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Business Alternative To Kyoto Dismissed Arrogantly
Wednesday, 24 April 2002, 11:47 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour/Alliance/Alliance Government has been too quick rejecting the Business New Zealand alternative to an early signing of the Kyoto agreements, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
New Export Education Levy A Shambles
Wednesday, 24 April 2002, 12:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Tertiary Education Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today condemned the Government's attempts to force through, without consultation, a new levy on tertiary institutions who accept foreign fee-paying students. More >>
Clear Up Ransom And Hostage Policy
Tuesday, 23 April 2002, 7:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks is calling on the Government to state its policy for dealing with ransom demands. "We need to know without delay because the Prime Minister has increased the risk for every child in New Zealand. More >>
Govt Bungling Causes Auckland Health Crisis
Tuesday, 23 April 2002, 3:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health Spokesman Ken Shirley today revealed that the Auckland District Health Board came within days of a serious breach of its bank borrowing arrangements earlier this year - such is the financial strain it is under as a result of this Government's ... More >>
End Cooked Breakfasts For Prisoners
Tuesday, 23 April 2002, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Corrections Spokesman Stephen Franks said today that if the Corrections Department is serious about reducing the cost of prison inmates' food a good start would be to end the practice at many prisons of supplying a cooked breakfast. More >>
CYFS Managers Forced To Take On Abuse Cases
Tuesday, 23 April 2002, 12:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today revealed that a number of Managers of Department of Child Youth and Family Services' centres are having to handle child abuse cases - despite this being against the department's policy. More >>
Bureaucrats Force School Zoning Restriction
Tuesday, 23 April 2002, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand
The Ministry of Education's rejection of Paraparaumu College's enrolment scheme shows school zones are created by bureaucrats rather than educators, ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
The Brain Drain Is Back
Sunday, 21 April 2002, 1:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is of great concern that the outflow of skilled New Zealanders has started again, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today in response to the March immigration figures. More >>
Newman Speech: Housing The Nation
Sunday, 21 April 2002, 1:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Housing a nation is a major responsibility. It is a joint effort between the private sector and the government, for it is the private sector that provides most of the rental housing for those New Zealanders who do not own their own home. More >>
Mallard Must Clarify School Fee Guidelines
Friday, 19 April 2002, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today wrote to Trevor Mallard urging him to clarify school fee guidelines to ensure schools that are currently breaking the law do not continue to do so. More >>
Mallard's Sick Comments are Not On
Friday, 19 April 2002, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Women's Affairs Spokesman MP Penny Webster said Trevor Mallard's bully-boy joke about `what he'd like to do to John O'Neill and Vernon Pugh' is distasteful and poorly timed. More >>
What Has Been Mr Mallard's Role?
Friday, 19 April 2002, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
As part of the inquiry into the loss of the Rugby World Cup, we need to find out what the Sports Minister’s role has been, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Electoral Boundaries Favour Labour
Thursday, 18 April 2002, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
"This is because the Electoral Commission has used the constituency quota to the limit, to keep electoral boundaries unchanged," Mr Prebble said. More >>
Govt Slashes Aid For Long-Term Unemployed
Thursday, 18 April 2002, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused the Government of abandoning the country's growing numbers of long term unemployed. More >>
Rising Number Of Strikes Causes Concern
Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 11:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
The doubling of the number of work stoppages last year, is a matter of concern, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Immigration Behind Interest Rate Rises
Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 10:43 am | ACT New Zealand
Today's interest rate rise by the Reserve Bank is dramatic and has serious implications, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Govt To Block Shareholders' Access To Justice
Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 10:40 am | ACT New Zealand
Efforts to bring insider traders to justice will be a great deal harder in future if the Securities Markets and Institutions Bill becomes law. More >>
Wool Company Succeeds Despite Wool Board
Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 10:17 am | ACT New Zealand
The Canterbury based wool company Escorial has scored an internationally recognised victory of notable proportions with its winning bale of fine wool. More >>
Hike In Interest Rates Shows Low Growth Path
Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 10:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Reserve Bank Governor Dr Don Brash's hike in interest rates shows New Zealand's prospects for sustainable growth under current policies remains at best 2.5 percent a year. More >>
Pensioner Housing Issue Aimed At Saving Alliance
Tuesday, 16 April 2002, 11:49 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government edict that pensioner houses can't be sold without local councils replacing them is nothing more than a skirmish between two warring factions of what was once the Alliance Party, ACT Local Government Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
