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Extra State Houses Will Feed Dependency Trap

Thursday, 9 May 2002, 11:43 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said the announced extra funding for State housing is aimed at tackling a housing crisis created by this Government - and will only worsen the problem and create more state dependency. More >>

Kaumatua Visits Another Example Of Soft On Crime

Thursday, 9 May 2002, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand

Matt Robson's new scheme to allow kaumatua greater access to Maori in prison, is just another example of the Labour/Alliance government's soft-on-crime approach, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>

Serious Attacks On Teachers Rise

Thursday, 9 May 2002, 10:54 am | ACT New Zealand

Serious attacks by students on teachers increased by 16 percent between 2000 and 2001, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata revealed today. More >>

Playing Politics With Refugees

Thursday, 9 May 2002, 9:46 am | ACT New Zealand

This week I have been very critical of our Prime Minister's actions in Indonesia. I have accused the Prime Minister of refugee diplomacy. More >>

Newman Speech: Auckland University Students

Wednesday, 8 May 2002, 5:09 pm | ACT New Zealand

It's tragic that successive governments have managed New Zealand so poorly. Well managed nations are prosperous. They have the money to fund world class health and education systems. Workers command high wages and those with good qualifications ... More >>

Secretary For Education Cannot Continue In Role

Wednesday, 8 May 2002, 2:04 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Secretary for Education has politicised his role by placing misleading and highly biased full-page advertisements in daily newspapers, and cannot continue in the job, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>

First Bill Arrives For Hobbs' Charter

Wednesday, 8 May 2002, 1:28 pm | ACT New Zealand

The taxpayer has received the first bill for Marian Hobbs' TVNZ Charter, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>

School Drug Problems Increase In Bay Of Plenty

Tuesday, 7 May 2002, 11:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

Suspensions in the Bay of Plenty haven't dropped under the Education Minister's `Suspension Reduction Initiative' and drug problems have got even worse, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata revealed today. More >>

Failure To Tackle Drug Problem In Northland

Tuesday, 7 May 2002, 11:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Government has failed to reduce the number of suspensions for children in Northland, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata revealed today. More >>

The One Percent: Ghetto Schools That Suspend

Tuesday, 7 May 2002, 11:06 pm | ACT New Zealand

One percent of secondary schools were responsible for nineteen percent of suspensions in 2001, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata revealed today. More >>

Not Too Late For Evaluation Of Woolcorp Proposal

Tuesday, 7 May 2002, 11:05 pm | ACT New Zealand

The proposal put together by Woolcorp for the future of the wool industry deserves a proper independent and professional evaluation before the Wool Board's proposals are finalised, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>

Has Jim Anderton Lost It?

Tuesday, 7 May 2002, 11:04 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today that being dumped by his own party has clearly placed far too much pressure on Jim Anderton. More >>

Govt Must Consider Justice For Taranaki Lessees

Tuesday, 7 May 2002, 11:02 pm | ACT New Zealand

Natural justice demands that the Labour-Alliance-Alliance Government seriously consider paying interest to lessees who have just been paid out compensation for changes made to their contracts under the Maori Reserves Lands Act, ACT MP Owen Jennings said ... More >>