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Bathgate Secures Secret Sweetheart Deal
Tuesday, 18 December 2001, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide today accused Margaret Wilson of arranging a secret settlement with her friend and disgraced Employment Relations Authority member Susan Bathgate. More >>
Business Should Expect Few Early Presents From Gov
Tuesday, 18 December 2001, 9:17 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks says the timing of tomorrow's Government response to Business Compliance Costs suggests there will be little favourable for business in the announcement. More >>
Maharey's Latest Move Will Increase Student Debt
Tuesday, 18 December 2001, 9:15 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Tertiary Education Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman says increasing the interest write-offs will plunge our students deeper into debt. More >>
Birch Transport Recommendations are Excellent
Monday, 17 December 2001, 3:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster today congratulated Sir William Birch for his cost-cutting plans for Auckland City Council. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington
Monday, 17 December 2001, 3:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Don't pass this on to the Taleban (what's left of them) or to the Alliance Party (what's left of it). Our SAS troops haven't left New Zealand. They're on stand-by but the Americans have no hole in their military that 30 men could plug. It's enough ... More >>
Lake Taupo Exploration Is Vital
Monday, 17 December 2001, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Tuwharetoa Trust Board's denial of permission for submarine exploration of Lake Taupo is an affront to science and the New Zealand public, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Science and Technology spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Independent Commissioners Must Replace Councillors
Monday, 17 December 2001, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
The donation of campaign funds by developers to individuals seeking public office in Porirua illustrates just why it is so important to remove local body councillors from the resource consent process says Gerry Eckhoff, ACT Environment Spokesman. More >>
Sell Air NZ Shares to Highest Bidder, Prebble Says
Monday, 17 December 2001, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
Any sale of the government's shareholding in Air New Zealand should be by open, competitive tender, says ACT leader and former Civil Aviation Minister Richard Prebble. More >>
RMA Delays Eradication Of Painted Apple Moth
Friday, 14 December 2001, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Resource Management Act (RMA) is responsible for serious delays to the eradication of the Painted Apple Moth, ACT Conservation Spokesman MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Paid Parental Leave Takes From The Poor
Friday, 14 December 2001, 9:20 am | ACT New Zealand
The flawed Paid Parental Leave scheme will put money in the pockets of wealthy and middle-class women at the cost of those on lower incomes, ACT Women's Affairs Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
No More Court Secrecy On Witness Payments
Friday, 14 December 2001, 9:15 am | ACT New Zealand
The jury and the Judge should know whenever a criminal case witness is paid to give evidence or has an expectation of reward, says ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks. And there need be no delay in requiring that. More >>
Government Signals Livestock Emission Tax
Thursday, 13 December 2001, 4:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Agriculture has signalled that the Government will apply a tax on livestock methane emission, ACT Environment Spokesman MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Hawkins Fails Utterly On Burglary Pledge
Thursday, 13 December 2001, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Police Spokesman Ken Shirley said today that Minister George Hawkins had failed miserably to deliver on his much hyped `tough on burglary' policy. More >>
Stop Weakening the Law on Murder
Thursday, 13 December 2001, 10:19 am | ACT New Zealand
Eight murder victims in as many days should persuade the Minister of Justice to halt his Bill to reduce murder penalties, says ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Vindictive Govt. Blocks ACT from AirForce Farewell
Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 5:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
The refusal by the Labour/Alliance Coalition Government to allow ACT to take up National's generous offer to use one of their seats on an aircraft going to Ohakea for the laying up of the air combat Squadron's colours is pathetic, ACT Defence Spokesman ... More >>
Apology demanded
Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 5:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton is demanding a parliamentary apology from Act MP Rodney Hide following false allegations made by Mr Hide against an Industry New Zealand staff member. More >>
Schools Forced to Prosecute Parents
Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 5:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today congratulated the principal and Board of Papakura High School for prosecuting parents of long-term truants, but condemned the Minister of Education for washing his hands of the children. More >>
Insurance Council Deserves Fraud
Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks is urging insurers to disassociate themselves from the Insurance Council's support for the Government's Clean Slate Bill. More >>
Marine Moratorium Stifles Job Creation
Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 9:00 am | ACT New Zealand
The Fisheries Minister's claim that the two-year moratorium on marine farming has met widespread industry approval is just nonsense, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Policy in Disarray -- Richard Prebble
Tuesday, 11 December 2001, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government's Closing the Gaps policy is in total disarray, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
