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Richard Prebble's Letter From Wellington
Monday, 14 October 2002, 3:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
Having called an early election saying its legislative programme was log jammed Labour felt the need to put parliament into urgency last week. But the bills chosen increased their embarrassment. More >>
Terror Attack Must Prompt NZ to Change Stance
Monday, 14 October 2002, 12:21 am | ACT New Zealand
Every New Zealander will be shocked that organised terror has struck in our region, ACT New Zealand Defence and Foreign Affairs Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Victims Rights Bill Does Not Go Far Enough
Friday, 11 October 2002, 6:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand does not believe the Victims' Rights Bill being passed today goes far enough, ACT MP Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
System Fails To Cope With Children Suffering STDs
Friday, 11 October 2002, 6:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
A multi-disciplinary approach is necessary for Government agencies to appropriately respond to children suffering from sexually transmitted diseases, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Jules Mikus: A Murderer Who Lived Off the Taxpayer
Friday, 11 October 2002, 4:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Jules Mikus, found guilty of the murder of six-year-old Teresa Cormack, is in prison awaiting sentencing on November 1. As Teresa's family - and indeed the country - expresses relief that justice has finally been done in a case that shocked us all, ... More >>
715% Increase in Work Days Lost to Strikes
Friday, 11 October 2002, 9:24 am | ACT New Zealand
The dramatically rising trend in the number of strikes noted in the latest work stoppage statistics is a major concern, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Labour Won't Accept Housing Recommendation
Thursday, 10 October 2002, 5:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today applauded the Ombudsman for his common sense in recommending the Ministry of Social Development to provide courts with address details of beneficiaries who owe money to private landlords. More >>
Tax Policy Programme a Make Work Scheme
Thursday, 10 October 2002, 3:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour government's tax policy work programme is a make-work scheme, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Time for National Database of Sex Offenders
Thursday, 10 October 2002, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand is ready for a national database of sex offenders, ACT MP Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Mikus Had Sole Custody of Newborn Baby Girl
Wednesday, 9 October 2002, 5:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Jules Mikus, serial child sex abuser and murderer of six-year-old Teresa Cormack, was paid the Domestic Purposes Benefit and had sole custody of his newborn daughter, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman revealed today. More >>
King's Treatment of Mentally Ill is Shameful
Tuesday, 8 October 2002, 5:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is shameful for Health Minister Annette King to allow mentally unwell patients to be locked in police cells and shunted onto mattresses on hospital floors because of a lack of acute psychiatric beds, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
53 Escapes From CYF "Secure" Youth Facilities
Tuesday, 8 October 2002, 10:11 am | ACT New Zealand
There have been fifty-three escapes from Child, Youth and Family "secure" youth residences in the past eighteen months, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman revealed today. More >>
Reform Necessary to Strengthen Families
Monday, 7 October 2002, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
At a public meeting in Christchurch today, ACT Social Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman challenged other political parties to support her call for dual reform - welfare and family law reform - as the only honest way to strengthen New Zealand Families. More >>
Nuclear Propelled Ships Make Sense
Monday, 7 October 2002, 4:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
Both Labour and National should stop shadow boxing on the nuclear propulsion issue and clearly state their position, ACT Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
ACT to Dalziel: Deport Murderer Gay Oakes Now
Monday, 7 October 2002, 4:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Immigration should explain exactly why convicted murderer Gay Oakes is not deported if that does not happen today, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said. More >>
60 Complaints of Children Abused In CYF Custody
Monday, 7 October 2002, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
A thirteen-year-old girl in the custody of the Department of Child, Youth and Family was sexually assaulted while being held in a Care and Protection Unit, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman revealed today. More >>
CT Launches Anti-NCEA Petition
Monday, 7 October 2002, 4:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble and ACT education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata today launched a petition calling for the government to abandon the NCEA and reinstate a system of high quality, internationally comparable external exams. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter From Wellington
Monday, 7 October 2002, 1:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government is tired. Clark has been campaigning all year. Then it was straight into coalition talks, allocating portfolios, then parliament again. It’s a very tired PM whose flying home after having jinxed yet another top New Zealand team. (Have ... More >>
GE Future is Bright for New Zealand
Monday, 7 October 2002, 9:01 am | ACT New Zealand
Dr Muriel Newman's weekly column: This week the Environmental Risk Management Authority, the independent body that regulates genetic science, approved a genetic engineering application by AgResearch, the Crown research institute. More >>
NZ Must Copy Australian Family Court Changes
Friday, 4 October 2002, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Radical changes to the Australian Family Court announced today to increase fairness and justice in family law must be urgently replicated in New Zealand, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said. More >>
