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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 >>
Anderton Spends $1.6m on Another Loser
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 5:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
If Jim Anderton had listened in August 2001 instead of throwing $1.6 million of corporate welfare at Ericsson Synergy the taxpayer could have saved a mint, ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Evidence Doesn't Justify Government Kyoto Zeal
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 4:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Regrettably the New Zealand Government has swallowed hook, line and sinker all aspects of the climate change mythology and the fundamentally flawed Kyoto Protocol," ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley told Parliament today. More >>
Why do Taxpayers Have to Cough Up for Pokies?
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 4:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that it was outrageous that Jim Anderton's so-called "Job Machine" had collared $100,000 of taxpayer cash to give to the company Gaming Machine Distributors Limited for "business growth". More >>
Fundamentalists Defeat Fallen Timber Bill
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 2:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Fundamentalist elements within Labour and the Greens combined to defeat ACT Forestry Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff's Private Member's Bill to allow for the use of Fallen Native Timbers on the DOC estate. More >>
Derek Fox Stands Up to Labour Ministers
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Maori Television Service Derek Fox's refusal to accept the Government directive to put his channel on a state-owned, second-rate frequency pits him directly against Labour Ministers, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Courts Can Already Squelch Harassing Rapists
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Courts have powers they haven't been using to deter rapists from abusing the right of cross-examination in a trial, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Clark's Crony Capitalism Doesn't Stop With Ross
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark's secret sweetheart deals with big business mates don't end with the Armstrong sacking, ACT New Zealand Economic Development Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Early Childhood Education Report is Reckless
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 9:25 am | ACT New Zealand
The statutory body New Zealand Council for Educational Research acted recklessly in publishing a blatantly anti-private sector report that relies on biased information and flawed evidence, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
