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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 >>
Hands On Government And The People's Bank
Thursday, 16 August 2001, 12:26 am | ACT New Zealand
Speech by Rodney Hide to the National Press Club and British/NZ Trade Council, Wellington 7:30am, Thursday, August 16, 2001 More >>
Maharey Reveals Where the Bribe Money Came From
Wednesday, 15 August 2001, 5:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Steve Maharey's $35 million bribe to universities is at the expense of private education providers, ACT Tertiary Education Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said. More >>
ENZA Agreement Welcomed, With Caution
Wednesday, 15 August 2001, 5:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman MP Owen Jennings is pleased an agreement has been reached over the repayment of ENZA's $54 million foreign exchange debt. More >>
Government Caned Over Compliance Costs
Wednesday, 15 August 2001, 5:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
An independent report on the effectiveness of Regulatory Impact Statements shows why compliance costs are out of hand and getting worse, ACT MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Quotas: How Bizarre!
Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 6:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
Quotas for radio stations are bad news, no matter what language the Broadcasting Minister tries to couch them in, ACT Broadcast Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Farmers Paying for Clark's Isolationist Policies
Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 3:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
The United States' continued refusal to remove illegal tariffs against New Zealand lamb exposes deep-seated problems in our isolationist foreign affairs and trade relationship with the US. ACT Rural Affairs and Trade Negotiations Spokesman Owen Jennings said ... More >>
Minister Urged To Consider Early Daylight Saving
Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 2:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Energy Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff has today written to Minister Pete Hodgson, urging him to consider bringing the start of daylight saving forward as a power saving measure. More >>
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 >>
