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CAA Should Apologise And Desist
Monday, 27 August 2001, 2:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) should apologise to pilots and doctors following the High Court decision that their health checks were out of order, ACT Transport Spokesman Penny Webster said today. More >>
Audit of Human Rights Commission Comments Sought
Monday, 27 August 2001, 12:03 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks is asking the Race Relations Conciliator to audit public utterances made by Human Rights Commissioners in the past few years so that the public can be satisfied the Commission is untainted by racism. More >>
Conflict Between Name Suppression Law and Bill
Friday, 24 August 2001, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
The Victims' Rights Bill should stop the courts using a popular excuse for name suppression, says ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. The Bill was reported back by the Justice and Electoral Select Committee last night. More >>
ACT Says Human Rights Commissioner Must Go
Friday, 24 August 2001, 8:24 am | ACT New Zealand
A Human Rights Commissioner who has to have an apology driven out of her on Holmes for an attempted abuse of power, should offer her resignation and it should be accepted before she offers it, ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks says. More >>
Victims' Rights Bill Full of Wrongs
Thursday, 23 August 2001, 6:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Victims' Rights Bill reported back by the Justice & Electoral Select Committee today should have a new name, says ACT's Justice spokesman Stephen Franks, a member of the committee. "It should be called the 'Victims' Brush-Off Bill', or the ... More >>
Don Brash Should Not License Under-Funded Bank
Thursday, 23 August 2001, 6:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has written to the Reserve Bank, warning of the risks associated with issuing a banking licence to New Zealand Post for the proposed People's Bank. More >>
ACT Seeks Urgent Debate On LAV3s
Thursday, 23 August 2001, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT party is seeking a special debate in Parliament next week on the Auditor General's report on the acquisition of light armoured vehicles (LAVs) for the army. More >>
Report On LAV III Only The First Step
Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the Auditor General's report into the acquisition of the Light Armoured Vehicles raised more questions then it answered and could be viewed only as a first step to providing properly for New Zealand's ... More >>
LAV Report Shows Minister's Lack Of Leadership
Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Auditor-General's report on the LAV3 acquisition confirms what the ACT Party has been saying, that the tender process adopted by the army didn't meet the standards required for a major government purchase. More >>
Which West Coast Plan Will Be Next For The Axe?
Tuesday, 21 August 2001, 12:35 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today predicted that the Pike River Coal development could be the next West Coast project torpedoed by this Government on scant environmental grounds. More >>
Meridian's Choice Justified
Monday, 20 August 2001, 5:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Energy Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff says it now appears the Green Party wish to manage the lake levels of the South Island. More >>
O'Connor Hung Out To Dry By PM
Monday, 20 August 2001, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today that both West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor and the people of the Coast had been abandoned by Prime Minister Helen Clark over the refusal to allow extension of gold mining operations. More >>
O'Connor: Force Lee To Resign Or Go Yourself
Monday, 20 August 2001, 11:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Conservation spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today that West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor must immediately front up to the Government and demand the resignation of Conservation Minister Sandra Lee ' or else resign himself and force a by-election. More >>
A Simple Question for Cabinet's "Weakest Link"
Monday, 20 August 2001, 11:45 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today it was now obvious that "Weakest Link" Minister Mark Burton couldn't answer the tough questions concerning his portfolio responsibilities. More >>
Dizzying U-Turn on Driver Licensing
Friday, 17 August 2001, 4:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour has done a complete U-turn on driver licensing fees, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
ACT Insists on Burton's Resignation - Prebble
Friday, 17 August 2001, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has written to the Prime Minister seeking the resignation of Defence Minister Mark Burton over his misleading answer to a Parliamentary question on the LAV3 armoured personnel carriers. More >>
Burton Down the LAV
Friday, 17 August 2001, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that there were now more questions swirling around Defence Minister Mark Burton's attempts to mislead Parliament. More >>
Burton goes for a Burton Over LAVIII Deployment
Friday, 17 August 2001, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Rodney Hide today accused Defence Minister Mark Burton of misleading Parliament with his response to the usefulness of the army's proposed new LAV III vehicles in East Timor. More >>
Undue Restrictions on Foreign Doctors to Go
Friday, 17 August 2001, 9:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley has welcomed the Health Select Committee's report on his Private Members Bill proposing amendments to the Medical Practitioners Act 1995. More >>
Govt Should Listen To Rotorua Lakes Petitioners
Thursday, 16 August 2001, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley welcomes the petition of 14,000 concerned New Zealand residents urging that the Rotorua Lakes remain in Crown ownership and says the Government must listen to the concerns. More >>
