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Zero Tolerance for Crime -- Richard Prebble

Thursday, 30 May 2002, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand

Sensible Sentencing and the ACT Party are holding a series of joint public meetings to protest the Labour government's ignoring of Norm Withers' referendum, in which 92 percent of voters asked for tougher sentences for violent offenders. More >>

Teen Pregnancies Highlight Curriculum Failure

Thursday, 30 May 2002, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand

New Zealand's high teen pregnancy and drug suspension rates show the compulsory health curriculum doesn't work, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>

GP Crisis Not Confined To Rural Localities

Thursday, 30 May 2002, 9:16 am | ACT New Zealand

"While the provisions of rural health services are in crisis with a serious shortage of doctors in the Waikato, King Country, Manawatu, Canterbury and Southland, the problem is widespread and often just as severe in urban localities," says ... More >>

Budget 2002 Debate -- Stephen Franks

Wednesday, 29 May 2002, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand

I want to take a bit of a risk with my allotted time in this Budget debate. I want to break with what appears to me, from my relatively short experience, to be a time-honoured tradition. It probably is not a breach of the Standing Orders, but it would certainly ... More >>

Government Inconsistent On Tax

Wednesday, 29 May 2002, 9:28 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT leader Richard Prebble has accused the Labour government of being inconsistent on tax, by giving special tax exemptions to visiting overseas super yachts crews. More >>

Helen Clark Meddles with TVNZ

Tuesday, 28 May 2002, 7:30 pm | ACT New Zealand

Prime Minister Helen Clark's statement in an interview with express newspaper that she expects television programme Queer Nation to be aired earlier because of the Charter is disquieting, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>

National's Crime Policies Don't Go Far Enough

Tuesday, 28 May 2002, 3:56 pm | ACT New Zealand

National's proposal to go back to its previous law, where violent offenders can be released from jail after two-thirds of their sentence, will not work, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>

National Still Doesn't Get It On Justice

Tuesday, 28 May 2002, 3:44 pm | ACT New Zealand

"National still doesn't get it," said ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks on the release of their law and order policies today. "They had all those years to get tough and now two and a half years out of power but still they come back with ... More >>

Doc Wakes Up To The Benefits Of Kiwi Farming

Tuesday, 28 May 2002, 2:59 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today he understood that the Department of Conservation had entered into an agreement to commercially `graze' kiwis in a similar manner to that which he has been suggesting for over a year. More >>

Baby Kahu Kidnapper's Bad Choice Of Law

Monday, 27 May 2002, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand

If Baby Kahu's kidnapper had pleaded not guilty he could have been out of prison in only four years, ACT Justice Spokesman MP Stephen Franks pointed out today. Instead he will be in prison for just over seven-and-a-half years. More >>

Mallard Responsible for Smear Campaign

Friday, 24 May 2002, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

Minister of Education Trevor Mallard raised the idea of printing newspaper advertisements designed to turn parents against teachers, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata revealed today. More >>

Goff Gets it Wrong on Youth Reoffending

Friday, 24 May 2002, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Government's heading in the dead wrong direction if it thinks the appalling 97 percent reconviction rate of young offenders released from prison means they should not send them there in the first place, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said. More >>

Mallard Responsible For Smear Campaign

Friday, 24 May 2002, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand

Budget 2002 Debate -- Ken Shirley

Friday, 24 May 2002, 2:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

Speaking in this Budget debate, ACT New Zealand supports the amendment, and we also support the amendment to the amendment, ''That this House has no confidence in the Government." The first Budget of this Labour-Alliance Government, some 2 years ... More >>

We Could Cut Taxes Now

Friday, 24 May 2002, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand

The $2.3 billion surplus in the Budget shows the government is grossly over-taxing New Zealanders, ACT leader Richard Prebble told a post-Budget breakfast meeting in the Beehive today. More >>

Budget Surplus Shows We Are Over-Taxed

Friday, 24 May 2002, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand

Hon. RICHARD PREBBLE (Leader--ACT NZ): We have just heard from Mr Anderton, who managed to finish his speech by saying that, as a result of this Government's policies, more New Zealanders would return. More >>

Budget 2002: Comments From ACT Spokespeople

Thursday, 23 May 2002, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

JUSTICE Spokesman Stephen Franks. "This is the Government that promised to get tough on crime with its sentencing and parole legislation. Well, apparently they expect getting tough on crime to actually cost less in the short term - yeah right! ... More >>