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Budget Comments From ACT Spokespeople
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 5:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
HEALTH SPOKESMAN KEN SHIRLEY: “After inflation, the spending on Health is down – and that follows last year’s budget increase since 1994. Hospitals are under-funded and in crisis and this does nothing to alleviate that. Funding’s been consumed by ... More >>
No Good News For Maori In Budget
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 5:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education and Maori Affairs Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today said the Budget contained a shameful message for Maori. More >>
Taxes Up – And Then No Money!
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
Tax cuts! Michael Cullen has failed to deliver on the one thing that could boost the economy and put more money into the pockets of working people. “We are now out of step with the US and Australia who are both cutting taxes. More >>
Another Welfare Budget
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 5:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says the Budget is “an ineffective, visionless document” with half of new spending going on welfare. More >>
Greens Show Naivete On Broadcasting
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 11:48 am | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party's opposition to splitting BCL from TVNZ shows naivete, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
ACT Wishes Warehouse-Westpac Well – Slams Anderton
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that it was great news that The Warehouse is forming a joint financial services venture with WestpacTrust Bank to provide retail financial services through The Warehouse’s 74 stores nation-wide. More >>
Zoning Tears Families Apart
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 10:32 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today slammed zoning laws which have stopped two brothers from going to the same school. More >>
Farmers Losing Confidence And Patience
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 12:32 am | ACT New Zealand
The Global Co concept is in danger of completely losing credibility, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. Farmers are contacting ACT MP’s to tell us they are losing confidence in their own leadership. More >>
City Bureaucracy Goes After The Kids
Wednesday, 23 May 2001, 5:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Local Government Spokesman MP Owen Jennings today challenged Wellington City Council Mayor Mark Blumsky to a debate on children's playhouses. More >>
ACT Calls for Faster Growth
Wednesday, 23 May 2001, 8:52 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party is calling for a tax cut to boost the economy, as growth continues to slow despite the low dollar and favourable terms of trade. More >>
Plodder¡¦s Budget : On the Road to Nowhere
Tuesday, 22 May 2001, 5:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
The country needs a Budget that celebrates business and entrepreneurship and removes the hard, dead foot of government that is costing jobs and opportunities, ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide says. More >>
Timaru Provides Blueprint For School Choice
Tuesday, 22 May 2001, 10:02 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today said that the South Island township of Timaru was an excellent blueprint for school choice. More >>
Handout Is Not What Is Needed
Tuesday, 22 May 2001, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
The tourism industry deserves better than piecemeal handouts, ACT Tourism Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Funding Of Greenies Fisheries Input Mad Precedent
Tuesday, 22 May 2001, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today slammed Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson’s proposal to fund greenie pressure groups out of the Ministry of Fisheries’ budget. More >>
Whitianga Waterways Wallows
Tuesday, 22 May 2001, 9:50 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley says the Government is now backtracking on a firm undertaking to push special legislation through Parliament this week which would clarify the situation regarding the Whitianga Waterways development. More >>
Fisheries Commission Is Correct To Oppose Appeal
Monday, 21 May 2001, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today supported the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission against critics of its involvement opposing a Privy Council Appeal over distribution of Maori fishing assets. More >>
West Coast Mine Proposal Shows Need for DoC Review
Monday, 21 May 2001, 10:19 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government must urgently conduct a total review of the Department of Conservation's role, ACT Conservation Spokesman MP Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Labour Politicians Buy A New TV Channel
Monday, 21 May 2001, 10:01 am | ACT New Zealand
Spending at least $29 million on a new Government-owned Maori language television channel is a waste of money, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Anti-Smoking Fanatics Going Too Far
Monday, 21 May 2001, 9:55 am | ACT New Zealand
Extreme zealots in the government are over-stepping the mark by trying to ban smoking in bars and restaurants, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Export Guarantee No Substitute For Sound Policy
Monday, 21 May 2001, 12:32 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today the government’s plans for an Export Credit Guarantee Scheme was no substitute for sound policy. More >>
