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ACT Opposes Aussie Rules For Dietary Supplements
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government proposal to adopt the Australian system for the regulation of dietary supplements is a sell-out to Australian bureaucracy and heavy handed regulation, says ACT's Health spokesman Ken Shirley. More >>
Early Election Likely
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 11:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble at the Auckland launch today of ACT's new book, `Old Values - New Ideas', said he believes an early election is now possible. More >>
Confusion As Frontal Impact Rules Take Hold
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 8:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
Car dealers and car compliance checkers are finding that the rules are changing again, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Has Jim Anderton Joined Social Credit?
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
Jim Anderton's announcement today doesn't answer the really interesting question - "what will happen to the Democrat Party which is part of the Alliance?" ACT leader Richard Prebble said. More >>
No Mandate For Split
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 11:21 am | ACT New Zealand
Jim Anderton's abandonment of his own party gives politics a bad name, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Overstayer Numbers Top 20,000
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 10:52 am | ACT New Zealand
Overstayer numbers are at the same level as before the Immigration Minister introduced her farcical amnesty intended to reduce the figures, ACT Immigration Spokesman MP Penny Webster revealed today. More >>
What Does Jim Anderton's Conscience Tell Him?
Tuesday, 2 April 2002, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
When Jim Anderton told Gregory Fortuin to "follow your conscience" about whether to seek re-appointment as Race Relations Commissioner, Mr Fortuin would have known his position was untenable, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Car Buyers Need To Get In Quick
Tuesday, 2 April 2002, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand families have just six months to buy a car before new Government regulations push up prices by around $4,000, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
ACT Party Pays Tribute To Queen Mother
Monday, 1 April 2002, 10:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble today joined in expressions of sympathy to the Royal Family on the death of the Queen Mother. More >>
The Law Should Have Supported Judge's First Try
Thursday, 28 March 2002, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said law should have let the Judge in the trial of four Wellington grave-robbers to tailor the sentence to fit the nature of the crime. More >>
Huata Calls for Dalziel to Support Rape Victim
Thursday, 28 March 2002, 3:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
Women throughout New Zealand will be horrified to learn that if they get attacked, the Minister of ACC won't defend their rights, ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Labour Fails Economy By Its Own Measure
Thursday, 28 March 2002, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the Labour/Alliance government had failed in its economic management by its own measures. More >>
More Discriminatory Legislation In The Statutes
Thursday, 28 March 2002, 1:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman says today will mark the sad passing into law of yet another piece of ill considered, hastily drafted and discriminatory legislation from this Government. More >>
Unseemly Haste In Sale Of Animal Health Labs
Thursday, 28 March 2002, 12:51 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff today accused the Government of a lack of transparency in the way it is going about selling its Animal Health Laboratories Business. More >>
Rape Victim Was Failed By Minister And ACC
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 10:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
The bureaucratic Accident Compensation Corporation treated a rape victim with contempt, and the Minister in charge is blaming the woman and her doctor for failing to fill out her ACC forms correctly. More >>
What's Happening With The Dole-For-Art Scheme?
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 11:17 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today questioned why the Government is withholding information regarding the number of people who have gone on to its PACE programme under which aspiring artists can receive the dole. More >>
I Was The First To Tell You
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble said today he was a member of the Lange government Cabinet Security Committee. More >>
Okarito Declaration Is Unmitigated Cheek
Tuesday, 26 March 2002, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
Commitment with someone else's money is shallow posturing. The Okarito Declaration is a high sounding commitment but in no way does it offer practical protection as claimed by Dr McSweeney, ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said. More >>
Forced 'Voluntary' Quotas Are Blackmail
Tuesday, 26 March 2002, 10:49 am | ACT New Zealand
Broadcasting Minister Marian Hobbs has forced radio stations to introduce `Kiwi' quotas to get around advice that New Zealand would face international legal action if mandatory quotas were introduced, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster ... More >>
No Partnership, No False Principles
Monday, 25 March 2002, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
There is no good future for New Zealand in the cult of Treaty worship, ACT New Zealand's Justice Spokesman ,Stephen Franks, told the IIR Public Law forum in Wellington today. More >>
