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Where's the Economic Plan, Prime Minister?
Monday, 29 July 2002, 4:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today called on Prime Minister Helen Clark to detail her government's economic plan to take the country to four percent growth a year. More >>
ACT Leader Recovering From Pneumonia
Monday, 29 July 2002, 10:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble was admitted to North Shore Hospital last night suffering from pneumonia. More >>
ACT's Two Newest MPs
Monday, 29 July 2002, 9:25 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders elected two new ACT members to parliament on Saturday. They are Deborah Coddington and Heather Roy. More >>
Third Kiwibank Robbed
Friday, 26 July 2002, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
News that a third Kiwibank has been held up shows tragically yet again that Helen Clark would have been better spending $80 million supporting the police than creating a second-rate bank, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. More >>
ACT Will Continue to be the Party of Influence
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Opinion polls show voters are moving away from the two old parties and Helen Clark has lost her gamble that Labour could govern alone, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
The Pundits Were Wrong
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
The polls have already proved the pundits wrong. New Zealand has a real election this Saturday. More >>
Small Business Under Attack from Labour
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour government has made a sustained attack on small business. Since Labour took office, thousands of dollars in compliance costs have been added to the average small business, and driven many to the wall. More >>
First World Economy for a First World Education
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
A Vision of a First World Economy for a First World Education and Health System More >>
Mallard's Head Should Also Roll Over World Cup
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 2:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Sir Thomas Eichelbaum's report shows that Labour and Trevor Mallard should also carry the can for the loss of the World Cup, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Greens Want Empty Roads
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party's transport policy is social engineering of the worst kind, ACT Transport Spokesman Penny Webster MP said today. More >>
Dairy Payout Is Wake-Up For Farmers
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
The Tatua Dairy Company's massive payout of $6.77 should be a wake-up call for farmers across the country, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings MP said today. More >>
Election Critical for Private Tertiary Training
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 10:10 am | ACT New Zealand
This election is a critical one for private tertiary training providers, said Dr Muriel Newman MP, ACT's spokesman on Tertiary Education at a meeting of private providers and their students at AUT today. More >>
Withers’ Support Timely – Paul King
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand
Today’s announcement from Norm Withers regarding his support of the ACT Zero Tolerance Policy is timely, Paul King said today in Christchurch. More >>
Is Mr Caldwell Working for Labour not Victims?
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 5:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
This morning's radio outburst from Steve Caldwell of Victim Support National Office against "tough on crime" politicians is a sorry entry into politics says ACT's Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Govt Admits Win-Win Oz Deal Was A Lose-Lose
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said the Government has finally conceded its so-called `win-win' migration deal signed with Australia a year-and-a-half ago was a defeat for this Government and New Zealand. More >>
Greens Finally Discover Education
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 9:28 am | ACT New Zealand
After spending almost three years in parliament without an education policy, the Green Party's brand-new promises are a completely bizarre mix of old fashioned far-left rhetoric and new-age nonsense, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Michael Cullen: Not a Safe Pair of Hands
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 9:16 am | ACT New Zealand
The polls are pointing to a nightmare scenario: Michael Cullen atop the economy propped up by the fundamentalist Greens and the ever-erratic Winston Peters. More >>
Judges Expose Minister's Deceit Over New Law
Monday, 22 July 2002, 3:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today that Judges are exposing the Government's deceit in the new Sentencing Act. More >>
A Bonfire of Red Tape
Monday, 22 July 2002, 9:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Small business in New Zealand faces a sea of paperwork. The average small business has to comply with 57 different Acts of Parliament - and that's not including tax laws. It is said that the Inland Revenue tax regulations are bigger than 13 Bibles. More >>
Govt About to Hand Aussies Control of NZ's Airways
Monday, 22 July 2002, 8:38 am | ACT New Zealand
Business voters' eyes have been so fixed on the choreographed GE spat between the Greens and Helen Clark, they are not counting the cost of the Government's attempts to get back in favour with the Aussies by handing them control of our airways and ... More >>
