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Clear Merger Will Test Commerce Commission
Friday, 16 November 2001, 1:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government's Australianisation of our Commerce Act could discredit the Commerce Commission if it approves the merger of Telstra Saturn with Clear, said ACT's Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Governments Employment Policies Fail Maori
Thursday, 15 November 2001, 5:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today released new figures which show that this Government's employment policies are failing Maori, with numbers of long term unemployed Maori having jumped 25 percent since the Labour/Alliance coalition ... More >>
Waitakeres GE Decision is Silly
Thursday, 15 November 2001, 12:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Waitakere District Council's decision to declare the city free of genetic engineering field trials is ridiculous, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Trade Breakthrough a Headache for the Coalition
Thursday, 15 November 2001, 12:43 am | ACT New Zealand
The welcome trade breakthrough in Doha has created another major headache for the Coalition Government, given the opposition to free trade regularly expressed by the Alliance and Green parties, Owen Jennings said today. More >>
In Praise of Private Property Investment
Wednesday, 14 November 2001, 3:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
Thank you for inviting me here tonight to address the Auckland Property Investors' Association meeting. This is the second of a series of meeting with private property organisations, that I am planning to hold around the country in an attempt to keep ... More >>
Govt Blocks True Life Sentence For Alder
Wednesday, 14 November 2001, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
"The Judge in Hastings should have the option to ensure life in prison for the vile man who ran down Margaret Lynne Baxter then raped and murdered her", says ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Tax Cuts Should Follow Interest Rate Drop
Wednesday, 14 November 2001, 10:52 am | ACT New Zealand
Today's 0.5 percent cut in interest rates, on top of a similar cut in September, adds up to one of the largest-ever reductions in interest rates by the Reserve Bank and indicates that Don Brash regards the world economic slowdown as serious, ACT ... More >>
Donna’s Right, Says Prebble
Wednesday, 14 November 2001, 9:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble has come to the defence of ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata, who was today the subject of a personal attack by Education Minister Trevor Mallard. More >>
ACT Party Totally Supports War Against Terrorism
Tuesday, 13 November 2001, 3:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says his party's caucus today reaffirmed its total support for the US-led international war against terrorism. More >>
My Personal Interest
Tuesday, 13 November 2001, 3:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today denounced Trevor Mallard's response to the ground-breaking `Let's All Read' Select Committee Inquiry. More >>
Mallard Says: Lets All Give Up
Tuesday, 13 November 2001, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard has decided to do absolutely nothing in response to the ground-breaking `Let's All Read' Select Committee Inquiry, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington - 12 Nov
Monday, 12 November 2001, 1:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark's first action to protect her Associate Corrections Minister was to tell staff in the Police and Corrections departments that if they spoke to the media, it would not be a career-enhancing move. So they are talking to the Letter. More >>
Crucial Decision on Reading Due Tomorrow
Monday, 12 November 2001, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
Tomorrow will be the most important day Trevor Mallard spends as Minister of Education, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said. More >>
Franks Seeking Charges Against Tariana Turia
Friday, 9 November 2001, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks has written to the Solicitor General asking that he charge the Hon Tariana Turia with "Scandalising the Court". More >>
ACT Supports Full Scrutiny of Anti-Terrorism Laws
Friday, 9 November 2001, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party supports the select committee's decision to allow time for proper public scrutiny of anti-terrorism laws, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Red Tape Killing Super Schemes
Friday, 9 November 2001, 11:04 am | ACT New Zealand
A report that workplace superannuation schemes are becoming a thing of the past, should alarm the government, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Mallard's Message: Don't Send Your Kids to School
Friday, 9 November 2001, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
Since Trevor Mallard became Education Minister, the Ministry of Education hasn't bothered to prosecute a single parent for not sending their children to school, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata revealed today. More >>
Subsidy Reduction is Tariff by Another Name
Friday, 9 November 2001, 10:11 am | ACT New Zealand
Jim Anderton's "subsidy reduction" should be called what it really is - a backdoor tariff, ACT Customs Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Govts Gung Ho Approach on Kyoto Carries Huge Risks
Friday, 9 November 2001, 12:13 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley urges a more precautionary approach by New Zealand at the Moroccan meeting of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations. More >>
Mallard's Decision Will Affect Generations
Friday, 9 November 2001, 12:11 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard has a huge opportunity next week to improve literacy for generations of New Zealand children, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
