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Jennings Bill Promotes Rights of Landowners

Thursday, 17 August 2000, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Rural Spokesman Owen Jennings says a private members Bill he is promoting calls for improved property rights of landowners to be formally recognised under the Resource Management Act. More >>

Shirley Bill Will Help Foreign Docs to Work Here

Thursday, 17 August 2000, 3:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

A private members bill promoted by ACT Deputy Leader and Health Spokesman Ken Shirley will help foreign doctors living in New Zealand who are currently “locked out “ of practising here. More >>

Name Sex Offenders Before "Cutting It Off"

Thursday, 17 August 2000, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand

Before Titiwhai Harawira considers “cutting it off” she should name perpetrators as one solution to dealing with the disturbing increase in the number of Maori sex offenders, ACT Maori Affairs and Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata said ... More >>

An ‘Astro-Turf’ Lobby Group For The Greens?

Thursday, 17 August 2000, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand

Are the Physicians & Scientists for Responsible Genetics (PSRG) a real scientific group or are they an ‘astro-turf’ lobby group for the Greens, asks ACT Agriculture spokesman Gerry Eckhoff. More >>

ACT To Advise Employers How To Avoid ERB

Thursday, 17 August 2000, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand

Excerpt From Richard Prebble Speech To Hamilton CBD Association (First ‘How To Beat The Employment Relations Bill Seminar’) More >>

ACT: PM Should Apologise to Police -Shirley

Wednesday, 16 August 2000, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Prime Minister should apologise to police for the outlandish claims she made following the Waitara shooting incident in April, ACT Deputy Leader and Police spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>

“Snow job to Undermine Shared Parenting”

Wednesday, 16 August 2000, 12:28 am | ACT New Zealand

“A snow job to undermine shared parenting” is how ACT Social Welfare Spokesman, Dr Muriel Newman describes the discussion paper on the review of the guardianship laws, released today by the Government. More >>

Sentence Sends Wrong Message

Wednesday, 16 August 2000, 12:16 am | ACT New Zealand

The reduction in the sentence over the weekend of a Samoan couple convicted for the abuse and assault of up to eight adopted children, is sending the wrong message to perpetrators of child abuse, ACT’s Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said ... More >>

Brash Confirms Mismanagement

Wednesday, 16 August 2000, 12:09 am | ACT New Zealand

Meddling Will Cost Churches Dearly

Tuesday, 15 August 2000, 5:46 pm | ACT New Zealand

Charitable and religious organisations will be hit hard as a result of the Government’s meddling with accident insurance, ACT Deputy Leader and Accident Insurance Spokesman Ken Shirley said. More >>

ACT Demands A Real Debate

Tuesday, 15 August 2000, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

“If the Government was serious on debating the proposed free trade agreement with Singapore, it would have accepted the ACT party’s request for a debate today, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>

Richard Prebble Letter To PM on Trade Agreement

Tuesday, 15 August 2000, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand

I write to express my concern over a story in the Dominion that the government is seeking to include the Treaty of Waitangi in a free trade agreement with Singapore. More >>

Contractor's Status Still Threatened By ERB

Monday, 14 August 2000, 4:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

Members were stunned to learn in the Employment Relations Bill Parliamentary debate, that Select Committee changes do not protect contractors from being turned into employees without their consent, said ACT MP Stephen Franks. More >>

One Set Of Rules For The Media

Monday, 14 August 2000, 4:15 pm | ACT New Zealand

“ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble, said today that he would continue to press for fair and consistent rules for the coverage of Parliament. More >>

ACC Bungling Confirms Worst Fears

Monday, 14 August 2000, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Government’s ham-fisted tampering with accident insurance has resulted in the worst fears of employers being realised, ACT Deputy Leader and Accident Insurance Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. He was commenting on a front page report in the ... More >>

HFA Decision “Victory for Common Sense” – ACT

Monday, 14 August 2000, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT is hailing as a “victory for common sense,” the decision by the Health Funding Authority to pay for people to have operations in Wellington’s Wakefield Hospital in an effort to overcome chronic staff shortages at the Capital’s public hospital ... More >>

IRD Still Acting Contempuously - Hide

Monday, 14 August 2000, 1:20 pm | ACT New Zealand

“The Minister of Revenue must accept responsibility for his Department following another damning report from the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee,” said ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today. More >>

Government Buckling To Green Extremists

Monday, 14 August 2000, 11:18 am | ACT New Zealand

“I am very concerned that the Labour/Alliance Government is about to buckle further to ‘Green extremists’ and close down even more enterprises on the West Coast,” said ACT Deputy Leader, Hon Ken Shirley. More >>

How ACT Is Going To Grow The Centre Right Vote

Monday, 14 August 2000, 10:36 am | ACT New Zealand

Thank you for the invitation to speak to the Economist’s Conference and for the wonderfully exciting topic – how ACT intends building the centre right vote and working with National to implement our policy goals for a more prosperous New Zealand. More >>

Government Buckling To Green Extremists on Coast

Monday, 14 August 2000, 9:29 am | ACT New Zealand

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