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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 >>
Government Making Refugee Policy On The Run
Monday, 4 March 2002, 10:29 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 >>
Taxpayer Pays Civil Servants To Join PSA
Monday, 4 March 2002, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government is dolling out cash and perks to public servants for joining a Labour-friendly union, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide revealed today. More >>
Privilege Case Can't Deal With The Real Scandals
Monday, 4 March 2002, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand
The breach of privilege case against Corrections Minister Matt Robson can't deal with the real scandals in payments to prisoners, says ACT's Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Student Debt Worse, Not Better
Monday, 4 March 2002, 12:53 am | ACT New Zealand
Auckland students' total debt is set to double under the Labour/Alliance government, said ACT leader Richard Richard Prebble who is visiting Auckland University today. More >>
Sinister Add-Ons To Terrorism, Boat People Bills
Friday, 1 March 2002, 2:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks agreed last night with the Auckland Council for Civil Liberties that the Labour/Alliance Government is using hysteria about foreigner dangers to slide through unnecessary threats to New Zealanders' freedoms and the ... More >>
Does Spitting Wild Cat Show Good Faith?
Friday, 1 March 2002, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
"I have been waiting to hear the Minister of Labour, Margaret Wilson show good faith under her new employment law by announcing the prosecution of the commuter train staff who inconvenienced and frustrated thousands with yesterday's unlawful ... More >>
New Figures Show Deepening Health Crisis
Friday, 1 March 2002, 9:10 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health Spokesman Ken Shirley says today's latest official public health figures show that the country's hospitals are spiralling dangerously further and further into the red and only a major change in Government policy will address the crisis. More >>
Privileges Referral Is Huge Setback To NZ Post
Friday, 1 March 2002, 9:07 am | ACT New Zealand
Before New Zealand Post, no state-owned enterprise or government department has ever been referred to parliament's Privileges Committee for "misleading" a Select Committee, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Auckland Conned
Friday, 1 March 2002, 9:04 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said this evening that Auckland mayor John Banks is the victim of a con job by the Labour Government whose transport package is just a sop to the Greens. More >>
New Tax Flogs Rural New Zealanders
Friday, 1 March 2002, 8:57 am | ACT New Zealand
Rural New Zealanders will be bitterly angry to learn that they will pay an extra five cents per litre for petrol after the Government's disastrous Transport Package was announced today, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Transport Package Has No Answers
Friday, 1 March 2002, 8:56 am | ACT New Zealand
The $227 million transport package throws money at the Greens, but fails to deliver to New Zealand's motorists, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Clarkistan - Helen Clark's Third Way
Friday, 1 March 2002, 12:43 am | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide Speech to the Nelson Club, Nelson at 12.30pm on Friday, March 1, 2002 More >>
Hospital Waiting Lists Set To Grow
Thursday, 28 February 2002, 9:23 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley predicts that the Canterbury District Health Board and other health boards around the country will inevitably face ballooning waiting lists for elective surgery and cuts in other services. More >>
Government Tourism 'Strategy' Is Unhelpful
Thursday, 28 February 2002, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government's tourism research strategy is unhelpful, ACT Tourism Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
ACT Backs Routine DNA Sampling Of Criminals
Wednesday, 27 February 2002, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand's Police Spokesman Ken Shirley urges the Government to move quickly to pass legislation necessary to permit the routine collection of DNA samples for profiling all convicted criminals. More >>
ACT Opposes Environment Re-Appointment
Wednesday, 27 February 2002, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand does not support the Parliamentary Notice of Motion to reappoint Dr Morgan Williams to the role of Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley told the House last night. More >>
Newman Urges Fight On Gambling Bill
Wednesday, 27 February 2002, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Northland-based MP Dr Muriel Newman is urging Northlanders to write submissions to the Government Administration Committee about the Responsible Gambling Bill, which had its first reading in Parliament last night. The bill seeks to unilaterally regulate ... More >>
Audit Report Just A Smokescreen
Wednesday, 27 February 2002, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand
The Audit Office review of Tuku Morgan's documentary for Maori television was a complete waste of the auditor's time, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Triad Of Evil Starts With Bullying On The Marae
Wednesday, 27 February 2002, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
Wife bashing, gangs and marae protocol are intrinsically linked, ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata, MP, argues in this article. More >>
