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Muriel Newman: The Conveyer Belt to Adult Crime

Monday, 4 November 2002, 8:26 am | ACT New Zealand

Some 12, 541 children aged 13 and under were apprehended by police for committing offences in the year to June 30. Of those, 1,522 were aged nine years and under with 39 percent classified as Caucasian, 52 percent Maori and 5 percent Pacific Islanders. More >>

Mikus' Judge Does Great Job With Poor Law

Monday, 4 November 2002, 8:24 am | ACT New Zealand

Justice Gendall's judgment today sentencing Jules Pierre Nicolas Mikus to life imprisonment, preventive detention and two terms of fourteen years is refreshingly old-fashioned, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

SAS Troops Must Stay in Afghanistan

Monday, 4 November 2002, 8:24 am | ACT New Zealand

New Zealand's SAS troops must stay in Afghanistan while they are contributing to the global war on terrorism, ACT Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>

Warehouse Handout Gets Worse

Thursday, 31 October 2002, 5:29 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Industry New Zealand's explanation for why The Warehouse received $75,000 of taxpayer cash raises more questions than it answers. More >>

Police Better Prove Their Case

Thursday, 31 October 2002, 8:42 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks tonight responded to reports that Kawakawa farmer Paul McIntyre will face charges for shooting intruders on his property. More >>

Taxpayer Handout to The Warehouse Stinks

Thursday, 31 October 2002, 12:13 am | ACT New Zealand

Industry New Zealand's $75,000 grant to retailing giant The Warehouse is an outrage, ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today. More >>

Waikato's Early Release Insults Memory of Victim

Wednesday, 30 October 2002, 4:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

The release of Lisa Marie Waikato who was involved with the killing of Michael Choy insults his memory and his family, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

Labour encourages Grievance Industry

Tuesday, 29 October 2002, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble said he wasn't surprised that the taxpayers bill for Treaty lawyers had swelled to more than $10 million over the last year. More >>

Credit Cards OK for Civil Service

Tuesday, 29 October 2002, 3:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble said that giving civil servants credit cards to pay for expenses is a sensible idea. More >>

ACT Caucus Retreat

Tuesday, 29 October 2002, 10:37 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT`s nine MPs together with the Party President and Manager are holding a three-day retreat (29 October to 31 October 2002) in the Hawkes Bay at Wallingford Station, the home of ACT supporter John Ormond. More >>

Richard Prebble's Letter From Wellington

Tuesday, 29 October 2002, 9:57 am | ACT New Zealand

Michael Cullen’s office leaked the Armstrong letter. His staff even explained the significance of “first mover advantage” in case the media missed it. Why? More >>

We Already Have Facts on Nuke Powered Ships

Tuesday, 29 October 2002, 12:47 am | ACT New Zealand

The call for an inquiry into New Zealand's banning of nuclear propelled ships is unnecessary because we have already had one, ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>

Senior Medical Staff Next to Strike

Monday, 28 October 2002, 8:53 pm | ACT New Zealand

Industrial action in the health sector is set to spread to senior medical staff, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Stop Aid to North Korea

Monday, 28 October 2002, 8:51 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble called on the Hon Phil Goff to cut off all aid to North Korea until the rogue state complies with its promise to cease its nuclear programme. More >>

Extend the Transport Bill to the Harbour Highway

Monday, 28 October 2002, 8:49 pm | ACT New Zealand

Its time the government built a four lane highway from Auckland to Hamilton. The 20 kilometre traffic jam on Labour weekend is simply unacceptable, ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>

Day of Shame for King

Friday, 25 October 2002, 6:11 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Minister of Health must accept some responsibility for the risk to critically-ill patients who will be flown out of Auckland from tonight because of strike action by hospital radiographers, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said. More >>

Social Democracy: What it really means for NZ

Friday, 25 October 2002, 4:58 pm | ACT New Zealand

The latest workplace stoppage statistics show that strike actions have increased six-fold over the last twelve months. In the year ended June, 24,000 workers were involved in strike action, causing a loss of 58,000 days and $7 million in wages, ... More >>