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Reading Inquiry Will Fix National Disgrace
Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 10:09 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government has a real opportunity to fix the national disgrace of poor literacy standards by adopting the recommendations of the Select Committee Inquiry into Reading, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Govt Pays New Zealanders to Do Nothing
Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 9:34 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today the Labour Government has given up on thousands of unemployed Kiwis, paying them to stay on welfare and do nothing. More >>
Jim's Witch-Hunt A Waste Of Time
Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 9:33 am | ACT New Zealand
Jim Anderton should stop wasting time on a witch-hunt over leaked documents about the People's Bank, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Emergency Doctors Need Consideration from Police
Monday, 13 August 2001, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health and Police Spokesman Ken Shirley says doctors responding to emergency call-outs should not automatically receive speeding fines. More >>
Securities Commission Slow To Respond To Complaint
Monday, 13 August 2001, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today he was yet to hear from the Securities Commission following his complaint two weeks ago regarding Jim Anderton's breach of the Securities Act and Securities Regulations. More >>
Trevor Mallard Gives Up On 10,262 Kids
Monday, 13 August 2001, 2:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today she was sickened that Trevor Mallard has given up on more than 10,000 students. More >>
Petition Launched Against Smoking Legislation
Monday, 13 August 2001, 1:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Penny Webster today launched a petition calling on the Government to abandon legislation that would force bars to segregate smokers from non-smokers. More >>
Maharey's New Work Programme Flops
Monday, 13 August 2001, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
The launch of Steve Maharey's new work programme, Activity in the Community, has been a resounding flop compared with the work for the dole scheme which was axed by this Government, figures provided to ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman ... More >>
Jim's Bank Will Profit More than Other Banks
Monday, 13 August 2001, 9:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today released a Treasury document revealing the 'People's Bank' would profit from its customers even more than existing banks. More >>
Auckland Transport Needs Single Authority
Monday, 13 August 2001, 9:21 am | ACT New Zealand
The Auckland Transport Action Group's recommendation for a single Urban Transport Authority is a step in the right direction, ACT Transport Spokesman Penny Webster said today. More >>
ACT Wants Answers On Tribunal Member Axings
Friday, 10 August 2001, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says his party will question Attorney-General Margaret Wilson in Parliament over her axing of nine members of the former Employment Tribunal. More >>
Corrections Minister Responsible For Scandal
Friday, 10 August 2001, 2:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
His proposed Northland prison at Ngawha is a disaster. Originally estimated to cost $40 million, the cost has blown out to over $100 million, and it is still growing. More >>
7th Maori Seat - LessRepresentative Parliament
Friday, 10 August 2001, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The creation of a seventh Maori seat will mean a less representative Parliament, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
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 >>
