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Seven Day Breather on Sentencing and Parole Bill
Thursday, 31 January 2002, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Yesterday ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks wrote to MPs responsible for law and order in all parties, urging a delay of one week in the reporting back of Labour's flagship Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill. ACT will brief journalists on the Bill ... More >>
Truth in Sentencing
Thursday, 31 January 2002, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill - an arrogant response to the Norm Withers petition for tougher sentences for violent offenders. More >>
Clark, Anderton Must Take Responsibility For Bank
Thursday, 31 January 2002, 9:32 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the latest revelations concerning Kiwibank's roll out meant Prime Minister Helen Clark and Kiwibank promoter Jim Anderton must sort out the mess. More >>
Clark & Anderton Must Take Kiwibank Responsibility
Wednesday, 30 January 2002, 6:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the latest revelations concerning Kiwibank's roll out meant Prime Minister Helen Clark and Kiwibank promoter Jim Anderton must sort out the mess. More >>
Today's Agonising Dilemma for Family Lawyers
Wednesday, 30 January 2002, 3:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
Family lawyers have a duty to advise many clients to break up otherwise stable and happy de facto relationships before Friday 1 February, says ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Extra $400m Health Spending Will Go On Salaries
Wednesday, 30 January 2002, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
The news that Canterbury nurses have called off their strike is welcome but the government must be worried by the Canterbury District Health Board's statement that it has increased its debt so it can make a more generous pay offer, ACT leader Richard ... More >>
Kapiti Watchers A Bunch Of Do No Gooders
Wednesday, 30 January 2002, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
The campaign to stop eco-tourism on Kapiti is foolish and will do irreparable harm to innovation in conservation, according to ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff. More >>
ACT Party Press Conference on Law and Order
Wednesday, 30 January 2002, 10:15 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party is holding a press conference on Thursday to outline the party's response to the government's Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill. More >>
Welcoming David Carter as Richardson's Successor
Wednesday, 30 January 2002, 10:10 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide today welcomed the appointment of David Carter as National's full-time finance spokesman. More >>
'Life Means Life' Is the Easy Part
Wednesday, 30 January 2002, 12:54 am | ACT New Zealand
The slogans swapped between the Hon Phil Goff and the Hon Bill English on National's welcome `life means life' policy announcement have yet to throw much light on the real law and order issues that will dominate the election campaign, says ACT's Justice ... More >>
Who do we Believe: the Teachers or the Minister?
Tuesday, 29 January 2002, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today condemned Education Minister Trevor Mallard for refusing to treat the teacher shortage crisis seriously More >>
State Not Stoats Puts Kiwi On-Track for Extinction
Tuesday, 29 January 2002, 12:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Conservation spokesman Gerry Eckhoff welcomes Kiwi Recovery Group Coordinator, Paul Jansen's announcement that DoC means to save New Zealand's national icon from extinction. More >>
NZ's Refugee Policy Needs a Re-Think, Prebble Says
Monday, 28 January 2002, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party is concerned by the Prime Minister's statement that New Zealand may increase its refugee quota, leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Lower Taxes Will Ease Student Debt Burden
Monday, 28 January 2002, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
Few university students will support Jim Anderton's proposal that, in return for three years free tertiary education, they should give the government half their income for life, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington
Monday, 28 January 2002, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
Threats by Labour Minister Margaret Wilson that the government may ban strikes in the public sector, show how panicked Ministers are by the nurses' strike. The government realises how much power the Employment Relations Act has put into the hands of union ... More >>
Minister Must Get Involved in Greymouth Police
Monday, 28 January 2002, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Police Spokesman Ken Shirley today renewed his call for an independent into allegations of dysfunction and misallocation of resources at Greymouth Police Station - and said the Police Minister George Hawkins had to now get involved. More >>
Police Corruption Claims Must Be Investigated
Monday, 28 January 2002, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Police Spokesman Ken Shirley is calling for an independent inquiry into strong allegations of corruption and dysfunction, as well as misallocation of resources at Greymouth Police Station. More >>
ACT Launches School Zoning Campaign in Auckland
Monday, 28 January 2002, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand has written to 40,000 families in Auckland to warn them that due to zoning, their children are unable to attend the city's top schools. More >>
Newman calls on Govt to support Starship Hospital
Monday, 28 January 2002, 10:11 am | ACT New Zealand
Starship Hospital's one-stop-shop initiative to help reduce child abuse deserves the support of central Government, ACT's Social Services spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said in a speech prepared for delivery to a meeting in Whangarei tomorrow (Saturday ... More >>
Mallard's Inattention Causes Teacher Shortage
Monday, 28 January 2002, 10:01 am | ACT New Zealand
The teacher shortage crisis is a result of Education Minister Trevor Mallard not paying attention to his portfolio, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
