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Prebble Speech to Waikato/BOP Conference
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:24 am | ACT New Zealand
Extract from Speech to Waikato/BOP Regional Conference - 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 ... More >>
Police Report Slates Government
Friday, 22 November 2002, 6:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's brave report by the Police Commissioner reveals that Labour's reduction in police spending and failure to address the country's growing crime rate have led to immense pressures for New Zealand's police force, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman ... More >>
Spin from Dr Cullen on OECD Growth
Friday, 22 November 2002, 6:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
The country should know the truth about the OECD overview for New Zealand - which is substantially different from the spin being created by Finance Minister Dr Cullen, ACT Commerce Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Government Sneaks Through New Tax
Friday, 22 November 2002, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government is about to use tacked-on legislation to introduce a new tax for motor vehicle traders under urgency this afternoon, ACT Commerce Spokesman Deborah Coddington revealed. More >>
Jobs Machine "Triumph" Turns to Dust
Friday, 22 November 2002, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Helen Clark and Jim Anderton owe taxpayers and the country an apology for the debacle of the Hobsonville Airbase land sale and the Sovereign Yachts building venture. More >>
Muriel Newman: UNICEF Report Rewrites History
Friday, 22 November 2002, 2:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week UNICEF launched a major report on the well-being of New Zealand children. Entitled "When the Invisible Hand Rocks the Cradle: New Zealand Children in a Time of Change", the report was written by six present and former academics ... More >>
A Stone Age Knowledge Wave?
Thursday, 21 November 2002, 6:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Tonight's debate of the Trade Marks Bill under urgency will focus New Zealand again on stoneage superstition, says ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Floodgates Set To Open
Thursday, 21 November 2002, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
The registration of sites in New Zealand as wahi tapu could soon become endemic," ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Picking Winners Dumped for Placating Winston
Thursday, 21 November 2002, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government's knee-jerk reaction to immigration will damage one of its own "picking winners" policies, ACT IT spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Another Job for the Girls
Thursday, 21 November 2002, 2:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that the only possible explanation for Miss Lee's appointment to this tiny island is that Helen Clark's former ally needs a job in the sun and they couldn't trust her to go anywhere else. More >>
Mallard Rolls Over For Winston
Thursday, 21 November 2002, 1:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard has committed his most cowardly and unprincipled act yet in endorsing the call by New Zealand First for a cap on foreign student numbers, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
ACT Moves to Prevent Big Business Censorship
Thursday, 21 November 2002, 1:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Associate Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks will move an amendment today to the Trade Marks Bill, to ensure global companies are not forced into trying to stop the public from using trademarked words as a general description. More >>
Mallard Makes Life Harder for Foreign Students
Thursday, 21 November 2002, 1:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Education Minister is worsening a difficult situation for foreign students by remaining silent while unions make strident attacks on their presence in New Zealand schools, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
No Enron/Worldcom Changes in Securities Markets
Thursday, 21 November 2002, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks deplored today's forced passage in urgency of all remaining stages of the Securities Markets & Institutions Bill. More >>
Minister of Immigration Has Panicked
Wednesday, 20 November 2002, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government's overnight changes to immigration criteria appear to be a panic reaction to Winston Peters' inflammatory remarks, ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
PPTA Gets In Bed With Populist Politicians
Wednesday, 20 November 2002, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
The call from the secondary school teachers' union for fewer foreign fee paying students is misleading, crude and short-sighted, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Nuke Bill is Small Step for Huge Benefit
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
"My Members' Bill to remove the New Zealand legislative ban on visits by nuclear propelled ships is a very small measure to achieve an enormous beneficial outcome," ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
English ACT-ing Up
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice and Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks today welcomed National Leader Bill English's adoption of ACT New Zealand's stances and philosophies, but worried that the proof will be in how National politicians vote in practice, on the ... More >>
Biased Report Lacks Credibility
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 2:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
The report blaming economic reform for harming New Zealand children is completely skewed by political correctness and a left-wing agenda, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
What About Property Owners' Rights?
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 9:45 am | ACT New Zealand
Private land owners in Welcome Bay whose properties have been made wähi tapu by the Historic Places Trust should not have their rights overridden, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
