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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 >>
Common Sense Out The Window
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Internal Affairs Spokesman MP Penny Webster today slammed the Government's moves to ban smoking in bars, saying the move is anti-business, and totally lacks common sense. More >>
ACT Will Press For Submissions On GST Tax Grab
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 9:35 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that he will be pushing for the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee to call for submissions on the Government’s last-minute call to make GST payments retrospective. More >>
Sandra Lee’s Decision An Outrageous Abuse Of Power
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Minister of Conservation’s instruction for Whitianga Waterways to recommence their consent approval process is outrageous and an appalling example of political manipulation to the point where it breaches the law,” says ACT Deputy Leader Ken ... More >>
Government Should Not Pump Money Into Air NZ
Tuesday, 15 May 2001, 12:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks is urging the Government to make an unequivocal statement now that it will not pump any money into Air New Zealand. More >>
Small Businesses Bear the Burden of Parenthood
Monday, 14 May 2001, 4:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
The coalition’s paid parental leave scheme will place an increased burden on small businesses – at a time when they are already heavily constrained by Government red tape, and finding it hard to keep their heads above water, Dr Muriel Newman said. More >>
ACT Seeks Referendum On Race-Based Seats
Monday, 14 May 2001, 9:44 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley is drafting a private members’ bill which would put mechanisms in place for a referendum into race-based seats in both local government and central government. More >>
Feminist Pendulum Has Swung Too Far
Sunday, 13 May 2001, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today is Mother’s Day, and the message that Helen Clark has sent to every mother in the country is plain and simple: have daughters, or else. More >>
PM a Risk to Taxpayers, Prebble says
Friday, 11 May 2001, 6:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Attorney General Margaret Wilson’s attempt to justify the expenditure of more than $100,000 of taxpayers’ money to indemnify the Prime Minister for her reckless defamation, doesn’t stack up, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
