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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 >>
Where Is The Competitive Power Market?
Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Energy Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today accused Pete Hodgson of having a bob each way with the electricity market. More >>
ACT Supports PM's Tough Line on Zimbabwe
Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 11:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has written to the Prime Minister offering the ACT Party's support for any sanctions against Zimbabwe. More >>
Tuvalu Claims Disputed
Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 12:44 am | ACT New Zealand
"The Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Koloa Talake, should check his facts before threatening to take legal action against major countries and corporations who he claims are causing sea levels to rise and drown his island nation," says ACT Deputy Leader Ken ... More >>
PSA Entitlements Are Corrupt And Disgusting
Monday, 4 March 2002, 5:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide today reiterated his criticism of Government-funded perks for bureaucrats who are members of a Labour-friendly union. More >>
Will PM's Market Manipulation Cost Us More?
Monday, 4 March 2002, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks says Helen Clark's recommendation to Air New Zealand Shareholders to hang on to their shares could end up costing taxpayers even more money, following news that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ... More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington
Monday, 4 March 2002, 3:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
Last week Labour broke its clearest promise - "read my lips, no new taxes" - to impose a 4.7c petrol tax. Why? Labour's polls say Auckland traffic has become an election issue. More >>
Govt Takes Futile Stance On Diabetes Treatment
Monday, 4 March 2002, 11:50 am | ACT New Zealand
"The transferral to the Cook Islands of xeno transplantation clinical trials associated with diabetes treatment reveals the futility of this Government's reluctance to embrace new biological technologies," says ACT Health Spokesman Ken Shirley. More >>
Government Making Refugee Policy On The Run
Monday, 4 March 2002, 10:30 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says he's concerned the government is continuing to make refugee policy in an ad hoc way while on tour overseas. More >>
