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Piggy Bank Goes Back
Friday, 7 December 2001, 10:24 am | ACT New Zealand
The SPCA is shamelessly exploiting children with its so called `piggy bank' gifts to MP's, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Maori TV Station Perpetuates Racial Division
Thursday, 6 December 2001, 1:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
Money spent on the new Maori television station would be better spent developing the language through Kohanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa schools, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Farmers Need To Be Wary Of Pete's Porkies
Wednesday, 5 December 2001, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
Farmers need to be extremely wary of the explanations for signing up to Kyoto and global warming touted by Energy Minister Pete Hodgson, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. More >>
ACC Premium Hikes Expose Government’s Failure
Wednesday, 5 December 2001, 1:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
The first round of ACC premium hikes has exposed the government's failure to honour its claim that it could match private sector accident insurance, says ACT's ACC spokesman Ken Shirley. More >>
ACT Billboard Campaign Hits The South Island
Wednesday, 5 December 2001, 10:28 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party will today fire the second shot in its pre-election billboard campaign, with deputy leader Ken Shirley erecting a billboard in Christchurch. More >>
We Need An Inquiry Into Dysfunctional Family Court
Wednesday, 5 December 2001, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
The case of a father cut off from his children because of the injustice of the Family Court and the actions of a child psychologist has prompted ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman to renew her call for a comprehensive inquiry into the Family Court. More >>
PM and Mate Share Blame for Defamation Debacle
Tuesday, 4 December 2001, 6:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Media leaders who forced the Prime Minister's climb down on re-introducing criminal libel, should continue the battle for better protection for media freedom, ACT's justice spokesman Stephen Franks says. More >>
Scrapping Work Testing for the DPB - Kids Lose
Tuesday, 4 December 2001, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
When all the evidence shows that children do better in families where there is a working parent, it is clear that scrapping work testing for the DPB will hurt the children of sole parents, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Victory For Freedom Of The Press
Tuesday, 4 December 2001, 9:44 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks tonight welcomed the Prime Minister's apparent over-riding of the Attorney General in signalling that the criminal defamation provision is unlikely to surface. More >>
Labour Now a Moribund Party with Limited Future
Monday, 3 December 2001, 4:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour Party conferences have reached an all-time low when interjecting party members have to be forcibly removed, says ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and former Labour MP and Minister, Ken Shirley. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington – 3 Dec.
Monday, 3 December 2001, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Three reports during the past week have cast doubt on the direction of the New Zealand economy. Macquarie Bank notes that year-on-year export growth has been steadily falling all year, from 30.5% in January to 0.2% in October. October year-on-year imports ... More >>
Reports Show Serious Economic Damage to NZ
Monday, 3 December 2001, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley says the government must heed the advice of economists and business leaders who are urging caution with ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. More >>
Inept Handling Of Health Sector Has Led To Crisis
Monday, 3 December 2001, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT's health spokesman, Ken Shirley, says the government's mishandling of the health sector has caused the current funding crisis. More >>
Hide To Test Parliament's Confidence In Bathgate
Monday, 3 December 2001, 9:42 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide today attacked the cosy and secret deal that saw Ms Bathgate last week suddenly resign from the Employment Relations Authority in return for holding on to her other warrants and keeping John Upton's report secret. More >>
ACT Lawyer Helps The Government
Monday, 3 December 2001, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT wants to help ensure this week's debate on criminal defamation leaves us with the best law we can get in the circumstances, Justice Spokesman MP Stephen Franks said today. More >>
ACT Welcomes John Palmer as Air NZ Head
Friday, 30 November 2001, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government's nomination of John Palmer to chair Air New Zealand is a good sign for the airline, ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
ACT Leader Part Of Solomons Election Monitor
Friday, 30 November 2001, 10:15 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble will leave this morning for the Solomon Islands with two other New Zealand MPs - Wyatt Creech and Chris Carter - as part of an international team to monitor the upcoming elections in the Islands. The team also includes High ... More >>
Wilson Must Accept Responsibility for Bathgategate
Thursday, 29 November 2001, 6:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said he was pleased that Ms Susan Bathgate had finally accepted the inevitable and resigned her warrant on the Employment Relations Authority. The only disappointing thing is that it has taken so long and that she ... More >>
Children's Minds
Thursday, 29 November 2001, 4:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government's decision to target children's impressionable minds about climate change is a scandalous abuse of power, ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. He was responding to the Government's announced consultation project on climate ... More >>
Teenage Arson Could be Cheaper in the Future
Thursday, 29 November 2001, 1:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
There is no reason for the Judge to apologise for jailing the Hamilton teenagers who burnt down their school gymnasium, says ACT's Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
