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Transport Minister Not Off The Hook
Thursday, 14 March 2002, 9:21 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster responded to news that car dealers cannot take legal action against the Minister for creating unfair car standards by saying Mark Gosche is not off the hook. More >>
ACT Conference Will Set Agenda For Election
Wednesday, 13 March 2002, 1:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party conference this weekend will focus on the key issues the party believes the next election will be fought on - health, education, law and order, and the economy/tax. More >>
Making New Zealand a World Beater
Wednesday, 13 March 2002, 9:32 am | ACT New Zealand
In election year it's traditional for voters to examine more closely what the country has achieved during the term of the incumbent government. It's a time to reflect on whether we are in better shape now than we were before the election. In an age ... More >>
Another Parole Murder
Wednesday, 13 March 2002, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand
William Holtz murdered Mr Prasad while on parole. Holtz was paroled at half his sentence in April 2000 for an earlier stabbing. He had already been sentenced twice for attacks on Indian shopkeepers. Mr Prasad would be alive today if there was truth ... More >>
Art-For-Dole Scheme Traps More In Dependency
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 3:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
With its soft approach to welfare, the Government is in danger of trapping a whole new type of beneficiary in the welfare trap, ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
NZ Post Now Desperate With Franchisees
Monday, 11 March 2002, 1:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that NZ Post's revised offer to franchisees showed New Zealand Post was now desperately behind schedule with the roll-out of Kiwibank. More >>
Suppression Protects the Guilty, Not the Innocent
Sunday, 10 March 2002, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
The judiciary's suppression of information that is of public interest is an anathema. The former British Chief Justice Lord Hewitt believed, "it is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly ... More >>
What is the Govt Doing for the World Cup?
Sunday, 10 March 2002, 3:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble asked tonight: "What are Trevor Mallard and the Labour Government doing to ensure New Zealand hosts rugby's World Cup? More >>
Locking Up Natural Resources
Friday, 8 March 2002, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff says the drive to remove farmers from the high country has received a fresh impetus with the visit of a Russian botanist to speak at a Mountain Lands Conference in Dunedin this weekend. More >>
Red Tape and Bureaucracy Hobbles Industry
Friday, 8 March 2002, 3:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Primary Production select committee recommendations on the Aquaculture moratorium do not go far enough," said ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff More >>
Brain Drain Re-Starts After September 11 Scare
Friday, 8 March 2002, 10:42 am | ACT New Zealand
Latest migration figures back up ACT's comments that the reduction in the brain drain after September 11 was just a blip, ACT Immigration Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Is Our Govt Dithering Again On Air New Zealand?
Thursday, 7 March 2002, 1:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Air New Zealand interim announcement does nothing to clear up the most ominous uncertainty facing the company, says ACT New Zealand commerce spokesman Stephen Franks. That is the threat from the Australian government. More >>
Truth in Super -- Rodney Hide
Thursday, 7 March 2002, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Speech delivered by ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide to the IIR Superannuation Conference, Intercontinental Hotel, Wellington More >>
ACT Does Not Support National's Zoning Policy
Thursday, 7 March 2002, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today withdrew support for National's new zoning policy. More >>
National's Adoption Of ACT Zoning Policy
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 1:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today welcomed the National Party's adoption of ACT policy on school zoning. More >>
Government Refugee Policies Not Working
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 10:59 am | ACT New Zealand
News that 1800 asylum seekers who've been refused refugee status are still living in New Zealand, shows this government's refugee policies are not working, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Awatere Huata Defends Auckland Grammar
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today defended Auckland Grammar headmaster John Morris after he was attacked by Minister Trevor Mallard. More >>
Refugee Underclass Is Created By Government
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 8:51 am | ACT New Zealand
Turning down asylum seekers without ensuring they leave New Zealand is pointless, ACT Immigration spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Is Air NZ Victim of More Market Manipulation?
Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 6:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
News that the Australian Opposition will move to allow Ansett workers to sue Air New Zealand - despite last year's $300 million settlement with the administrators - puts our airline into grave uncertainty, ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks ... More >>
Franks Seeks Change to Name Suppression Rules
Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 5:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today put before parliament proposals to have name suppression orders cancelled automatically once an offender is convicted - unless the victim of the crime applies for suppression to continue. More >>
