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Who Needs Research For a Law Change?
Wednesday, 3 May 2000, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government has done no research on the effects of the proposed de facto law changes, said ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Waitara tragedy a result of flawed youth justice
Wednesday, 3 May 2000, 8:20 am | ACT New Zealand
Tragedies like the Waitara shooting may be directly attributable to a history of flawed tolerance,” said ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
More Questions Raised About Waipareira Trust
Tuesday, 2 May 2000, 7:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
The latest release of official papers concerning the operations of the Waipareira Trust raised even more questions about the monitoring government departments provided to ensure that young people were properly looked after and that taxpayers’ dollars ... More >>
WINZ Review Should Be Released ‘Warts & All’
Tuesday, 2 May 2000, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
A top level review of the Department of Work and Income should not have been given to the Department to ‘sanitise’ before its release according to ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman. More >>
Come clean with the New Zealand public Marion
Tuesday, 2 May 2000, 4:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Marion Hobbs should publicly detail her achievements as Broadcasting minister and let New Zealanders judge her ministerial performance, said ACT broadcasting spokesman Penny Webster. When asked at parliamentary question time what she had done towards ... More >>
ACT Agrees with Anderton
Tuesday, 2 May 2000, 1:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It is the wasted skill scandals and placement problems of current immigrants that the Government must address before embarking on well meaning, yet impotent policy reviews,” said ACT immigration spokesman Penny Webster. Mrs Webster was commenting ... More >>
Details Of Govt. Welfare To Coast Still Secret
Monday, 1 May 2000, 5:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government has today increased its welfare payment to the West Coast by $20 million but is still refusing to give any details around the $120 million payment. More >>
ERB – Future Seminar Dates and Times
Monday, 1 May 2000, 5:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
Mon 1 May Hon Richard Prebble 730 Dunedin – breakfast. Heritage Room, Southern Cross Hotel, Princes Street then 2.15 Invercargill. Kelvin Hotel, Kelvin Street More >>
Government Stung By Submissions
Monday, 1 May 2000, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government is getting stung by the adverse reaction to its legislative programme, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Reality Of Government Policy Sees Confidence Drop
Monday, 1 May 2000, 11:56 am | ACT New Zealand
Business concerns about the economic direction and policies of the Labour/Alliance Government have translated into plummeting business confidence in the latest National Bank’s Business Outlook Survey. More >>
Bill Signals Much Wider, Insidious Programme
Monday, 1 May 2000, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble said the Employment Relations Bill was just a small part of disastrous changes for New Zealand's economy. “The Official Information Act document dump by the government before Easter reveals a much wider agenda. There are plans ... More >>
Franks: Add Dale Rape Case to Ellis Inquiry
Saturday, 29 April 2000, 3:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Dale rape case should be included in the Ellis inquiry to ensure a thorough investigation is made, said ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Inland Revenue Mess Predicted
Friday, 28 April 2000, 3:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party warned Parliament that the removal of tax returns would work against taxpayers, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Better System Needed To Ensure Fair Child Support
Friday, 28 April 2000, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government is being warned that a lack of proper information surrounding the collection of child support is making the process unfair and costly to parents and taxpayers. More >>
Insider Trading Cover-up
Friday, 28 April 2000, 9:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“What is it about insider trading law review that Trevor Mallard is trying to hide inside his Ministry”, said ACT commerce spokesman, commercial lawyer and former Securities Commissioner Stephen Franks. More >>
Crash and carry gun theft shows criminals contempt
Thursday, 27 April 2000, 5:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
The weekend’s crash and carry robbery of a professionally constructed fire arm strong room, is dramatic evidence of the contempt New Zealand criminals hold for the law, said ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
NZ donates $200,000 to Turkish quake recovery
Thursday, 27 April 2000, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that New Zealand is donating $200,000 to a UNICEF programme aimed at meeting the health and nutritional needs of children affected by last year's devastating earthquakes in Turkey. More >>
Unions Wrote Radical Employment Bill
Thursday, 27 April 2000, 4:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
At 4.30pm on the Thursday before Easter, the government dropped an enormous quantity of documents on the Employment Relations Bill at our office. More >>
Rabble Rousers Rant Rubbish
Thursday, 27 April 2000, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
The claim of the Service & Food Workers Union (SFWU) that the Employment Relations Bill will help restore some balance into employment relations is “absolute claptrap,” ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Government Strings Strangle West Coast
Thursday, 27 April 2000, 10:15 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government wants to further strangle the West Coast with what ACT is describing as the ‘underhanded and unfair’ strings it has now attached to the $100 million offered in exchange for the region’s native timber logging industry. More >>
