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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 >>
Call for National to Join ACT in Rejecting RMA
Thursday, 26 April 2001, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
MP Gerry Eckhoff today called on the National Party to join ACT New Zealand in committing itself to ending the costly, bureaucratic nightmares caused by the Resource Management Act. More >>
Urgent Debate Sought On Plight Of Low-Paid Workers
Thursday, 26 April 2001, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party intends to call for an urgent debate on the plight of 48,000 low-paid workers who’ve been denied access to a community services card, when Parliament resumes next week. More >>
Two New Press Secretaries for ACT
Monday, 23 April 2001, 5:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble’s new press secretary is former Hawke’s Bay journalist Chris Mole. More >>
Concern at Paid Parental Leave Scheme
Monday, 23 April 2001, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Women’s Affairs Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today that small businesses would lose out from a paid parental leave scheme, no matter how it was funded. More >>
Prebble Pays Tribute to Trevor de Cleene
Monday, 23 April 2001, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Trevor de Cleene, who died yesterday, was one of Parliament’s real characters, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Labour is Fresh Out of Excuses
Monday, 23 April 2001, 8:34 am | ACT New Zealand
“Six thousand, nine hundred and two people can not be ignored,” ACT Immigration Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
ACT May Take Rankin Case to HRC
Monday, 23 April 2001, 8:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Hon Richard Prebble said today he had asked Muriel Newman MP to investigate whether the ACT Party could take the Rankin case to the Human Rights Commission. More >>
