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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 >>
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 >>
