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Labour Turns Navy into Expensive Fishing Patrol
Wednesday, 23 January 2002, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government has continued taking the teeth out of the military with today's announcement on the Navy's future, ACT Defence Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Co-Op Shareholders Left to Company Law Remedies
Wednesday, 23 January 2002, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
It is now up to shareholders to make sure their Fonterra giant is not becoming the monster-mistake feared by its critics says ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Farmers Must Ask Hard Questions Of Fonterra
Tuesday, 22 January 2002, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP and dairy farmer Penny Webster today called on farmers to demand a full explanation of Mike Smith's concerns at Fonterra. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter From Wellington
Tuesday, 22 January 2002, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
The new year has started well, the rain is producing grass hydroponically and driving people into shopping malls. The two old parties seem to have gone on holiday. While Helen Clark was away in North America, no one in government did anything. More >>
Greens Talking PC Rubbish On Taleban PoWs
Tuesday, 22 January 2002, 12:55 am | ACT New Zealand
The protest by Green foreign affairs spokesman Keith Locke that the Americans are torturing Al Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay by forcing them to wear blindfolds and earmuffs, is just hypocrisy, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Prebble Seeks Answers On People Smuggling Threat
Thursday, 17 January 2002, 4:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has today written to the Prime Minister, raising with her the warnings issued by Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock that New Zealand could be the next target for people smugglers. More >>
Congratulations Auckland City
Thursday, 17 January 2002, 2:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Auckland City Council's discovery that it was spending $500,000 on unnecessary bureaucratic regulation will be no surprise to those like the ACT party who have been claiming from the beginning that the RMA was a major factor in NZ's high compliance costs, ... More >>
Health Funding Crisis Set To Worsen
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand
The prevailing health funding crisis will inevitably worsen, with ongoing pay demands for increases throughout the sector, ACT Health Spokesman Ken Shirley predicted today. More >>
Government Forces Schools To Blackmail Parents
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour-Alliance Government has forced schools to resort to blackmail, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Zoning Puts Squeeze On Popular Schools
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government has abandoned some of the country's most popular schools and is leaving them alone to battle the effects of the coalition's blatantly racist and elitist zoning system. More >>
ACT Welcomes PM’s Return To Waitangi
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has welcomed the decision that the Crown, in the form of the Governor-General, and the government, represented by the Prime Minister, will go to Waitangi on our national day. More >>
ACT Attacks Kiwi Share Impact On Rural Services
Tuesday, 15 January 2002, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government's poor handling of the Telecom `Kiwi Share' is the biggest obstacle to farmers getting much-need improvements to their internet services, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings says. More >>
Greens Must Renounce Criminal Activity
Tuesday, 15 January 2002, 9:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today that the Green Party must now immediately publicly renounce law breaking activity - including destroying GM crops. More >>
ACT Welcomes National U-Turn On Treaty
Monday, 14 January 2002, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide today welcomed the National Party's statement of support for his private member's Bill to end the Treaty of Waitangi grievance industry. More >>
Govt Handling Of Teen Drug Problems A Shambles
Monday, 14 January 2002, 9:23 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Youth Affairs Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today that the Government's handling of teenage drug abuse problems was a shambles. More >>
Charges Must Be Laid Against GM Activists
Friday, 11 January 2002, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today police must now lay charges against activists who publicly incited people to destroy genetically modified crops after the Government last year gave its support for field trials. More >>
Memo Spells Beginning Of End For Kiwibank
Friday, 11 January 2002, 9:24 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today that the Books and More Franchisee Advisory Panel's advice that franchisees decline to become banking outlets was a huge setback to Jim Anderton's plans to launch KiwiBank. More >>
Figures Highlight Teacher Crisis
Friday, 11 January 2002, 9:16 am | ACT New Zealand
The latest Education Gazette reinforces the fact that the teacher shortage has reached crisis proportions, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Mark Inglis Should Be Applauded
Thursday, 10 January 2002, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
The incessant whining by environmental extremists over air access to National Parks has taken an unbelievable turn with criticism of the Mt Cook helicopter pick-up of Mark Inglis, ACT Conservation Spokesman MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Government Lets The Long Term Unemployed Languish
Thursday, 10 January 2002, 12:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman is accusing the Government of creating a vast underclass of people unable to hold a place in the workforce. More >>
