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Minister Ends Charade
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 12:58 am | ACT New Zealand
Agricultural Minister Jim Sutton has abandoned all pretence of being the Labour Government's agricultural advocate, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Greens Dump on Policy Inquiry
Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington is deeply disappointed that the Green Party has ruled out the only hope for a parliamentary select committee inquiry into public-private partnerships this year. More >>
Serious Financial Pressure on Health Boards
Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 10:01 am | ACT New Zealand
Confidential minutes of the District Health Boards New Zealand AGM reveal the Health Minister's two-faced approach to her portfolio, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
ACT Welcomes New Zealand Support for America
Monday, 11 November 2002, 6:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand welcomes the Labour Government's decision to send the frigate HMNZS Te Kaha to the Gulf and a P3 Orion aircraft, ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Compensation Justified Under the RMA
Monday, 11 November 2002, 5:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
When is compensation justified under the Resource Management Act? The simple answer is when `right' is lost or attenuated by the activities of another. That begs the question. What then is a `right' and when does compensation for loss of those rights ... More >>
Maori TV Should Take Note of WTV Demise
Monday, 11 November 2002, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Maori Television Service should take note of the demise of Wellington Television, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
National Park Filming Ban is Ludicrous
Monday, 11 November 2002, 3:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand is at risk of becoming the laughing stock of the world with a proposed ban on filming non-indigenous species in a national park, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
DoC Must Get Out of Tourism
Monday, 11 November 2002, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Department of Conservation appears to be attempting to set New Zealand's economic policy, ACT Tourism Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wgtn 11/11/02
Monday, 11 November 2002, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MPs have taken the unusual step of setting up, under the chairmanship of Donna Awatere Huata, an alternative parliamentary select committee inquiry into the implementation of the NCEA, that is replacing School Certificate. At ACT's prompting, the Education ... More >>
ACT - New Zealand's Liberal Party
Monday, 11 November 2002, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble's opening address to the Wellington ACT Regional Conference, November 10 2002. More >>
Clark's Appeasement on Moutua Will Breed Thugs
Monday, 11 November 2002, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Pleading for negotiations when a lawless invasion of property is threatened in Wanganui is nothing more than appeasement, ACT Justice and Treaty of Waitangi Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Who's Flattering Whom?
Monday, 11 November 2002, 8:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that imitation was indeed the most sincere form of flattery, after receiving a press release from Mr Peters claiming that Margaret Wilson is copying his shop trading amendment bill. More >>
Labour's New Doctor Funding Formula Exposed
Monday, 11 November 2002, 12:04 am | ACT New Zealand
"The Interim Formula for Doctors Visits released to me after weeks of suppression by the Minister of Health is hugely inequitable and racist," ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Police Better Be Better
Friday, 8 November 2002, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
The police better make sure they can be at Paul McIntyre's house in the few minutes it might take an attacker to break in, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Yet Another Slush Fund
Friday, 8 November 2002, 2:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that the ACT party will strongly oppose the labour government again reaching into the taxpayers' pocket to subsidise their friends in the trade union movement. More >>
Hopeful Signs At The Family Court
Friday, 8 November 2002, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Weekly Column by Dr Muriel Newman - The three pillars of a democratic government are the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary. The media as the fourth estate plays an essential role in scrutinising the process of government, exposing poor ... More >>
Helen Clark Models Herself as a Twisted Santa
Friday, 8 November 2002, 2:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark is in very dangerous territory trying to hand out public money to her friends in unions, ACT Commerce Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Anderton Must Face Facts
Friday, 8 November 2002, 11:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today it is time for Jim Anderton to stop the bulldust and bluster over his "Jobs Machine". More >>
Government Funded the Hatchet Job
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 6:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The "independent" organisation that produced a biased hatchet job on private early childhood education providers on Monday is funded by the Government, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata revealed today. More >>
Cullen's New Age Economics
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 5:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Finance Minister Michael Cullen's musings on economic policy at the Union-Government Forum proved that Michael Cullen is the least economically literate finance minister the country has had in decades. More >>
