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Only ACT Is Campaigning on Health

Wednesday, 10 July 2002, 10:17 am | ACT New Zealand

The voters of New Zealand regard health as a major issue in this election campaign - and yet no party has been addressing the issue, except ACT. More >>

Labour Should Come Clean on Contracting Out

Wednesday, 10 July 2002, 9:32 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble said Labour should come clean on where it stands on contracting out hospital services. More >>

Labour's Rural Promises Are Too Little, Too Late

Tuesday, 9 July 2002, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand

Labour's promise to make the Resource Management Act more user-friendly for farmers is too little, too late, ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

Cullen Seeks Mandate to Loosen Monetary Policy

Tuesday, 9 July 2002, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Michael Cullen had chosen the election campaign to launch a stinging attack on former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash, and to push for loosening the policy target agreement. More >>

Deterioration in Trade Balance Worrying

Tuesday, 9 July 2002, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand

The deteriorating trade balance trend is further evidence of Labour's failure to put in place policies for economic growth, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. More >>

Science Policy Entrenches Red Tape Approach

Tuesday, 9 July 2002, 10:12 am | ACT New Zealand

Labour's Science and Technology policies announced today will continue to hamstring businesses with red tape and high taxes while embracing Jim Anderton's vision of "picking the winners", ACT Science and Technology Spokesman MP Ken Shirley ... More >>

ACT Deputy Leader Chases Votes in UK

Tuesday, 9 July 2002, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today that he has contacted thousands of kiwis in Britain who are eligible to vote ahead of his visit to London this week. More >>

Zero Tolerance Has Worked In New York

Tuesday, 9 July 2002, 12:04 am | ACT New Zealand

This morning I want to show you that New Zealand does not have to accept its current level of crime. Our crime level is a politically inflicted wound. It is within our capacity to solve it, as experience in New York has proven. More >>

Labour Runs Out of Ideas on Economy

Monday, 8 July 2002, 4:53 pm | ACT New Zealand

Today's release of Labour's economic policy showed that it had run out of ideas, ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said. More >>

Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington 8/7/2002

Monday, 8 July 2002, 3:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

Last weekend in ACT's own tracking polls the party was at 12% in Auckland. As in every election, ACT's support began rising the moment the campaign started. The number of voters responding to ACT's direct mail campaign is phenomenal - the highest in ... More >>

We Need a Public/Private Partnership in Health

Monday, 8 July 2002, 1:33 pm | ACT New Zealand

The ACT Party has come to Wakefield Hospital to launch our health policy for this year's election campaign, in order to make a point. More >>

ACT Health Policy Launch

Monday, 8 July 2002, 1:25 pm | ACT New Zealand

Health has emerged as one of this year's key election issues, and this morning it is my privilege to launch ACT New Zealand's Health policy. More >>

A challenge to Helen Clark

Monday, 8 July 2002, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble, at ACT's daily press conference, said that there is a new issue in the election campaign - where does Helen Clark stand on the possibility of a coalition with New Zealand First and Mr Peters. More >>

ACT Campaigning on the Real Issues

Monday, 8 July 2002, 9:08 am | ACT New Zealand

We are launching today ACT's election campaign. Today's launch is another first - an international rally. This meeting is being live-streamed over the internet so that the over 200,000 eligible voters overseas can participate in our campaign - ... More >>

Sea Bed Case: One Law For All

Monday, 8 July 2002, 9:04 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that his decision to campaign in Marlborough where he and fellow ACT MP Rodney Hide had been meeting with local fishermen was to highlight the threat to the public right to go to the beaches and enjoy the sea. More >>

Labour Justice Policy for Idiots

Monday, 8 July 2002, 8:59 am | ACT New Zealand

Labour must think voters are total idiots to `launch' a justice policy that has absolutely no new elements except some fresh deceit about what has already been done, says ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. "Perhaps Mr Goff expects it to go ... More >>