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ACT Will Launch Strong Regional Campaign In BoP
Thursday, 20 June 2002, 2:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand members of parliament will join candidates in the Bay of Plenty to launch a strong regional campaign for the party vote on Wednesday 26 June. More >>
Labour's GP Funding Proposals Full Of Inequities
Thursday, 20 June 2002, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's proposed "revolution in primary healthcare" is fraught with inequities and doomed to failure, ACT health spokesman Ken Shirley says. More >>
Clark Should Explain Lack Of Action On Payouts
Thursday, 20 June 2002, 9:23 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Dr Muriel Newman said today that Prime Minister Helen Clark was trying to hide her embarrassment over the failings of this Government by issuing torrents of abuse against those revealing her shortcomings. More >>
National's Policy Doesn't Go Far Enough
Thursday, 20 June 2002, 12:44 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says his party has long advocated that good teachers should be paid more, to ensure a quality education system. More >>
Political Parties Should Pay for Own Advertising
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 6:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's allocation of broadcasting funding for political parties demonstrates why politicians should not be able to force the taxpayer to fund election campaigning," ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Prebble Slams Race-Based Health
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 6:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has slammed the government's proposal to fund GPs partially on the base of their patients' race. More >>
Labour Already In De Facto Coalition With Greens
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark's claim that Labour won't go into coalition with the Greens has no credibility, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Prebble Welcomes Epsom Decision
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has welcomed Rodney Hide's decision not to campaign for the constituency vote in Epsom. More >>
ACT Campaigns For Party Vote Nationwide
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand President Catherine Judd announced today that ACT would be asking voters for party votes only, ending speculation that high-profile MP Rodney Hide would contest the seat of Epsom. More >>
Hide To Campaign For Party Vote
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 11:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today that Epsom voters overwhelmingly support tougher sentencing, taxes lower than Australia, and one law for all New Zealanders. More >>
Wilson Even Softer on the Wrongdoers
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 8:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Attorney General Margaret Wilson's decision to reduce the interest rates that can be charged on court debts and damages is yet another whack at people trying to seek justice. More >>
Government Hypocrisy Over Secret Payouts
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 12:47 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Dr Muriel Newman today accused the Government of hypocrisy over its stance on secret payouts. More >>
Greens Reject Labour
Tuesday, 18 June 2002, 2:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark may have stated she won't go into coalition with the Greens, but in reality the decision is not hers, ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley says. More >>
Sandra Lee's Good Intentions Were Not Enough
Tuesday, 18 June 2002, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
Despite Sandra Lee's good intentions, her contribution to the recovery of the Kiwi has been blighted by her failure to engage private landowners in management of indigenous wildlife. More >>
ACT Encouraged By Overseas Vote Campaign
Tuesday, 18 June 2002, 2:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party is continuing its campaign for the overseas vote which it predicts will be significant this election because of the introduction of e-voting. More >>
Sexual Orientation Forms Main Plank
Tuesday, 18 June 2002, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's potential coalition partner the Green Party has no policies on education other than an intention to train teachers about the diversity of sexual orientations, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Crime Figures Suppressed by Government
Tuesday, 18 June 2002, 9:01 am | ACT New Zealand
The results of the New Zealand Crime Victimisation Survey done last year still haven't been released, ACT Justice Spokesman MP Stephen Franks said today. More >>
It's Labour/Green Versus National/ACT
Tuesday, 18 June 2002, 9:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says he agrees with Bill English that the Labour Party's campaign is fundamentally dishonest. More >>
Prebble Stands By Crime Claims
Tuesday, 18 June 2002, 8:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Prebble Stands By Crime Claim - A Woman is More Likely to be the Victim of Crime In New Zealand than the United States More >>
So Where Is The Government Accountability Now?
Monday, 17 June 2002, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman says today's postponement of a major conference looking at poverty and social disparities bears all the hallmarks of Government intervention and cover-up tactics. More >>
