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Perverse Victory for the Bureaucrats
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 6:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Education Amendment Bill puts the whims of bureaucrats ahead of the needs of students, ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Prebble Slates Refusal To Debate Apple Crisis
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 4:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has condemned the government's refusal to debate the crisis in the apple industry. More >>
Leased Executives: A Cost Of Bad Employment Law
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide's revelation of extensive "executive leasing" by the government should not be taken as a criticism for using leased executives said ACT's Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Too Late For Red Flags On Genetic Modification
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 4:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff today expressed disappointment over last-minute protests by Green Party anti-GM zealots, a week before the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification will be delivered. More >>
ACT Understands Corrections? Payoff Offer
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
Alliance Ministers should accept the blame for the Corrections Department being forced to offer bribes to potential objectors to new prisons says ACT's Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
ACT To Fight To Keep Privy Council Appeals
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party members have confirmed that the party's MPs should fight any moves by the Government to drop New Zealand's ties with the Privy Council, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Otago Residents Will Pay For Train In Rates
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand
Otago residents will be burdened with higher rates so that local councils can keep the Southerner rail service running, ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Anderton Slated By Commerce Select Committee
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
The Commerce Select Committee today released two reports slating Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton's pet projects, ACT MP Rodney Hide said. More >>
Govt Should Answer Questions Over 'Maori Made' Bid
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks says the Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce should answer the unusually frank condemnation from one of the leading intellectual property law firms about Creative New Zealand's attempt to corner all rights to the ... More >>
Special Debate on ENZA Likely Tomorrow
Monday, 23 July 2001, 5:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Speaker, Jonathan Hunt, is likely to approve a special debate in Parliament tomorrow on the crisis in the apple industry, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Every Cent of Super Fund Must Be Borrowed
Monday, 23 July 2001, 3:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee's report tabled today confirms that every cent of the $6.1 billion going to the Super Fund over the next five years will have to be borrowed, ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today. More >>
ACT Will Abolish Separate Maori Seats
Sunday, 22 July 2001, 12:44 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble confirmed today it is ACT policy that separate Maori representation in Parliament will be abolished. More >>
Give Kit Richards An Award
Friday, 20 July 2001, 10:46 am | ACT New Zealand
"Mr Richards is laughing all the way to the bank, while Prime Minister Helen Clark is left looking extremely foolish. More >>
$120m Grant Has Not Saved a Single Beech Tree
Friday, 20 July 2001, 8:54 am | ACT New Zealand
It's crazy that the government's West Coast logging policy, which has cost the taxpayer $120 million, has apparently not saved a single native tree, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
ERA Pushing Up The Cost Of Strikes
Friday, 20 July 2001, 12:28 am | ACT New Zealand
Industrial stoppages have cost the country more than $900,000 in the first three months of this year and indications are that the cost of strikes will be worse for the June quarter, due to the Employment Relations Act, ACT leader Richard Prebble ... More >>
Abuse Excuses Could Muddy The Law
Thursday, 19 July 2001, 4:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Proposed changes to sentencing of battered defendants will blur law that should be certain, ACT MP Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Government Must Relieve Apple Growers of Agony
Thursday, 19 July 2001, 3:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
Apple growers will be horrified and disgusted to learn that ENZA has wracked up potential debts in excess of $90 million, Owen Jennings said. More >>
Prebble Seeks Urgent Debate on Apple Industry
Thursday, 19 July 2001, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has called for an urgent debate in Parliament on the financial crisis in the pipfruit industry, caused by ENZA's move to recover foreign exchange losses from growers. More >>
More Revelations To Come On LAVs, Prebble Says
Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 11:56 am | ACT New Zealand
The Defence Minister has damaged his credibility by admitting on radio that he hadn't seen the Auditor General's draft report on the LAVs (light armoured vehicles), ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Incentives Needed For Private Pension Saving
Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
"The ACT Party is disappointed the government is determined to make national superannuation a political football again," ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
