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ACT New Zealand - Latest News [Page 524]

Swain In The Hot Seat

Friday, 13 July 2001, 9:50 am | ACT New Zealand

The Coalition Governnment Cabinet is in a quandary over compliance costs following an excellent report by an independent panel set up by the Commerce Minister Paul Swain, ACT MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>

Hodgson: The End Of The World Is Nigh!

Thursday, 12 July 2001, 4:02 pm | ACT New Zealand

Attempting to halt natural changes in the planet's climate is pointless and absurd, ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. "It does however give the Greens an excuse for existing. More >>

Steve Maharey Let Down by His Memory 24 Times

Thursday, 12 July 2001, 1:06 pm | ACT New Zealand

Steve Maharey's slippery statements about Christine Rankin and the merger of WINZ with the Ministry of Social Policy expose a man evasive to the point of disbelief, ACT MP Muriel Newman said today. More >>

Government Set To Renege on Asset-Testing Promise

Wednesday, 11 July 2001, 9:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

It's clear the government is now set to renege on its pre-election promise to cancel asset-testing on long-stay care in rest homes and private hospitals, ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley says. More >>

RMA Needs Major Surgery

Wednesday, 11 July 2001, 9:06 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley has welcomed the report of the panel looking at ways to cut red tape to business and fast-track changes to the Resource Management Act. More >>

Reproduction Legislation Must be Thought Through

Wednesday, 11 July 2001, 2:04 pm | ACT New Zealand

Sue Kedgley's call for hastily-drawn up legislation in reaction to news that scientists will soon be able to fertilise human eggs without sperm is pointless, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>

Methinks Pete Hodgson Doth Protest Too Much

Wednesday, 11 July 2001, 9:35 am | ACT New Zealand

Pete Hodgson has utterly failed to explain how he plans to invoke Kyoto Protocol restrictions, ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

Pete Hodgson's Dream: 70 Cent Hike On Petrol

Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 3:51 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Government is attempting to soften the New Zealand public to a rise in taxes to enforce flawed environmental measures, ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

'Leased Executives' Cost More Than PM

Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Labour Party's election-year promises have been consigned to the rubbish bin, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. More >>

Super Policies Not Fair To Workers, Research Shows

Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 10:54 am | ACT New Zealand

The government should re-think its superannuation priorities in light of the Ministry of Social Policy report on the living standards of older New Zealanders, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>

Mark Peck's Memory Lets Him Down

Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand

Labour MP Mark Peck has let down his Invercargill constituents and shown contempt for voters, ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

Gates Will be Shut to Arrogant Environmentalists

Monday, 9 July 2001, 7:45 pm | ACT New Zealand

The closure of a popular walking track near Wanaka is sadly a precursor to many more such closures, ACT Conservation spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

Motorways, Not Rail, Will Solve Congestion

Monday, 9 July 2001, 7:30 pm | ACT New Zealand

The proposed $1 billion rail scheme for Auckland won't solve the city's transport problems and is likely to cost far more than the sums optimistically being mentioned, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>

Govt Must Protect NZers Against Oz Bank Collapses

Monday, 9 July 2001, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand

The Government must move to protect New Zealanders from Australian bank collapses, ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

ENZA's Commercial Shareholders Must Show Goodwill

Monday, 9 July 2001, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand

Apple-growers could avoid unnecessary agony and expensive litigation if ENZA's two commercial shareholders would answer orchardists' questions and sit around the table to resolve the current dilemma, ACT MP Owen Jennings says. More >>

Board Must Take Leadership

Monday, 9 July 2001, 10:53 am | ACT New Zealand

The Apple and Pear Board must take a leadership role to resolve the dilemma in the apple industry, ACT MP Owen Jennings says. More >>

Without Trucks, New Zealand Stops

Monday, 9 July 2001, 12:49 am | ACT New Zealand

Sue Kedgley's attempt to kill debate on the Land Transport Safety Authority discussion document is unfair and lacks common sense, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>

Suspension Figures Highlight Education Failure

Friday, 6 July 2001, 10:44 am | ACT New Zealand

Appalling school suspension figures highlight gross failings in the education system, ACT Education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>

Greens Play with Truck Numbers

Thursday, 5 July 2001, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Green Party is guilty of using figures disingenuously in order to scare people about trucks, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>

What does Wilson Mean?

Thursday, 5 July 2001, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand

Attorney-General Margaret Wilson’s public statement on abolition of appeals to the Privy Council is very worrying, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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