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Rankin's Gone: Now Cancel The Sham DWI Merger
Friday, 3 August 2001, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman has called on the Government to stop wasting yet more money on its Christine Rankin removal scheme and call off the sham merger of the Department of Work and Income and the Ministry of Social Policy. More >>
Stop Blaming Council For Golden Goodbyes
Friday, 3 August 2001, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks says Wellingtonians are wrong to blame each other for the householders' money to sacked high fliers. There is blame due, but it is time the blame is better directed. More >>
Government Wipes Out On The Knowledge Wave
Friday, 3 August 2001, 12:44 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble said today the Government had been wiped out by the Knowledge Wave conference. More >>
ACT Leader Defends Brash
Thursday, 2 August 2001, 4:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's disgraceful that Jim Anderton has attacked Don Brash, saying the Reserve Bank Governor should not have given his real views to the Catching the Knowledge Wave conference, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Parliament Cleans Up Another Fine Maharey Mess
Thursday, 2 August 2001, 9:34 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman says the Government has made yet more of a hotchpotch of Social Welfare legislation with its efforts this evening to clean up a legislative foul-up made earlier this year. More >>
Burton Puts Communism Ahead Of Democracy
Thursday, 2 August 2001, 12:42 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today he was sickened that Defence Minister Mark Burton marched out of a Select Committee that was in session in order to 'honour' the Chinese People's Liberation Army. More >>
Maori Culture In Giant's Barren Garden
Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 4:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks says the Government's Trade Marks Bill, having its first reading in Parliament today, will soon freeze Maori culture and symbols into the barren winter of the Giant's Garden. More >>
Prebble Defends Hide
Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has defended his fellow MP Rodney Hide from personal attacks by Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton and Finance Minister Michael Cullen. More >>
Government Scares Telstra Saturn Away From TVNZ
Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 10:02 am | ACT New Zealand
Telstra Saturn's withdrawal from a deal with TVNZ to launch a digital television service puts a spotlight on the Government's flawed broadcasting policies, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Taxpayers Must Stand Up For Their Rights
Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 9:11 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today it was great news that a group of taxpayers were taking the Minister of Revenue and IRD to court for failing to treat them 'fairly and impartially'. More >>
Teenage Motherhood Advocacy Sends Wrong Signals
Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 9:07 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government is sending young New Zealanders the wrong signals with its advocacy of single teenage mothers and weak welfare stance, ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman says. More >>
Government Pandering to Greens in Power Crisis?
Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 9:04 am | ACT New Zealand
Energy Minister Pete Hodgson is playing politics in a deal nobbling his attempts to deal with the energy crisis, ACT Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
GM Moratorium Should Be Lifted Immediately
Tuesday, 31 July 2001, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff is calling for the immediate lifting of the voluntary moratorium on GM field trials. More >>
Message Withstands the Test of Time
Monday, 30 July 2001, 6:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
"A prosperous future is why you are here today. It's why I'm here. So, how do we get it? More >>
ACT Praises GM Commission For A Job Well Done
Monday, 30 July 2001, 4:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party is delighted the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification has explicitly rejected the idea of New Zealand being GM-free, Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said. More >>
Mallard Needs More Than a Hammer
Monday, 30 July 2001, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
Trevor Mallard must do more than simply build a few new classrooms if he is sincere about fixing preschool education, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
People's Bank Knocks Post: CCMAU
Monday, 30 July 2001, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
Secret Government papers leaked to ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide reveal for the first time the People's Bank's hugely negative impact on New Zealand Post's profits and postal services. More >>
Mallard Lacks Credibility On Compulsory Preschool
Monday, 30 July 2001, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard's call for preschool to become compulsory is hypocritical and unworkable, ACT Education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Price Rationing Could Help Power Crisis
Monday, 30 July 2001, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
The most disgraceful part of the way the Government is dealing with the looming hydro power shortage, is the fear of all parties, except ACT, to talk about price rationing for retail consumers, ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said. More >>
Casino Ban: More PC Meddling From The Government
Monday, 30 July 2001, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government's decision to block any more new casino developments is more populist politically correct meddling, ACT Internal Affairs Spokesman Penny Webster said. More >>
