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ACT Proposes Bill to Protect Volunteers
Monday, 1 July 2002, 10:17 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Stephen Franks is proposing a Bill to protect volunteers working with children, who risk legal liability under the current law. More >>
Government Takes Volunteers for Granted
Monday, 1 July 2002, 9:46 am | ACT New Zealand
Voluntary organisations are being taken for granted by the Government says ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff. More >>
ACT Proposes Bill to Protect Volunteers
Sunday, 30 June 2002, 10:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Stephen Franks is proposing a Bill to protect volunteers working with children, who risk legal liability under the current law. More >>
ACT Party Forms Asian Branch - Prebble Speech
Sunday, 30 June 2002, 10:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
Welcome to tonight’s historic function – the formation of ACT New Zealand’s Asian Branch. More >>
ACT 2002 Party List
Sunday, 30 June 2002, 10:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT 2002 Party List 1 Richard Prebble 2 Rodney Hide 3 Muriel Newman 4 Stephen Franks 5 Donna Awatere Huata 6 Deborah Coddington 7 Ken Shirley 8 Gerry Eckhoff 9 Heather Roy 10 Kenneth Wang 11 Paul King 12 Owen Jennings 13 Penny Webster 14 Andrew Davies ... More >>
ACT Party Releases List - Prebble Speech
Sunday, 30 June 2002, 10:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
We have selected candidates from Australia and the United Kingdom – Roland Weber and Matt Ball. More >>
ACT Launches Queenstown Campaign
Friday, 28 June 2002, 3:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley and local MP Gerry Eckhoff will join candidates, party members and business people in Queenstown to launch the ACT New Zealand campaign there on Tuesday 2 July. More >>
Minister's Dithering Results In Bad Message
Friday, 28 June 2002, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel's refusal to comment on possible law changes until she has "legal advice" confirms either incompetence or a level of politically-correct dithering that would be funny if it was not so potentially expensive ... More >>
Another Delay Shows TVNZ Charter Should Go
Friday, 28 June 2002, 1:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster is pleased that Marian Hobbs has taken ACT advice and backed off introducing the state television Charter before the election. More >>
Advertising For Boat People
Friday, 28 June 2002, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble is scathingly critical of the government's distribution of 3000 pamphlets in Indonesia, warning boat people against coming to New Zealand. More >>
Telecom Move Applauded
Friday, 28 June 2002, 1:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT sees Telecom's move to charge for false 111 calls as consistent with personal responsibility and Zero Tolerance says ACT's Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Dirty Dairying Debate Derailed
Friday, 28 June 2002, 1:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
Unhelpful rhetoric is diverting the important debate about how to actually fix the problem facing NZ dairy farmers and their care of the environment, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
National Takes First Step on Education
Friday, 28 June 2002, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today said the National Party education policies are a firm step in the right direction. More >>
Labour's Secret Agenda -- Richard Prebble
Friday, 28 June 2002, 10:18 am | ACT New Zealand
If you log on to Labour's website, you could be forgiven for thinking there is no election. There's nothing on the site to indicate that Labour is campaigning. More >>
Transport Decisions Highlight Flawed Labour Policy
Friday, 28 June 2002, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Transfund decisions reflect Labour's lack of direction on transport, and may not even be legal given the Government's failure to introduce crucial legislation to parliament, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Anderton Spends $80m to Mow Down Small Business
Friday, 28 June 2002, 9:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Jim Anderton should take personal responsibility for the state of Kiwibank and NZ Post franchises. More >>
Confidence Drop Makes Company Tax Cut Vital
Friday, 28 June 2002, 12:14 am | ACT New Zealand
The rapid drop in business confidence makes a cut in company tax essential, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Franks' Treaty Position Absolutely Clear
Thursday, 27 June 2002, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today corrected a report in Wellington's Evening Post newspaper which said, in effect that he had refused to comment on whether he supported ACT's Treaty of Waitangi Policy. More >>
ACT Will Restore Air Strike Wing
Thursday, 27 June 2002, 1:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party will reconstitute an airforce strike capability, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today, in response to a call from the Save our Squadrons Campaign. More >>
Labour Breaks Health Promises
Thursday, 27 June 2002, 1:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Labour Governments promise that hospital services would not be cut is as hollow as their promise that surgery waiting lists would be slashed," says ACT New Zealand's Deputy Leader and Health Spokesman Ken Shirley. More >>
