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Petition Provides Hope For New Zealand’s Future
Thursday, 11 May 2000, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Muriel Newman still holds hope for the future of Shared Parenting, even though her Private Members Shared Parenting Bill was voted down by the Labour, Alliance, Greens and NZ First parties. More >>
Closing The Gaps Committee Left in Dark
Thursday, 11 May 2000, 12:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata said today, she was concerned the Minister of Education had failed to brief the Closing the Gaps committee about the detrimental effects the Education Amendment Bill will have on Maori achievement. More >>
Music Industry Devastated By Parallel Importing Ba
Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 5:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton could end up devastating the local music industry by banning creative industry parallel imports, said ACT commerce spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Has Government Shifted Foreign Policy ?- ACT
Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 4:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Did New Zealand today take an overdue move away from its servile policy towards Communist China?,” said ACT MP Stephen Franks. More >>
Leak a Cover Up of Ministerial Impotence
Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 11:50 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s manipulative leak of the Work and Income New Zealand report is an attempt to cover up Steve Maharey’s Ministerial impotence, said ACT MP Muriel Newman. More >>
Prime Minister’s “Arrogance” Towards Inquiries
Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 9:50 am | ACT New Zealand
The Prime Minister’s speech in the House today shows her continuing complete arrogance for the inquiries currently underway into the Waitara shooting tragedy, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Government Could Not Organise Smoko Break
Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 9:49 am | ACT New Zealand
The introduction of the Customs and Excise Amendment Bill under extraordinary urgency shows the government has no idea about how to run Parliamentary business, ACT leader Richard Prebble said. “But it’s really a broken election promise. If this was really ... More >>
$1 Tax hike breaks election pledge
Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 9:47 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the Alliance-Labour Minority government’s shock $1 hike on cigarettes broke the Labour party’s pledge of no new taxes. “They never signalled this tax in the run-up to the election. They never signalled it at ... More >>
Shared Parenting Petition Presented Tomorrow
Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Petition Organiser Bruce Cheriton will be presenting the Shared Parenting petition to ACT MP Muriel Newman on the steps of Parliament tomorrow. More >>
Clayton’s Monetary Policy Review a “Costly Sop”
Tuesday, 9 May 2000, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today the government’s monetary policy review was a costly sop to stave off the Alliance who want a return to the days when politicians manned the printing press to print money whenever they were short. “Dr Michael Cullen ... More >>
No Guarantee Of Funding Levels For Schools
Tuesday, 9 May 2000, 10:35 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata MP today told Hamilton Principals she’s concerned the Minister of Education won’t give schools an assurance he will continue their present funding levels when he abolishes bulk funding. More >>
Complete Roading Network, ACT Tells Auckland
Tuesday, 9 May 2000, 8:31 am | ACT New Zealand
Auckland's transport crisis will not be resolved until the roading network, as envisaged in the DeLeuw Cather report over 35 years ago, is completed, ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. "The whole ACT caucus has spent today in Auckland meeting with the ... More >>
PM’s racial comments need investigation
Monday, 8 May 2000, 5:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clarks ill-advised comments on the Waitara shooting last week should be investigated by the Race Relations Conciliator, said ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks. “The comments stirred racial tension with what proved to be false ... More >>
Wilson neglecting gatekeeper duties
Monday, 8 May 2000, 9:56 am | ACT New Zealand
The Attorney-General is failing in her duty to uphold respect for the law, according to ACT’s Justice Spokesman, Stephen Franks. More >>
Prebble Calls for Waitara Debate
Monday, 8 May 2000, 8:56 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has asked the Speaker for a debate on the Prime Minister’s comments about the Waitara shooting. “The statement by the Prime Minister on Thursday that she is considering a further and wider inquiry into the Waitara shooting because ... More >>
Radio waves: Racism or just corrupt politics
Friday, 5 May 2000, 4:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Government's offer to Maori of a guaranteed discounted allocation of radio spectrum seems to be racist pork barrelling," says ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
PM’s comments on Waitara shooting inappropriate
Thursday, 4 May 2000, 8:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Comments made today by the Prime Minister that police attitudes to Maori in Taranaki were poor and “undoubtedly had a bearing on the shooting” are unsubstantiated and inappropriate, according to ACT Police Spokesman Hon Ken Shirley. More >>
Youth Unemployment Highest Since 1994
Thursday, 4 May 2000, 5:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
With business confidence falling, and Government’s forecasts predicting a rise in the number of unemployed over the next three years, unemployment is set to become a defining issue for this Government. More >>
Coast Tests Government “Good Faith” Commitment
Thursday, 4 May 2000, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
The big test for the Government’s commitment to good faith bargaining is being played out on the West Coast, according to ACT Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley. More >>
ACT Welcomes Cottontails Closure
Thursday, 4 May 2000, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today welcomed the decision by the Cottontials childcare centre in Fielding to close from tomorrow afternoon. More >>
