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NZ Lose Access to Neutral Legal Umpires
Monday, 15 April 2002, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks says the move by the Government for New Zealand to sever links with the Privy Council means we will lose a unique competitive advantage for a small remote country - access to neutral international referees to uphold impartial ... More >>
Why Does National Want To Put Off Prosperity?
Monday, 15 April 2002, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
The National Party has acknowledged what most business leaders already know - that New Zealand needs a tax cut to promote prosperity and reach the goal of 4 percent growth, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Franks Proposes Remedy For Legal Aid Blow-Out
Monday, 15 April 2002, 10:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks wants changes to the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill to block - before it gets up speed - a new legal aid industry in sentencing hearings. "The Bill has strong new incentives for offenders and their lawyers ... More >>
National Should Immediately Reverse Labour's Tax
Monday, 15 April 2002, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said to day that he was thrilled National had recommitted to tax cuts under the leadership of Bill English. More >>
Wickliffe Case Illustrates Lack Of Accountability
Friday, 12 April 2002, 3:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has expressed surprise at a decision yesterday by Tauranga magistrates to release without conviction Dean Wickliffe, one of New Zealand's most notorious criminals, after he was found driving while disqualified and with 12 grams ... More >>
Goff Creates New Legal Aid Industry
Thursday, 11 April 2002, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today it was hypocritical of Phil Goff to rail about an Auckland family running up a $1.1 million legal aid bill when proposals in Mr Goff's Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill will lead to substantial increases ... More >>
Government Has Lost Control Of Immigration
Thursday, 11 April 2002, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Department's forecast that an extra 7000 people will be unemployed by September, due mainly to immigration, is yet another proof of my claim that the government has lost control of immigration, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Franks Speech: What Is Cultural Liberalism?
Thursday, 11 April 2002, 10:56 am | ACT New Zealand
This could be about an Arts Policy for ACT. We could discuss lots of interesting questions. Such as was the virgin in a condom art? What is the role of the State in relation to people just out to shock? Is the `artists on the dole' scheme a vital ... More >>
Prebble Speech: A 28 Cent Company And Personal Tax
Wednesday, 10 April 2002, 11:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Calls For National to Adopt a 28 Cent Company and Personal Tax Rate Policy More >>
ACT Needs To Get Its Facts Right
Wednesday, 10 April 2002, 4:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Christian Heritage hopes if ACT is part of the Government it will get facts right instead of politicking.” Christian Heritage Immigration Spokesperson Rosemarie Thomas said today. More >>
ACT Billboards Will Stay
Wednesday, 10 April 2002, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble, responding to Corrections Minister Matt Robson's call for ACT to remove its 'Truth in Sentencing' billboards, said the party would do so if the Labour/Alliance government dropped the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill. More >>
Fresh NZ Post Leaks Confirm Concerns
Wednesday, 10 April 2002, 9:33 am | ACT New Zealand
Fresh leaks of NZ Post correspondence show that over a year ago deputy chairman Syd Bradley attempted to air the exact same concerns over NZ Post's performance in South Africa that National MP Murray McCully and ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide ... More >>
Maori Caucus Should Act On Methane Tax
Wednesday, 10 April 2002, 9:32 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today questioned why Labour's Maori caucus was maintaining a deafening silence over Pete Hodgson's comments that farmers must raise as yet unspecified amount of money for research into methane reduction. More >>
Hide Speech: Jim's Jobs Machine Spins Wheels
Tuesday, 9 April 2002, 3:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Alliance meltdown has served a useful purpose for Jim Anderton. It has diverted attention toward politics, away from policy. Jim's much touted "Jobs Machine" is spinning its wheels and the Deputy Prime Minister has proved no more adept at "picking ... More >>
Ngawha Prison A Triumph Of Dogma Over Reason
Tuesday, 9 April 2002, 3:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Northland-based MP Dr Muriel Newman said today that the news the Government would press on with building of a new prison on a totally inappropriate site at Ngawha was a huge blow to the New Zealand taxpayer. More >>
ACT Calls For Review Of Refugee Approval Process
Tuesday, 9 April 2002, 11:01 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has called for a fundamental review of the way the New Zealand government handles refugee applications, after the UN decision that most of the Tampa boat people on Nauru are not genuine refugees. More >>
Act Billboard Stolen!
Tuesday, 9 April 2002, 9:12 am | ACT New Zealand
Cheeky thieves have stolen an ACT New Zealand billboard that called for zero tolerance on crime. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington 8/4/2002
Monday, 8 April 2002, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
Although Labour denies it will go to the polls early, the party is making plans. The Letter has been told that Labour MPs have been privately briefed to prepare. More >>
Prebble Speech Immigration Leads Inflation
Monday, 8 April 2002, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand is, with Sweden, the only country in the world increasing interest rates. Australia last week held its interest rates down. So why are New Zealand's interest rates rising? More >>
Tithes For Maori TV - You Must Be Joking!
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
It would be foolish to tithe TVNZ advertising in order to pay for the new Maori television station, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
