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Wetsuit Regulation An Infringement of Rights
Monday, 26 November 2001, 11:30 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today called on the Minister of Local Government Sandra Lee to step in and give clear a direction that local councils should not be passing punitive restrictive rules such as that which will see surfers, windsurfers and boogie ... More >>
ACT Condemns NZ First Call For Inquiry Into Dodson
Monday, 26 November 2001, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Calls for a High Court judge to hold an inquiry into General Maurice Dodson's actions in investigating Ron Mark's military records, is totally absurd, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Maharey Minister of Double Standards
Friday, 23 November 2001, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Tertiary Education Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today attacked Minister Steve Maharey for having double standards. More >>
5000 in Line to Artfully Claim the Dole
Thursday, 22 November 2001, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand has nearly 5000 unemployed artists, spread all around the country, according to figures released today by ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman. More >>
Taranaki Boundary Changes Undemocratic And Absurd
Thursday, 22 November 2001, 10:31 am | ACT New Zealand
The proposed changes to the Taranaki-King Country electorate boundaries make an already difficult situation almost impossible, former candidate and ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
ACT Launches E-Campaign Against OSH Bill
Wednesday, 21 November 2001, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party has launched what it describes as an e-campaign against the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill that makes stress an occupational hazard with fines up to $500,000 and two years jail for employers. More >>
Prebble's Letter from Wellington – OSH Special
Wednesday, 21 November 2001, 4:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government has introduced the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill which imposes harsh penalties on employers. This bill, put up by Labour Minister Margaret Wilson: More >>
New Zealand Breaches UN Obligations on Children
Tuesday, 20 November 2001, 1:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is immoral for the Social Services and Employment Minister to claim that New Zealand is a great place to be a child when his Government continues to breach United Nations obligations to look after our children, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna ... More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington – 19/11
Monday, 19 November 2001, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
The PM and her deputy have become experts at claiming all is well with the coalition, but an objective way of measuring the cost of internal tensions is to look at the parliamentary order paper - the government's legislation and its progress through ... More >>
Prebble To ACT Christchurch Regional Conference
Monday, 19 November 2001, 9:35 am | ACT New Zealand
It's a pleasure to be speaking at the Christchurch Regional Conference of ACT. I believe your decision to take the Party to the public is both innovative and bold. More >>
ACT To Campaign Against Bill
Monday, 19 November 2001, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has pledged to lead a campaign against Margaret Wilson's Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill. More >>
Illegal Overstayers Cost Taxpayers Millions
Monday, 19 November 2001, 12:22 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's policy of allowing illegal overstayers to live permanently in New Zealand is costing the taxpayer a fortune in hospital and welfare bills, ACT Immigration spokesman MP Penny Webster revealed today. More >>
Govt Blocked Debate on Election Defamation Clause
Friday, 16 November 2001, 1:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today the new clause the Government inserted in the Electoral Amendment Bill yesterday got no debate. "When the House reached that part, Jill Pettis as Chair of the Committee accepted an early ... More >>
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 >>
