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Time To Review Measurement Of Unemployment

Thursday, 10 May 2001, 1:41 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman is calling on the Government Statistician to back up the efforts of his counterpart in Australia and seek a review of the way the officially recognised measure of unemployment is calculated. More >>

Govt Moves To Separatism With BoP Decision

Thursday, 10 May 2001, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand

“The Labour/Alliance Government has taken the first step on the slippery slope of separatism by promoting race-based electoral roles and constituencies for Local Government,” says ACT Deputy Leader, Ken Shirley. More >>

More Spin Covering The Facts

Thursday, 10 May 2001, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand

Once again the Coalition Government has put a spin on its announcements - this time trying to dupe New Zealanders into believing that it is increasing defence spending, ACT Defence Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. More >>

Apple Industry Risks Lie With The Shareholders

Thursday, 10 May 2001, 9:57 am | ACT New Zealand

The revelation that ENZA has increased its indebtedness on foreign exchange transactions will be a major shock to its shareholders, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. More >>

Helen Clark Ordered Rankin’s Sacking

Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 6:21 pm | ACT New Zealand

The ACT Party believes the real reason the Prime Minister is refusing to answer questions on the merger of WINZ and the Ministry of Social Policy - and other Ministers are covering up for her - is because it’s the Prime Minister who ordered that Mrs ... More >>

Labour Branch Supports ACT Windblown Trees Bill

Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 5:23 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff says he has received a message of full support from the Greymouth branch of the Labour Party for his private members’ bill which would allow salvage logging of windblown trees on DoC land. More >>

Helen Clark Has No More Excuses To Avoid Questions

Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman says Helen Clark has run out of excuses to avoid talking about her key role in the sham merger of the Department of Work and Income and the Ministry of Social Policy. More >>

Apple Deregulation a Victory for Common Sense

Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand

The Minister of Agriculture is to be commended for taking the overdue step of deregulating the pipfruit industry, ACT Agriculture Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. More >>

New Zealand Thumbs its Nose at Friends

Tuesday, 8 May 2001, 6:19 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Coalition Government has taken a major step to non-alignment and isolationism, ACT Defence Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>

ACT Wants Return to ANZUS

Tuesday, 8 May 2001, 6:18 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Labour/Alliance government is turning New Zealand’s army into a peace-keeping force, the navy into a coastguard and the air force into a “military version of Freedom Air”, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>

Lack Of Consultation On Defence Deplorable

Tuesday, 8 May 2001, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

The high-handed approach to consultation on defence by Prime Minister Helen Clark is deplorable, ACT Defence Spokesman Owen Jennings said. More >>

Thanks A Million, ACT

Tuesday, 8 May 2001, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Conservation Spokesman MP Gerry Eckhoff today lauded the partnership of Transpower and Landcare Trust. More >>

Greens Must Back Up ERMA Rhetoric With Facts

Tuesday, 8 May 2001, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Environment Spokesman MP Gerry Eckhoff today called for an urgent debate on the High Court decision against the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA). More >>

Maori & Pacific Islanders Dominate Poorest Schools

Tuesday, 8 May 2001, 11:03 am | ACT New Zealand

One out of five Maori and four out of ten Pacific Islanders attend the poorest schools, according to figures obtained by ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today. More >>

Here’s a Grant... Now Pay Me Back.

Monday, 7 May 2001, 5:20 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today said that it was unbelievable that a Palmerston North Kohanga Reo is having loan repayments deducted from its operating budget to clear a debt it does not owe. More >>

Idealistic Approach To Defence Ignores The Facts

Monday, 7 May 2001, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Defence Spokesman MP Owen Jennings today slammed Helen Clark’s soft approach to defence, calling on the Prime Minister to remember Neville Chamberlain's infamous ‘peace in our time’ statement which came when Britain was about to be plunged into ... More >>