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Labour’s dismal leap backwards
Monday, 13 March 2000, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
The introduction by the Government tomorrow of union-dominated labour legislation is a dismal leap backwards into last century’s failed labour laws, ACT party leader, Richard Prebble, says. More >>
Unnamed Fathers Must Be Priority For Government
Monday, 13 March 2000, 1:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
Addressing the huge and growing number of fathers who are unnamed on DPB applications and therefore give nothing towards the raising of their children must be a priority for Social Services Minister Steve Maharey, according to ACT Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>
14,000 Fathers Walking Away From Their Children
Monday, 13 March 2000, 9:23 am | ACT New Zealand
Concern is being raised at the increasing number of fathers who are making no financial contribution towards the raising of their children. More >>
$100 Million No Substitute For Capitalism
Friday, 10 March 2000, 12:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said that Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton’s denouncement of free markets today showed just how far left the New Zealand Government had lurched. More >>
Cullen’s Feel-Good Super Scheme A Cruel Hoax
Thursday, 9 March 2000, 5:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
Michael Cullen’s super scheme hinted at in yesterday’s Budget Policy Statement is being labelled a ‘cruel hoax’ by ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide who says the money today’s taxpayers pay in for their retirement in good faith will be paid straight ... More >>
Cullen’s BPS: fudged and flimsy
Wednesday, 8 March 2000, 4:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Michael Cullen and the government had made a joke of the Budget Policy Statement by producing a flimsy document that lacks credibility. More >>
Exposure concern for taxpayers? - ACT
Tuesday, 7 March 2000, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
Serious questions affecting taxpayer liability for banking investments are being raised as a result of government plans for the Public Trust Office, the ACT regional development spokesman, Owen Jennings revealed tonight. More >>
Craccum Article Callous & Irresponsible
Tuesday, 7 March 2000, 12:53 am | ACT New Zealand
“The problem is not that suicide is being discussed. The problem is the way that this tragic and difficult subject has been callously sensationalised by Craccum whose readership represents the age group most at risk. More >>
ACC Monopoly Won't Deliver Cullen’s Promises - ACT
Monday, 6 March 2000, 5:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT ACC Spokesman Hon Ken Shirley today said ACC will not be able to achieve the 20-30% savings in premium payments from its previous $1.47 average or sustain over time the premium average of $1.16 being promised by the Government. More >>
ACC premiums should drop below $1 - ACT
Monday, 6 March 2000, 3:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Cabinet should be announcing today that ACC premiums under the new regime will fall below $1 per $100 payroll," Opposition ACC spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>
Labour’s Day of Shame - Workers’ Day of Sadness
Monday, 6 March 2000, 12:58 am | ACT New Zealand
It’s the day of reckoning today for over 5,000 low-paid workers about to lose their jobs as a result of new Labour Government policy. More >>
All share in victory
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 5:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Today's victory by Team New Zealand has got everything - skill, enterprise, sportsmanship and technology development," Richard Prebble, leader of ACT, said. More >>
Shared Parenting Gaining Strong Backing
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
A Bill to put children's needs first when parents separate is gaining strong support within the community and its sponsor, ACT's Muriel Newman, says the next three weeks are critical to the Shared Parenting Bill making it to a Parliamentary Select Committee. More >>
ACT MP Wins Inquiry Into Reading
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 4:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata has today won a three-year battle for a full scale Select Committee inquiry into the teaching of reading in New Zealand schools. More >>
Real Reason For Maharey's U-turn Now Clear
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 4:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
The real explanation for the Minister of Social Services and Employment's bizarre U-turn on the performance and capability of his WINZ Chief Executive from "no confidence" to describing her as a ''dedicated and impressive public servant" ... More >>
Cullen's Promises No Match for ACC Evidence
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Promises from Dr Cullen that a state monopoly ACC will perform are no match for the legacy of the past 25 years of chaos under ACC, according to ACT's ACC spokesman Hon Ken Shirley. More >>
Justice At Last for Hauraki Gulf Residents- ACT
Wednesday, 1 March 2000, 5:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Residents of the Hauraki Gulf will be delighted and relieved today to learn that the Auditor-General will be conducting an in-depth investigation into cases of alleged abuses of power by the Auckland City Council. More >>
Testing Only Way To Close Gaps For Maori - ACT
Tuesday, 29 February 2000, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
Government initiatives to close the gaps between Maori and Non-Maori will fail because Labour refuses to implement national testing and assessment in schools according to ACT Maori Affairs and Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata. More >>
Government Package "Regional Cronyism - ACT
Tuesday, 29 February 2000, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ghosts of Matai industries and the Development Finance Corporation lurked behind the Deputy Prime Minister today as he unveiled another version of failed central Government funding of regional development. More >>
$800,000 Inquiry Should Be Canned - ACT
Tuesday, 29 February 2000, 10:52 am | ACT New Zealand
"The billion dollar joint venture announced between Saturn and the Australian company Telstra shows that the Government's expensive Ministerial Inquiry into telecommunications is now entirely unnecessary," said Dr Muriel Newman, ACT spokesman on telecommunications. More >>
