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Maharey fails to Meet Welfare Challenge
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
Steve Maharey's ideological obsession against time limited benefits flies in the face both of overwhelming evidence of their international success, and New Zealand's need for a radical change in Welfare policy says ACT Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel ... More >>
Brain Drain Increasing
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
Latest immigration figures show the loss of skilled New Zealanders increased during April, with 357 more skilled Kiwis leaving the country than arrived, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
ACT Slams Tax Apartheid
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 11:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says his party strongly opposes the government's proposal that Maori authorities and trusts pay only 19.5 percent tax, rather than the 33 percent rate that applies to all other businesses and trusts. More >>
Ghetto Schools Suspend Ten Times More
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 9:29 am | ACT New Zealand
One school suspended almost twelve percent of its school roll last year, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata revealed today. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington 20 May
Monday, 20 May 2002, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
First, the good news. Dr Cullen has adopted ACT's policy of a 19.5% tax rate for business. The new rate is in the Taxation (Annual Rates, Maori Organisations, Taxpayer Compliance and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill introduced to Parliament last week ... More >>
Drug Taskforce Is Not the Solution We Need
Monday, 20 May 2002, 9:17 am | ACT New Zealand
After ignoring the drug problem in schools for almost three years, the Government now plans to form a committee, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
ACT's Welfare Vision: ACT Alternative Budget 2002
Monday, 20 May 2002, 8:04 am | ACT New Zealand
Today I have real pleasure in sharing with you ACT's vision for welfare, outlining why reform of New Zealand's welfare system is fundamental to creating a prosperous society that is based on individual responsibility. More >>
The Father of All Give-Away Budgets
Monday, 20 May 2002, 8:04 am | ACT New Zealand
The Father of All Give-Away Budgets: ACT Alternative Budget 2002 Speech by Richard Prebble More >>
Speech to launch of ACT Alternative Budget,
Monday, 20 May 2002, 8:03 am | ACT New Zealand
All of us anxious to rev up the economy had a boost last week. Finance Minister Michael Cullen announced ACT's tax policy. He's proposing to drop the rate of tax to 19.5 cents in the dollar. He made the announcement on Tuesday. His Bill has gone ... More >>
ACT New Zealand Will Present Alternative Budget
Monday, 20 May 2002, 8:02 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand will present an Alternative Budget, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Eight-year olds Busted For Drugs
Friday, 17 May 2002, 4:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
For the first time, children as young as eight have been busted in the playground with drugs, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata revealed today. More >>
Full Criminal Records Must Be Made Public
Friday, 17 May 2002, 12:10 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks has written to the Corrections and Justice Ministers seeking assurances that when the murderers in the two South Auckland shootings are convicted, their previous criminal record details will not be suppressed. More >>
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 >>
