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Fallout From Dawn Raid Fiasco
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 11:21 am | ACT New Zealand
The fiasco of the botched “dawn raid” on a Filipino family in Auckland, signals the immigration system and Minister Lianne Dalziel was under immense pressure, ACT immigration spokesman Penny Webster said today. More >>
Rattled Government Thwarts Firearms Owners
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 7:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government is condemning rural New Zealand to mass disobedience and circulation of ‘unlawful’ firearms through its unexpected announcement of a go-ahead for gun registration, said Act Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
ACT Will Support International Treaties Bill
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 6:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand will support Green MP Keith Locke’s Private Members Bill on international treaties, ACT’s Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
ACT Dismisses Lawyers' Jail Term Claims
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 5:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks has dismissed claims by lawyers that longer sentences and more preventative detention are not the cure-all for violent crime. More >>
Auck City Council Should Front Up To Parliament
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 4:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Owen Jennings says the Auditor General has vindicated his allegations of “shocking mismanagement by “the Auckland City Council, and the council should front up and tell people what it has done to fix a “staggering level of irresponsibility.” More >>
Parole System Should Go
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 1:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Stephen Franks has launched a new attack on New Zealand’s deplorable parole and early release system. More >>
Enrolments From Low Decile Schools a Worry
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand
“Abysmal” first-year university enrolments from low-decile schools is a good reason for the Government to again consider introducing a Targeted Individual Entitlement scheme, ACT Education spokeswoman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Auckland City Council Mismanagement Claims True
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
The allegations I made in Parliament, 23rd February 2000, of Auckland City Council’s mismanagement of their responsibilities in the Hauraki Gulf have been vindicated by the Auditor General Report released today, said ACT Local Government spokesman ... More >>
Prospects for the New Zealand Economy
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 10:28 am | ACT New Zealand
The speed of the economic downturn caused by the Socialist policies of the present government surprised everyone. We all knew it would happen. What we didn’t know was just how quickly the economy would be sunk. More >>
"It's Started"
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 6:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
Just a week after the introduction of the Employment Relations Act, unions are already disrupting workplaces and intimidating employers, ACT Employment spokesman Muriel Newman said today. More >>
More Questions Than Answers On Cullen’s Super Fund
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 5:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
Treasury’s briefing on the Government’s proposed “pre-funding” of Super payments raised more questions than answers, said ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide. More >>
Let Ngati Whakaue Build Their Casino
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said Rotorua Maori should be allowed to get on with the job of building a casino. More >>
Eckhoff Gives Farmers A Rural Rark Up
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
Farmers must get off the tractor seats and start expressing their views on genetic modification if they want a balanced outcome from the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, said ACT MP and farmer Gerry Eckhoff. More >>
ACT Reserves Judgement On Super Proposal
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 4:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Caucus today adopted a position towards the coalition’s proposal to pre fund superannuation, said ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
ACT Supports Major Corrections Policy Reversal
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Corrections Minister, Matt Robson, signalled a major coalition policy reversal on Morning Report this morning, when he revealed that both he, and Justice Minister Phil Goff, favoured reform of a 1990 law that automatically cuts all prison sentences ... More >>
Franks - Hotene Report Touchy-Feely Psychobabble
Monday, 9 October 2000, 6:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Ministry of Corrections report on Taffy Hotene is touchy-feely psychobabble, said ACT Justice spokesman, Stephen Franks. More >>
VOICE Calls Endorsed By ACT
Monday, 9 October 2000, 5:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
Families of recently murdered women (VOICE) are demanding that the government stop early release for violent criminals like Taffy Hotene who will rob, rape and murder again, said ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Royal Forest And Bird Cares Nought For The Truth
Monday, 9 October 2000, 4:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
A leaked e-mail shows that the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society is concocting its submission to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Genetic Engineering, said ACT Conservation spokesman Gerry Eckhoff. More >>
Easy Solution to Waiting List Crisis says Shirley
Monday, 9 October 2000, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government can ease the waiting list crisis at Auckland’s Greenlane Hospital by publicly funding surgery to be carried out at private hospitals in the region, ACT Health Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Suggested Changes to Firearms Laws a "Nonsense"
Monday, 9 October 2000, 3:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
New laws and a firearms authority promoted by Police Minister George Hawkins were a “nonsense,” ACT Police Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
