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Greens Attempting To Spin GE Truth
Monday, 19 June 2000, 10:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Greens are subverting the course of democracy with their continued rhetoric on biotechnology issues, said ACT Agriculture spokesman Gerry Eckhoff. More >>
Govt To Plough On With Racially Divisive Bill
Monday, 19 June 2000, 10:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata has slammed a Select Committee Report into the Government’s Education Amendment Bill saying it’s simply a vehicle for the Government to ram through the ‘racially divisive’ Bill. More >>
People’s Bank Just To Keep Jim Happy
Monday, 19 June 2000, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today described Jim Anderton’s plans to have a “people’s bank” as “daft” and called on Helen Clark to put the interests of the country and taxpayers ahead of coalition politics. More >>
Awatere-Huata Concerned At Planned School Merger
Monday, 19 June 2000, 11:43 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today said she was extremely concerned that Maori girls attending Queen Victoria would lose out under a plan to merge the school with troubled St Stephens School. More >>
Cullen’s first Budget his last?
Monday, 19 June 2000, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
No government can afford to have a Minister of Finance that business despises, doesn’t trust and doesn’t like. That’s Helen Clark’s problem. A fresh, new Finance Minister is her only hope of salvaging economic credibility. More >>
Maharey’s WINZ Relaunch A Nonsense
Monday, 19 June 2000, 10:41 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government is planning a major PR exercise this week to relaunch WINZ under the leadership of Christine Rankin, a move ACT Social Welfare Spokesman, Muriel Newman says is like ‘trying to relaunch the Fire Service afresh under Roger Estall’. More >>
Maharey’s WINZ Relaunch A Nonsense
Monday, 19 June 2000, 9:20 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government is planning a major PR exercise this week to relaunch WINZ under the leadership of Christine Rankin, a move ACT Social Welfare Spokesman, Muriel Newman says is like ‘trying to relaunch the Fire Service afresh under Roger Estall’. The ... More >>
Waipareira Inquiry Referred to Finance Committee
Monday, 19 June 2000, 9:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble said today that he had referred the inquiry into the Waipareira Trust's handling of taxpayers' money to the Finance and Expenditure select committee. More >>
Guarantee Needed That Customs Won’t Cry Wolf Again
Monday, 19 June 2000, 8:58 am | ACT New Zealand
Customs had put on a ‘frightening show of incompetence’ in Northland alerting health authorities that a boatload of illegal immigrants was trying to land on a far North Beach on Tuesday night, according to ACT Customs Spokesman Penny Webster. More >>
Work For The Dole Will Still Be Compulsory
Friday, 16 June 2000, 4:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
With government officials revealing yesterday that work for the dole would still be compulsory, Social Services Minister Steve Maharey’s grand plans to ‘reinvent the welfare state’ now appear to be nothing more than a mere name change for the ... More >>
What's Not In The Budget? Bugs and Bandwidth
Friday, 16 June 2000, 1:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
WHAT’S NOT IN THE BUDGET? BUGS & BANDWIDTH Extracts from Hon Richard Prebble’s post-budget speech Auckland Centra, 12-2pm June 16 2000 More >>
Maharey The Big Loser In The Budget
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Examination of the Welfare and Employment initiatives announced in the Budget reveals that the Minister of Social Services and Employment has failed to deliver on his promises,” says ACT Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman. More >>
New Zealanders Needing Healthcare Losers In Budget
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 4:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s planned health restructuring and administrative upheavals will soak up a huge chunk of the public health funding set out in today’s budget according to ACT Health Spokesman Hon Ken Shirley. More >>
BUDGET 2000 SPEECH - Richard Prebble
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 3:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today’s budget is a huge step back to tax, spend and bust. Since their election the Labour/Alliance coalition have been taxing. More >>
Maori Must Take Control Own Positive Development
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT’s Maori Affairs Spokesman today rejected the Government’s ‘closing the gaps’ measures set out in the budget saying they simply tied Maori tighter to the ‘apron strings of nursemaid politicians’ rather than encouraging Maori families and communities ... More >>
Lolly-scramble Budget with no strategic direction
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 3:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman today slammed Michael Cullen’s first Budget for offering the country no direction or vision for the future. “Michael Cullen promised a “New Start” with his Budget but has utterly failed to provide any leadership, direction or vision. More >>
TVNZ A Fiscal Basketcase?
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 9:11 am | ACT New Zealand
Today’s Budget Broadcasting allocations will reveal if TVNZ is to become a fiscal basketcase, said ACT Broadcasting spokesman Penny Webster. “The benchmark for Marion Hobbs’ Ministerial performance will be the future she assures TVNZ. If local culture ... More >>
The New Zealand Investment Gap - Prebble
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 8:49 am | ACT New Zealand
How much investment is needed for the New Zealand economy to grow at four percent? More >>
IRD Must Tell Taxpayers and Tighten Up Security
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the IRD must place an electronic footprint on taxpayers’ files to know who is accessing sensitive information and for what reason. “The case of former IRD worker Sopo Matagi pleading guilty to selling ... More >>
Govt. Must Protect From Serious,Violent Offenders
Wednesday, 14 June 2000, 5:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s reluctance to adequately address the growing crisis in our prison capacity and their rejection of ACT New Zealand’s Truth in Sentencing Bill is further fuelling the growing anger and frustration amongst the 92% of New Zealanders who ... More >>
