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Still Time To Fix Up Property Relationships Law
Tuesday, 27 March 2001, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks is urging the Government to use the time still available to fix up the huge problems with the Property Relationships Bill before it is passed into law. More >>
South Island Could Face Rural Fire Disaster
Tuesday, 27 March 2001, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Agriculture spokesman Gerry Eckhoff predicted today that the "whole of the South Island High Country tussock grassland from Marlborough to Central Otago is at risk" unless there is a change in Department of Conservation policy. More >>
Mallard Proves Zoning System Does Not Work
Tuesday, 27 March 2001, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Education’s own actions prove that parents want to choose where their children go to school, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
No Fix to Law Overriding Wills
Monday, 26 March 2001, 2:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks warned today that the Property Relationships Bill to be debated in Parliament this week will override most New Zealanders’ dying wishes. More >>
Green Ideology Versus Plain Common Sense
Monday, 26 March 2001, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
With the Government decision on Auckland transport expected next week, Mark Gosche must weigh up common sense versus Green ideology, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
New Law Will Place Severe Strain On Relationships
Monday, 26 March 2001, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks predicts that after the debates scheduled this week on the Government’s new Property Relationships law, many people in de facto relationships will be told by their lawyers to split from their partners so they ... More >>
Come Clean On The Welfare Reforms, Mr Maharey
Monday, 26 March 2001, 11:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman is demanding a full explanation of proposed welfare restructuring plans from Social Services Minister Steve Maharey this week. More >>
Arrogant Line Companies Provoke Rural Backlash
Monday, 26 March 2001, 8:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff today urged landowners to follow the example of Otago farmer Bill Simpson and lock out electrical line companies if the companies and the Government do not show a more reasonable attitude toward property rights. More >>
Longterm Unemployment Jumps 26 Percent
Monday, 26 March 2001, 8:56 am | ACT New Zealand
Steve Maharey must stop ignoring the human cost of his political manipulation of unemployment figures, ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Auditor-General’s Report Presents a Poser for PM
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 6:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Auditor-General’s report on accommodation allowances for MPs living in Wellington has posed a problem for the Prime Minister, ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble said. More >>
Failure to Teach Reading Inexcusable
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 6:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today condemned the failure of schools to teach children how to read. More >>
Government Reinvents Wheel to Get Rid of Rankin
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 5:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said the Government’s reported plans to undertake a massive restructuring of social welfare are simply an enormous smokescreen through which it can get rid of Department of Work and Income head Christine Rankin. More >>
Free Trade – New Zealand’s Lifeblood
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
Thank you for the invitation to speak to the New Zealand Hong Kong Business Association. I applaud business associations such as yours. More >>
Nelson And Gisborne Have Fled, Ms Dalziel
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 11:29 am | ACT New Zealand
Braindrain Minister Lianne Dalziel should be put in charge of switching off the lights after every other New Zealander has left, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Human Rights Office Politicised
Wednesday, 21 March 2001, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says the minority coalition government’s intention to appoint trade union official Rosslyn Noonan as Chief Human Rights Commissioner, breaks a pledge by Prime Minister Helen Clark. More >>
Don’t Touch The Reserves
Wednesday, 21 March 2001, 12:30 am | ACT New Zealand
The Wool Board’s rumoured plan to take up to $60 million of grower’s reserve funds to finance its own version of the McKinsey restructuring is tantamount to theft, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Education for Poor Fails the Grade
Tuesday, 20 March 2001, 5:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Parents need a better deal. If they live in poor areas, they shouldn’t have to accept a poor standard of education for their children. More >>
Government Finally Delivers on ACC Double Charging
Tuesday, 20 March 2001, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley welcomed today’s announcement that the Government would act on ACC double charging. More >>
Summer of Steve: No ‘Real Jobs’
Monday, 19 March 2001, 6:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Employment Minister Steve Maharey has yet again attempted to spin success out of abject failure, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Arrogant PPTA is Out of Touch With Reality
Friday, 16 March 2001, 5:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today slammed the PPTA’s bid to freeze interest rates on student loans for teachers working in state schools. More >>
