and talk to the back bone of the country, and what will remain the backbone of the economy of New Zealand for a long time yet. It is also good to talk to the people that create the wealth rather than those that spend it. ... More >>
Ken Shirley Speech: The Death of Reasoning
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:28 am | ACT New Zealand
Something very weird is happening in New Zealand. Increasingly superstition, fantasy, fiction and fable are creeping into our legal frameworks displacing fact, reality and reasoning. More >>
UPDATED Extract from Richard Prebble's Speech
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
The liberals believe in ideas. It is our belief that out of open free debate will come the truth. This is what leads ACT to tell it as it is. The old parties' fear of ideas and fear of the future, leads them into denial. More >>
