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Maharey Ignores Soaring Long-Term Unemployment
Monday, 20 November 2000, 9:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Employment Spokesman Muriel Newman today released official Department of Work and Income statistics which show that the number of people registered as out of work for more than a year rose nearly 1.5 percent in October alone, to a record 110,081. More >>
Government Avoids Facts On Work-For-Dole Scheme
Friday, 17 November 2000, 8:40 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s latest efforts to damn the work-for-dole scheme are simply an attempt to mask the fact that the planned scrapping of the scheme is ideologically and not factually driven, ACT Employment Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said. More >>
New Certificate Will 'Dumb Down' Education System
Friday, 17 November 2000, 12:50 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata said today that she agreed with Principal John Morris that the National Certificate of Educational Achievement will be a meaningless qualification for secondary students. More >>
Clark Gives Myanmar Tariff Free Access To NZ
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 4:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT, New Zealand’s free trade party, welcomes Helen Clark’s decision to grant free trade access to the world’s poorest countries, said ACT leader Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Prisoners' Easy Access To Telephones Unacceptable
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police spokesman Ken Shirley has written to the Ministers of Police and Corrections urging the Government to fund and implement the monitoring of prison inmates’ telephone calls. More >>
IRD Commissioner John Perham Signals New Era
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that all taxpayers would be heartened by Inland Revenue Commissioner John Perham’s apology to tax victims Jan and Murray Willis. More >>
"The Role Of Third Parties" - Richard Prebble
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 11:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Richard Prebble Speech to Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce 1 Gorst Ave Te Awamutu 16 November 2000 More >>
Judges Getting it Right on Open Justice
Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 5:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
Justice Robertson got it right in refusing name suppression to an offender who applied for police diversion. “The judges are reaffirming common sense and the principle of open public justice and getting tougher on crime, while the Government just prattles ... More >>
Pouakani Claims (What The Govt Didn’t Tell Maori)
Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 4:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
This has been a very interesting bill. It gives legislative enforcement to a settlement that was actually reached by the National Government and Sir Douglas Graham. So it is a settlement that happened over a year ago. More >>
Are There Any Winners Under A Socialist Govt?
Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
Thank you for the invitation, and even more, thank you for the topic "Are there any winners under a socialist government?” The answer to this question is the reason I'm no longer a Labour voter. More >>
Tizard’s Efforts Offer Little Hope For Auckland
Tuesday, 14 November 2000, 6:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government continues to be directionless over Auckland’s transport problems, said ACT’s Transport spokesman and Auckland resident, Penny Webster. More >>
ACT Welcomes Sentencing Review
Tuesday, 14 November 2000, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT party welcomes the proposal by the Minister of Justice to review sentences, said ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
ACT Aims to End Secret Injustice in Family Courts
Monday, 13 November 2000, 6:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said his success in the ballot of a member’s bill which promotes open justice in Family Courts is extremely timely. More >>
Hidden Second Leg to Attorney General’s Strategy
Monday, 13 November 2000, 6:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks has challenged the Government to allow a true conscience vote on its proposed Property (Relationships) Act. More >>
Government's Overstayer Policy Needs Examination
Monday, 13 November 2000, 4:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Only 455 of New Zealand’s estimated 22,000 overstayers have applied for work permits in the first month of the Government’s six-month transitional overstayer strategy,” said ACT Immigration Spokesman Penny Webster. More >>
SUPERANNUATION: THE ACT POSITION
Monday, 13 November 2000, 3:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party have, at the coalition’s request, given careful consideration to the superannuation plan presented by the Finance Minister. More >>
ACT Announces Super Position
Monday, 13 November 2000, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT party will support Finance Minister, Dr Michael Cullen’s, superannuation scheme to select committee, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Northern Division Conference - Prebble Speech
Monday, 13 November 2000, 9:10 am | ACT New Zealand
At Parklane Motor Inn, Cnr Lake Rd And Rewiti Ave, Takapuna 10am, Saturday, 11 November 2000 More >>
Keeping Lawyers Out Of Sport
Friday, 10 November 2000, 4:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
Pushing privacy law further into sports would just entrench the need for lawyers at every administrator’s elbow, said ACT MP Stephen Franks. More >>
The Government Needs To Know: Everyone Can Work
Thursday, 9 November 2000, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
In response to the Government position stated in Parliament yesterday that only unemployed people who ‘want’ to work will work, Dr Muriel Newman, ACT’s Welfare Spokesman, said her party has a completely different approach to unemployment. More >>
