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Burton's Retraction - Need For Decent Inquiry
Thursday, 20 September 2001, 10:26 am | ACT New Zealand
The retraction by the Minister of Defence Mark Burton in the House this afternoon over his earlier insistence that the Auditor General supported the purchase of 105 LAVIIIs is a further indication of this Minister's incompetence and lack of leadership, ... More >>
Frustration Grows At Compliance Costs
Thursday, 20 September 2001, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
The New Zealand Customs Service should avoid using its draconian powers to prosecute exporters for not filling out their forms correctly, ACT Industry and Regional Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Labour Eliminates Threat To Maori Seats
Thursday, 20 September 2001, 9:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Derek Fox's appointment to the board of the new Maori television channel shows the lengths this Government will go to, to control their opposition. More >>
Maharey In Denial Over Damage to Private Educators
Tuesday, 18 September 2001, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
Associate Education Minister Steve Maharey is cynically denying the massive damage his Government is inflicting on private tertiary institutions and the quality of education New Zealanders can receive, ACT Tertiary Education Spokesman Dr Muriel ... More >>
Murder Case Raises Serious Questions
Tuesday, 18 September 2001, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
The appearance in court of a sobbing twelve-year-old boy charged with murder has shocked the country, ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Air NZ Shows Government Not Fit To Regulate
Tuesday, 18 September 2001, 12:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks says the Government's bungling over Air New Zealand goes further than just rewarding two foreign shareholders with extended control and a half billion dollar taxpayer soft loan. "The government has also connived ... More >>
Minister's Inability To Manage Defence Portfolio
Monday, 17 September 2001, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Minister of Defence Mark Burton should have immediately called for a full and immediate inquiry when allegations of shredded documents were raised, ACT Defence Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
ACT Seeks Snap Debate On NZ Response To Terrorism
Monday, 17 September 2001, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has asked the Speaker for an urgent debate in Parliament tomorrow to discuss New Zealand's response to the United States' call for world-wide assistance in the war against terrorism. More >>
Dalziel Tries In Vain To Stop The Brain Drain
Monday, 17 September 2001, 11:25 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government's announcements on immigration fail to address the key issue of talented New Zealanders leaving the country, ACT Immigration Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Govt Set to Cost $Billions with GM Dithering
Friday, 14 September 2001, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government is going to cost New Zealand billions of dollars by denying the opportunity to have GM field trials conducted here and forcing science overseas, ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said. More >>
Fonterra's Announcement is a Jolt for the Govt.
Friday, 14 September 2001, 4:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Fonterra's announcement that it will be forced to move its research operation offshore if the moratorium on genetic modification is extended should come as a huge jolt to the Government, ACT Agriculture Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
PM In Rome While The World Trade Centre Burns
Friday, 14 September 2001, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week we witnessed via television, as part of the global village, the creation of a new world order. Our world will never be the same as it was on Monday. More >>
NZ Should Call ANZUS Meeting, Prebble Says
Friday, 14 September 2001, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says New Zealand should seek a meeting of the ANZUS council, in the aftermath of this week's terrorist attacks. More >>
BIL And SIA Enjoy Dream Deal
Friday, 14 September 2001, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
"The more we hear of the Air New Zealand rescue package the more appalling it gets," ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks says. "The only rescue is of Brierley (BIL) and Singapore Airlines' control strategy. It gives them more ... More >>
Ansett Capture of NZ PM: Chance to Show Good Faith
Friday, 14 September 2001, 12:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks has been considering how New Zealand can best help its Prime Minister detained in Australia by angry Ansett employees. More >>
Agricultural Research In Danger of Being Lost
Friday, 14 September 2001, 12:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Agricultural Spokesman Owen Jennings today predicted that hundreds of agricultural research jobs are in imminent danger of being lost to New Zealand unless the Government lifts the moratorium on GM field trials. More >>
Food Price Hike Shows Government Doesn't Care
Thursday, 13 September 2001, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
The huge rise in food prices is more evidence of the Government's complete disinterest in assisting working families, ACT Consumer Affairs Spokesman Penny Webster said today. More >>
Learning From Jim’s Securities Law Predicament
Thursday, 13 September 2001, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Mr Anderton should be prosecuted said the NBR on 10 August. That is correct if prospectus law is to be seen to have integrity. But that law should then be repealed. And the experience should be a warning to Commerce Minister Swain to think again on his proposed ... More >>
Air NZ: Gullible Governments Do Still Exist
Thursday, 13 September 2001, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
"As a shareholder I can only thank heaven that gullible Governments still exist," ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said. More >>
Tourism Industry Whacked With Retrospective Tax
Thursday, 13 September 2001, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT finance spokesman Rodney Hide says government MPs ' including the Greens -have seriously damaged the integrity of New Zealand's tax system and the stability of New Zealand law, with their backing in the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee ... More >>
