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Why did Maori TV use Millennium People?
Tuesday, 30 April 2002, 1:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
Shareholding Ministers must explain why the Maori Television Service used Millennium People to head hunt John Davy, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Nothing In Budget For Secondary Education
Tuesday, 30 April 2002, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
Trevor Mallard has pre-released Budget education announcements so that teachers and principals make less fuss closer to an election when they discover there's next-to-nothing for them, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Was Maori TV Set Up To Fail?
Monday, 29 April 2002, 6:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
John Davy's appointment and dismissal show why the Government should not be involved in broadcasting, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Hide Welcomes National Support For Treaty Bill
Monday, 29 April 2002, 12:38 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide today welcomed the National Party's endorsement of his private member's Bill to place a time-limit on Treaty of Waitangi claims. More >>
Treaty Policy Leaves Unanswered Questions
Monday, 29 April 2002, 12:26 am | ACT New Zealand
National's Treaty of Waitangi policy is a good start but it leaves many questions unanswered, ACT's justice spokesman Stephen Franks says. More >>
Youth Crime Strategy Is A Defence Of Status Quo
Friday, 26 April 2002, 6:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
After taking nearly three years to develop a so-called Youth Crime Strategy, the Government has produced totally predictable rhetoric that simply perpetuates the status quo, ACT Justice Spokesman MP Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Securities Commission Air NZ Report Embarrassing
Friday, 26 April 2002, 6:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Securities Commission report into comments made by Helen Clark is a gift to those who claim that New Zealand securities regulation lacks integrity, ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said. More >>
Public Meeting On Crime And Justice
Friday, 26 April 2002, 6:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
Norm Withers, whose referendum for tougher sentences for violent crime won overwhelming support from voters at the last election, will share a platform with ACT's justice spokesman, Stephen Franks, at a public meeting in Christchurch next Tuesday. More >>
Youth Crime Strategy Politically-Correct Nonsense
Friday, 26 April 2002, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government's so-called strategy to deal with youth crime is more politically-correct, ineffective nonsense, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
FEC Calls In Auditor-General On Transend
Friday, 26 April 2002, 2:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
National MP Hon Murray McCully and ACT MP Rodney Hide said today that they were pleased that the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee had concluded its lengthy financial review of NZ Post with a call for the Auditor-General to undertake a full ... More >>
National's Industrial Relations Policy Too Timid
Friday, 26 April 2002, 1:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says he's disappointed to see the National Party has moved away from a promise to scrap the Employment Relations Act. More >>
Solution For Threatened Flood Of Criminal Appeals
Friday, 26 April 2002, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Court of Appeal judges have in their hands a simple way of ensuring they are not buried in appeals following the Privy Council's correct finding that procedures were shonky, ACT Justice Spokesman MP Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Time For Rational Law On Mad Defence
Friday, 26 April 2002, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
The Claude Gabriel case highlights the need for an end to the extreme difference between the way we treat `bad' killings and `mad' killings, ACT Justice Spokesman MP Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Brash’s Resignation A No-Confidence Vote
Friday, 26 April 2002, 11:03 am | ACT New Zealand
The shock resignation of the Reserve Bank Governor raises serious questions about the credibility of the Labour/Alliance government's fiscal policies, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
How Did Insane Killer Get Past 'Hard Line'?
Friday, 26 April 2002, 10:05 am | ACT New Zealand
The fact Claude John Gabriel, an insane killer, has managed to get in the country and can't be extradited is frightening, ACT Immigration Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
It's Aotearoa Television All Over Again...
Friday, 26 April 2002, 10:02 am | ACT New Zealand
The Ministers responsible for Maori Television must release John Davy's detailed curriculum vitae to the public, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Investigation Into Maori TV Chief Executive
Thursday, 25 April 2002, 8:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Newspaper investigations into Maori Television chief executive John Davy reveal similar disturbing findings to inquiries by ACT New Zealand, Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
What The Report On Youth Justice Should Say
Thursday, 25 April 2002, 8:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Justice Minister Phil Goff has kept Judge Carruther's report on the youth justice system under wraps for months. On the eve of its likely release, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks commented on what should be in the report. More >>
Drug Court Real Or Illusory?
Wednesday, 24 April 2002, 5:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
"We must hope for the best but fear the worst from the pilot drug court announced for Christchurch," ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said. More >>
Latest Teacher Action Reflects Poorly On Mallard
Wednesday, 24 April 2002, 4:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
The latest industrial action by school teachers should be a wake-up call for Trevor Mallard, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
