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Jim Anderton Feeds the Bureaucracy
Monday, 5 March 2001, 5:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
Bureaucracy is swallowing up Regional Development funding supposed to create jobs and growth, Local Government Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Another Death Prompts Renewed Call for Action
Monday, 5 March 2001, 4:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Dr Muriel Newman today renewed her call for the dangerous Ruakaka-Waipu highway to be fixed. More >>
Paid Parental Leave Could Have Adverse Impact
Monday, 5 March 2001, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
A system of compulsory paid parental leave could lead to increased discrimination against women in the workforce, ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said. More >>
Government Agency Wastes $22 Million
Monday, 5 March 2001, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
A Government agency squandered $22 million of road users’ money, ACT Transport Spokesman Penny Webster said today. More >>
Government Must Wake Up To Foot And Mouth Threat
Friday, 2 March 2001, 3:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Agriculture Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said the Government must immediately drop its “she’ll be right” attitude to border controls during the current foot and mouth emergency. More >>
LTSA Speed Fixation Is Not the Cure
Friday, 2 March 2001, 1:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
The jump in the road toll proves that the Land Transport Safety Authority’s fixation on speeding is not working, ACT Transport spokesman Penny Webster said today. More >>
Maharey Fiddles While CYFS Burns
Friday, 2 March 2001, 11:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman has questioned why Social Services Minister Steve Maharey is waiting for the Government’s 2001 Budget before tackling the rapidly escalating crisis in the Department of Child Youth and Family Services. More >>
NZ – Australia: Social (In)Security Agreement
Thursday, 1 March 2001, 8:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
I believe that this is the most significant foreign treaty that a New Zealand Government has signed, certainly since the closer economic relations treaty. The House should realise that the treaty signed by the Government on Monday basically rips up an agreement ... More >>
Fresh Start Needed On Child Abuse Policies
Thursday, 1 March 2001, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The strong criticisms of the Child Youth and Family Service in the Mick Brown report are unsurprising after years of failed leadership on child abuse policy,” says ACT MP Dr Muriel Newman. More >>
Minister Congratulated On Raising Eckhoff’s Ideas
Wednesday, 28 February 2001, 4:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Environment Minister Pete Hodgson is to be congratulated for raising in Parliament today my proposals to assist the protection of endangered native species,” ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said. More >>
Govt Must Secure Borders Against Foot And Mouth
Wednesday, 28 February 2001, 12:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Agriculture Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff is urging the Government to order an immediate boost to New Zealand’s border security to stop the spread of foot and mouth disease into this country. More >>
Helen Clark's Lost Credibility
Tuesday, 27 February 2001, 5:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Helen Clark’s persistence in omitting to tell the truth about New Zealanders losing their entitlement to automatic residency in Australia shows she believes she can say what she likes, and get away with it,” ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Maori Education Idea Is Bureaucracy Gone Mad
Tuesday, 27 February 2001, 3:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata said today that the idea of a full-blown Government department to oversee Maori education is bureaucracy gone mad. More >>
Foreign Policy Defeat Kills Kiwi Rights In Aus
Tuesday, 27 February 2001, 9:43 am | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark’s trans-Tasman agreement with Australia is the most significant foreign policy defeat ever suffered by a New Zealand prime minister, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Prebble Pleased NZ Post Won’t Appeal Court Ruling
Tuesday, 27 February 2001, 9:35 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble said that he was relieved and delighted to learn that New Zealand Post was abandoning its planned appeal for an injunction preventing him from debating matters in NZ Post’s proposed business plan for the taxpayer-funded ... More >>
How New Zealand Can Recover Its Place In The World
Monday, 26 February 2001, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
I have chosen as my topic "10th by 2010" by which I mean how New Zealand could be 10th in the OECD ratings of per capita income by 2010. More >>
ACT MP accuses PM of Character Assassination
Monday, 26 February 2001, 8:57 am | ACT New Zealand
Donna Awatere Huata MP said tonight in response to media requests that she and her lawyer Mr Paul Davidson had met with an officer from the Serious Fraud Office who was acting in response to a complaint from Parliamentary Services. More >>
NZ Post Ruling A Victory for Democracy
Monday, 26 February 2001, 8:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble said the judge’s decision to refuse NZ Post’s (a State Owned Enterprise) application for a gagging writ against a Member of Parliament is an important victory for the Westminster system of Parliamentary democracy. More >>
Where’s The Charter, Steve?
Friday, 23 February 2001, 1:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
Steve Maharey says he will spend the next few weeks "identifying" key policy issues in his new broadcasting portfolio. More >>
Ignorance Is No Excuse
Friday, 23 February 2001, 11:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said Government regrets about the failure of the Australian Stock Exchange campaign to take-over the New Zealand Stock Exchange show frightening ignorance of the importance of the securities industry. More >>
