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Dairy Infighting Comes As No Surprise To Farmers
Thursday, 3 May 2001, 10:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP and dairy farmer Penny Webster said today that people in the industry were not surprised by news of continued political ructions between dairy leaders. More >>
PM Ducks For Cover Over Welfare Merger & Rankin
Thursday, 3 May 2001, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark is deliberately dodging questions aimed at revealing her key role in the Christine Rankin affair and the proposed merger of the Department of Work and Income and the Ministry of Social Policy, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel ... More >>
Strong Support For Private Pension Funds - Poll
Thursday, 3 May 2001, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party has released results of a survey which show overwhelming support for the government’s superannuation bill to be amended to allow people to save in private pension funds. More >>
Prebble Superannuation Select Committee Submission
Wednesday, 2 May 2001, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
SUBMISSION OF HON RICHARD PREBBLE, LEADER ACT NEW ZEALAND TO THE FINANCE AND EXPENDITURE SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE NEW ZEALAND SUPERANNUATION BILL 2000. More >>
Cash Needed If We Want The Environment To Survive
Wednesday, 2 May 2001, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today called for Sandra Lee to get her head out of the clouds and allow far more private franchises to set up eco-sustainable businesses. More >>
ACT Declares May 3 Tax Freedom Day
Wednesday, 2 May 2001, 10:26 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party has declared Thursday May 3 Tax Freedom Day. “It’s the day we stop working for the government and start working for ourselves and our families,” ACT leader Richard Prebble said. More >>
DWI Managers Show No Confidence in Maharey
Tuesday, 1 May 2001, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Social Services Minister Steve Maharey has admitted that Department of Work and Income senior managers have raised a number of concerns with him about the hastily arranged merger of DWI and the Ministry of Social Policy. More >>
Hobbs takes 18 Months to Produce Claptrap
Tuesday, 1 May 2001, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Broadcasting Spokesman Penny Webster today slammed Marian Hobbs’ TVNZ Charter, saying the document raised more questions than it answered. More >>
Weak Maharey Loses Ground Quickly On Benefit Fraud
Tuesday, 1 May 2001, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said new figures showing a sharp drop in the amount of identified domestic purposes benefit fraud were a further demonstration of how Social Services Minister Steve Maharey has lost control of his portfolio. More >>
Time To Revive ANZUS
Tuesday, 1 May 2001, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
It is timely that we debate New Zealand's defence policies. The defence of citizens’ security is the first duty of government. More >>
Unsurprising Reaction to GlobalCo Precedent
Monday, 30 April 2001, 5:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP and dairy farmer Penny Webster said today she was not surprised that businesses were upset by the Government’s unwise decision regarding GlobalCo. More >>
Police Minister Urged to Change PERF Rules
Monday, 30 April 2001, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Convicted rapist, Police Constable Colin McLean, should not be eligible to receive $200,000 of taxpayers’ money under the PERF scheme, says ACT Police Spokesman Ken Shirley. More >>
Government Must Urgently Rethink Rural Strategies
Monday, 30 April 2001, 10:41 am | ACT New Zealand
The continuing serious South Island drought highlights the need for a greater analysis of future water yields in the major river catchments, ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said. More >>
Community Card --- Richard Prebble
Friday, 27 April 2001, 11:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has slammed the Government’s proposal to scrap the community services card and wants a Parliamentary vote on the issue. More >>
ACT Will Fight Moves to Abolish Community Card
Friday, 27 April 2001, 11:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has slammed the Government’s proposal to scrap the community services card and wants a Parliamentary vote on the issue. More >>
IDEAS
Friday, 27 April 2001, 11:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says his party is winning the “battle of ideas” in Parliament, with other parties adopting many of ACT’s policies as their own. More >>
Transmission Gully Delay Unacceptable
Friday, 27 April 2001, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT NZ Transport spokesman Penny Webster said it was unacceptable for Transport Minister Mark Gosche to say that the Transmission Gully Highway would at least a decade away. More >>
Government Should End Northland Prison Madness
Friday, 27 April 2001, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Northland-based MP Dr Muriel Newman said the Government should see sense and abandon plans to spend up to $500,000 of taxpayers money appealing a decision against the planned Northland prison. More >>
ACT Changes Key Spokespeople
Friday, 27 April 2001, 9:57 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT is sharpening its focus on the key issues of the environment, local government and the Resource Management Act by giving Gerry Eckhoff responsibility for related spokesmanships. More >>
Eco-Moralists Slow Progress with Threatened Specie
Thursday, 26 April 2001, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today condemned Sandra Lee for allowing ‘eco-moralists’ with fundamentalist philosophies to slow progress with threatened species. More >>
