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Maharey Hides Growing Long Term Unemployment
Monday, 11 February 2002, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand
"Social Services Minister Steve Maharey clearly does not even read his own Parliamentary answers which reveal registered long term unemployment over two years has grown by 26 percent since the Labour Government was elected," said ACT Leader Richard ... More >>
Mallard's Negligence Ruins Start Of School Year
Monday, 11 February 2002, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
The rise in school rolls was entirely predictable, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Dole Proposal Is Wrong Incentive
Monday, 11 February 2002, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
The government's proposal to keep paying beneficiaries the dole for three weeks after they start work, on top of their wages, will just encourage people to go on the dole, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Labour Spin On Auckland Transport Is Nonsense
Monday, 11 February 2002, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour has been jolted awake by Bill English's endorsement of ACT's strategy to fix the Auckland transport nightmare, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Ministerial Negligence Puts Morgan In Spotlight
Monday, 11 February 2002, 9:34 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today that it was a great pity that controversy again surrounds Te Mangai Paho funding. More >>
The Kroll Report: Media Pack and Questions
Sunday, 10 February 2002, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
NZ Post's $54 million contract with SAPO was signed in July 1999. The deal was that NZ Post's international consultancy Transend would provide key executives to restructure the business and implement a commercial development strategy prepared by Transend. ... More >>
Kroll Report: Bombshell for NZ Post and Government
Sunday, 10 February 2002, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today delivered a bombshell to NZ Post by making public the South African Government's draft, confidential Kroll Report. More >>
Kroll Report: Bombshell for NZ Post and Government
Sunday, 10 February 2002, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today delivered a bombshell to NZ Post by making public the South African Government's draft, confidential Kroll Report. More >>
Good Poll For ACT
Friday, 8 February 2002, 4:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble, in response to media inquiries today about ACT's rise in the opinion polls, said this confirms ACT's own polling. More >>
ACT Sets Campaign Strategy
Friday, 8 February 2002, 4:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble, in a statement today after the party's caucus retreat at Waitangi, said ACT had set its campaign strategy for the election. More >>
ACT Welcomes National Focus On Superannuation
Friday, 8 February 2002, 2:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today that it was good news that the National party was addressing the issue of superannuation - not just for this year and next, but for coming generations. More >>
ACT Certain About Low Taxes
Friday, 8 February 2002, 9:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said from Waitangi today that he was surprised that National hadn't yet decided that the thirty-nine cent tax rate is too high. More >>
Endorsement Of ACT Auckland Transport Policy
Friday, 8 February 2002, 9:18 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today that it was heartening that Bill English had followed ACT's roading policy for Auckland to fast-track the RMA process, open Auckland up to toll roads, and make a clear commitment to completing ... More >>
Gisborne Punches Hole In Kiwibank
Friday, 8 February 2002, 9:17 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today described news that Gisborne will miss out on Kiwibank as a big hit on Jim Anderton's political baby, but unsurprising. More >>
Kiwibank Fees Breaks Promise: Numbers Don't Add Up
Thursday, 7 February 2002, 2:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today that Kiwibank's overhyped fee structure failed to meet the political promise of undercutting the competition by thirty percent. More >>
Traffic 'Improvements' Are Just Window Dressing
Thursday, 7 February 2002, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster described today's announcement of spending on State Highway One as a two hundred thousand dollar sticking plaster. More >>
Health Budget Blown By 10 Percent
Thursday, 7 February 2002, 10:21 am | ACT New Zealand
A 10 percent increase in wages across the hospital sector, which will follow on from the Canterbury nurses' pay settlement, translates into $600 million extra per year, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
$6 Million Grant Is Vote-Buying
Thursday, 7 February 2002, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble said from Waitangi today that the $6 million of taxpayers` money to be spent on Maori technology providers and other selected Maori groups, is just reckless vote-buying. More >>
NZ Post's Malta Excursion Causes Concern
Thursday, 7 February 2002, 9:47 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand Post's equity and management deal with Malta Post must be of concern to the Government and taxpayers, ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Minister Knew of Botched Tender Process
Monday, 4 February 2002, 5:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Transport Minister was told in at least October last year that the botched tender process for the Waikato expressway was Transit's fault, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster revealed today. More >>
