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Deborah Coddington to stand for ACT New Zealand
Wednesday, 5 June 2002, 12:56 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand President Catherine Judd today announced that writer, broadcaster and award-winning North and South journalist Deborah Coddington, will stand as a candidate for ACT New Zealand at the next election. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington – 4 June
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Kiwi dollar has broken 48 cents US. The Kiwi has now increased more than 16% this year and its rise shows no sign of stopping. It's partly due to a fall in the US dollar and the weakness of the Yen, but the Kiwi is now rising against all currencies. ... More >>
Security - the Number One Issue in Foreign Policy
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand's foreign policy under both National and Labour has lacked any coherent intellectual framework. This is because both old parties have been unwilling to ask some tough questions, and have lacked the will to prioritise. More >>
Teachers Are Lowest Paid in the Developed World
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Dutch research shows New Zealand secondary teachers are paid less than their counterparts in any developed nation, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Fatherless DPB Total Tops 16,000 for First Time
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 9:10 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today revealed new figures which show that for the first time the number of women on the domestic purposes benefit who won't name the fathers of their children has topped 16,000. The facts that a ... More >>
A Snap Election Looks Increasingly Likely
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 9:08 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand has only ever had two snap elections in the whole of our 150 year parliamentary history. More >>
ACT Gets Major Changes in Securities Markets Bill
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 12:59 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks achieved major changes to the Securities Markets Bill in select committee, but said the Bill remains a disgraceful Government stunt. More >>
Govt Getting Something Right On Student Funding?
Friday, 31 May 2002, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand
"I applaud the government's reported interest in the long term family saving scheme planned to reduce tertiary loan burdens," said ACT Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Safer Trucks Need Safer Roads
Friday, 31 May 2002, 10:45 am | ACT New Zealand
Although the move to allow larger, more stable trucks on the roads is good news, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster warned today that better highways and more passing lanes are needed to avoid an increase in accidents. More >>
Early Election Irresponsible
Thursday, 30 May 2002, 2:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says an early election would be irresponsible, and damaging to New Zealand's reputation as a stable democracy. More >>
Government Loses The Plot On Rural Health
Thursday, 30 May 2002, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT rural-based MP Gerry Eckhoff says the Government's rural health package is an exercise in futility unless we actually have doctors practising in rural New Zealand. More >>
Welfare Reform Would Combat Teen Pregnancy
Thursday, 30 May 2002, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
A programme of rigorous welfare reform is essential to help turn around our appalling teen pregnancy statistics - which are third-worst in the developed world - ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
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 >>
