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Killer Almost Certainly A Repeat Offender
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble said today, from his experience as a former Minister of Police, that the South Auckland killer is almost certainly a previously-convicted offender. More >>
Procedural Duplicity
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 8:14 am | ACT New Zealand
"The Government's duplicitous procedures were exposed today in Parliament by my question to the Minister of Police," said ACT's Police Spokesman Ken Shirley. More >>
Mallard Helps Schools Break The Law
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 12:14 am | ACT New Zealand
The Education Minister is deliberately allowing schools to break the law and mislead parents, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Cheap Political Gesture at Expense of Whangaparoa
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 4:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Transport Spokesman and Rodney-based MP Penny Webster is absolutely gutted by the Green Party's move to cancel the Rodney Penlink toll road. More >>
Third Parties Determine Who Is Government
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 4:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
Third parties in the New Zealand Parliament have a crucial role, because it's third parties that decide who is the government. More >>
Whose Side Does the Commission Take?
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 1:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
"I am not surprised by today's Securities Commission refusal to let us get an opinion whether there was unlawful tipping of Air New Zealand information," says ACT Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Reserve Bank's Independence Compromised
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
The government needs to speed up the appointment of a permanent Reserve Bank Governor, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Overseas Aid Misallocated, Prebble Says
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 12:21 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has criticised the government's decision to increase overseas aid by $4 million, principally to assist Indonesia. More >>
Parents of Repeat Truants Must Be Jailed
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 5:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government must copy Britain and jail parents of repeat truants, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
The Vital Role of Private Sector Housing
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 5:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Speech to Otago Property Investors Association, 7:30pm, May 14, 2002, Cedar Club, 89 Stafford St, Dunedin More >>
New CDF Shows True Leadership
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said he was heartened the new Chief of Defence Force Bruce Ferguson spoke out today against the destructive culture that developed amongst a few in the top ranks of the Army. More >>
Defence Report on ACT Party Web Site
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 5:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says he is astonished by the Defence Minster's claim that the report by Colin Carruthers QC could not be put on the government's website until tomorrow. More >>
More Hollow Words from Minister Maharey
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 5:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Tertiary Education Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said the Government's finalised Tertiary Education Strategy released today is the type of fine sounding hollow document that is becoming the hallmark of Minister Steve Maharey. More >>
Government Tactics Over 'Boy Racers' A Sham
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today attacked as a sham the Government's tactics in trying to promote legislation to address the "boy racer" issue through a private member's bill. More >>
Extra Funding for Ethnic Affairs Another Cost
Monday, 13 May 2002, 11:25 am | ACT New Zealand
The announcement of another $700,000 for the Office of Ethnic Affairs is yet another sign of the true cost of this government's immigration policies, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Labour Wants Political Police
Sunday, 12 May 2002, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
Police Minister George Hawkins and the Prime Minister should immediately repudiate Al Morrison's claim on National Radio today that the police will suffer "repercussions" for pursuing an enquiry into Helen Clark's art forgery says ACT's Justice spokesman ... More >>
Waitangi Tribunal Bias Challenge Thin-Skinned
Sunday, 12 May 2002, 1:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is a pity for Maori and the Waitangi Tribunal that the claimants who tried today to get Hon Michael Bassett ejected from sitting as a tribunal member on their Treaty claim have decided to appeal Judge Joe Williams' sensible decision to retain Dr Bassett, ... More >>
New Student Tax Meets With Strong Opposition
Friday, 10 May 2002, 12:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
Submissions to the Education and Science Select Committee today revealed that educators believe the new tax on international students being proposed by the government is ill-advised, hasty and unnecessary, said Dr Muriel Newman, ACT spokesman on Tertiary ... More >>
Is Commercial Information Secure In Ministry?
Friday, 10 May 2002, 10:36 am | ACT New Zealand
Jim Anderton must reassure businesses from New Zealand and abroad that commercially sensitive information provided to his Ministry of Economic Development is secure, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Make List Vote A Referendum On Crime
Friday, 10 May 2002, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party is calling on voters to make the list vote a referendum on violent crime. More >>
