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Maharey Should Investigate Dole Fraud
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 5:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman is calling for an urgent inquiry into why 94,000 people have been on the dole for more than six months when according to Minister Steve Maharey only 26,500 New Zealanders have been out of work for that ... More >>
Ross Armstrong Should be Sacked
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 5:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says he's shocked that State Owned Enterprises Minister Mark Burton has rejected official advice that there were strong grounds for the Minister to seek Ross Armstrong's resignation as chairman of NZ Post. More >>
Anderton's Payout Sets Dangerous Precedent
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 3:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
Jim Anderton's donation of $1.6 million to Ericsson Synergy to invest in New Zealand amounts to little more than a bribe, ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today. More >>
State Youth Radio Is Politically Correct Lunacy
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 2:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
The proposal before Cabinet to waste taxpayer funds on a state-funded 'youth' radio station should be dismissed, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Greens Want to Enforce A Science-Free New Zealand
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 11:27 am | ACT New Zealand
The vacuum created by Government inertia over the response to the Royal Commission on GM is being filled by the hysterical Greens, ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff says. More >>
GE Free Rodney Would Be Dangerous
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 10:26 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rodney MP Penny Webster today described Sue Bradford's call for the district to become GE-free as 'ill conceived and dangerous'. More >>
Government Kyoto Deal Betrays New Zealand Forestry
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 4:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Forestry Spokesman Ken Shirley today revealed details from a secret Government-funded report, which finds that adherence to the Kyoto Protocol will strip billions of dollars of value from New Zealand's forest growing sector, drive our processing industries ... More >>
Independent Body Should Review MMP
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 3:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
The MMP review committee's report shows the futility of asking MPs to decide how they should be elected, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Loopholes For Securities Law Evaders
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Minister Burton's last minute so called legal opinions are laughable says ACT MP Stephen Franks, an experienced commercial lawyer. "He waved the first around Parliament last week to deny offences by the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Anderton. More >>
ACT - Abolition Of Maori Seats
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT will continue to press for abolition of Maori seats ' despite the majority decision of the MMP Review Committee to retain them, Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said. More >>
Govt Inaction On Moratorium Drives Out Research
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 11:53 am | ACT New Zealand
"As predicted by ACT New Zealand, the Government's paralysis in lifting the moratorium on clinical and field trials for genetically modified organisms is driving research offshore and contributing to the brain drain," says Ken Shirley, ACT's ... More >>
Anderton's New Conference Is A Waste Of Money
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 11:09 am | ACT New Zealand
The Knowledge Wave conference didn't deliver the message the Government wanted to hear so now Jim Anderton is going to waste public money on another forum, ACT MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Government 'Fights' Crime With Weasel Words
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 10:03 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks says he's appalled on first examination of the detail in Phil Goff's Sentencing & Parole Reform Bill which was introduced into Parliament today. More >>
Malleable Maharey Resorts To Bribery
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 10:02 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government's new $35 million tertiary fund is a poorly disguised bribe aimed at getting weak Minister Steve Maharey out of his latest fix, ACT Tertiary Education Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said. More >>
Jennings Challenges Sutton Over Wool Board
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 12:25 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Owen Jennings is challenging Minister of Agriculture Jim Sutton to take firm action over allegations of mismanagement of the wool industry's future by the Wool Board. More >>
NZ is too Heavy for the Knowledge Wave Surfboard
Tuesday, 7 August 2001, 5:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand will never ride the Knowledge Wave while the number of people on welfare continues to rise, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
California Here We Come
Tuesday, 7 August 2001, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand's long term outlook for security of electricity supply could be severely compromised by Minister Pete Hodgson, ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff says. More >>
Knowledge Wave Conference Reads Like ACT Manifesto
Tuesday, 7 August 2001, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
Historians often look back and identify turning points which weren't noticed as being significant at the time. More >>
Show Us Your Legislation, Margaret
Monday, 6 August 2001, 6:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
After twenty months of complete inaction, Attorney-General Margaret Wilson has finally realised that she should really do something about holiday trading laws, ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Anderton's Nicked: Papers Published on Internet
Sunday, 5 August 2001, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Rodney Hide today published secret Government papers detailing Jim Anderton's breaches of the law that cost taxpayers $40 million. More >>
