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ACT Launches “Fight The Tax Grab” Webpage
Monday, 21 May 2001, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that ACT’s webpage set up to stop Michael Cullen’s retrospective tax grab on schools and tourist operators was proving a big hit. More >>
Maori Council Seats “Electoral Welfarism”
Friday, 18 May 2001, 3:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
Legislation guaranteeing Maori councillors in the Bay of Plenty is “electoral welfarism” which will do more harm than good for Maori in the long-term, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Maori Seats On Local Council - Prebble Speech
Friday, 18 May 2001, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
Richard Prebble’s Speech To Parliament On The Bay Of Plenty Regional Council (Maori Constituency Empowering) Bill, Wednesday 16 May 2001 More >>
Key Relationship in Aviation Industry Breaks Down
Friday, 18 May 2001, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand
The widening gulf between the Civil Aviation Authority and the industry it is supposed to serve is disturbing, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
GlobalCo Weaknesses Become Apparent
Friday, 18 May 2001, 10:51 am | ACT New Zealand
Weaknesses within GlobalCo are becoming increasingly evident as delays continue, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Environment Minister Shows Her True Colours
Friday, 18 May 2001, 10:05 am | ACT New Zealand
In a bizarre speech to the House last night on the RMA Amendment (Controlled and Discretionary Activities) Bill, Minister Hobbs displayed her true colours, ACT MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Speech To Rodney AGM By MP Penny Webster
Friday, 18 May 2001, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
Last night the Minister of the Environment, Marian Hobbs, showed her complete lack of understanding of the Resource Management Act and its effect on ordinary people. More >>
Armstrong Shows Further Contempt For TVNZ Staff
Friday, 18 May 2001, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand
The latest comments from TVNZ Chairman Ross Armstrong demonstrate his lack of people skills, which is worrying in his position, ACT Broadcasting Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Poor Education Produces Bad Mothers
Thursday, 17 May 2001, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
The discovery of an abandoned baby in Onekawa highlights the way that poor New Zealand schools fail those who most need help, ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
ACT Pleased With Whitianga Waterways Progress
Thursday, 17 May 2001, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said he was pleased that the Leader of the House has today agreed to ACT proposals for urgent legislation to correct procedural nonsenses created by the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act. More >>
Submissions Called On Tax Grab
Thursday, 17 May 2001, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that it was great news that the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee had agreed to re-open submissions on a tax bill that is now to be amended to tax schools and tourist operators retrospectively. More >>
Radical Change Needed For DoC Structure
Thursday, 17 May 2001, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Conservation Spokesman MP Gerry Eckhoff today welcomed the solution to the Whitianga development debacle, but warned that the saga proved the need for radical change. More >>
ACT, Here To Help
Thursday, 17 May 2001, 9:51 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT will happily assist Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton sort out the mess surrounding the Resource Management Act and the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Air Points a Green Circus
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 5:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
New rules regarding MPs’ air points are exactly the same as the old rules, only the wording has changed, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Secret Court Judge Heard – In Secret
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman is condemning the decision of Parliament’s Social Services Committee to close the doors to the public on a briefing from principal Family Court Judge Patrick Mahony today. More >>
Labour's Anti-Business Stance Creates $20,000 Bill
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 4:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Around 12,000 bars, cafes and restaurants will each face minimum compliance costs of $20,000 if they are forced to implement the Government's anti-smoking plans, ACT Internal Affairs spokesman Penny Webster said today. More >>
Need for Tax Grab Submissions
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 4:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that it was pleasing that taxpayers are now likely to at least have a say about the largest retrospective tax grab in New Zealand’s history. More >>
Flaxmere Principal Commended By Awatere Huata
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today commended a Flaxmere principal for succeeding against the odds. More >>
New Zealand's Loss is Australia's $1b Gain
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is set to save hundreds of millions of dollars by gaining New Zealand pilots as a result of the scrapping of New Zealand's Air Combat Force, ACT Defence Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Breach Of Privilege – Hon Margaret Wilson
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
“Attorney-General Hon Margaret Wilson appears to have committed a breach of privilege when she claimed to parliament that it was Mr Yelich’s lawyer Peter Williams QC who first raised the proposal that the defamation settlement between Mr Yelich and the ... More >>
