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Government Has No Excuse Not To Cut Tax
Friday, 2 July 1999, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said the Government's latest financial statements showing an operating balance $431 million ahead of forecast meant National had no excuses not to cut tax. More >>
ACT Rural Conf. Looks At Improving Farmer Incomes
Friday, 2 July 1999, 12:37 am | ACT New Zealand
As ACT's Rural Candidates get down to work at the first of two rural conferences this weekend in Taupo, farmers' bottom lines will be the top item on the agenda. More >>
Rural New Zealand Needs Protection Not Red Tape
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 6:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rural Spokesman Owen Jennings today said rural New Zealanders need protection from criminals not increased red tape and cost that a gun registration system would dump on them. More >>
Payouts Offend Public Sense Of Justice - Prebble
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT does not agree that Messrs Mogridge and Wall deserve a single dollar, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>
ACT Wants Real Causes Of Crime Addressed
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer today said that while Government was spending its time and taxpayers money putting in place a gun registration system, the real causes of crime would not be addressed. More >>
Labour's ACC Policy 'Sheer Stupidity'
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's decision to abandon essential reform of the time-worn ACC system is a giant leap backwards - even for a party dedicated to the nanny state, ACT's spokesman on accident compensation, the Hon Derek Quigley MP, said today. More >>
Tribunal Ruling on Radio Waves a Farce - ACT
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 11:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley has slammed the latest Waitangi Tribunal Report on the allocation and auctioning of radiowaves and is calling on the Government to legislate the bounds of Treaty claims. More >>
Government Can't Raise Maori Babies
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 4:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today said Maori crying foul over Roger Sowry's comments yesterday are getting angry at the wrong person. More >>
Whanganui Decision Already Impacting Claims
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley today said river tribes with claims for ownership of rivers are looking at the Waitangi Tribunal's decision, to grant Maori ownership of the Whanganui River, in terms of the precedent it sets for their own claims. More >>
Government Must Stop Dithering Over Tax Cuts
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 2:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said the Government must stop its dithering over tax cuts and get on with making them happen. More >>
ACT Welcomes Decision To Make Legal Aid Public
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer today welcomed the Ombudsman's order for the Legal Services Board to make public the ten highest paid legal aid lawyers. More >>
Speech - Prebble: The Real Issues
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 10:11 am | ACT New Zealand
I found the events of the last week very depressing. When looking at the great issues facing New Zealand, whether or not the Prime Minister was making a flippant remark about a news reader's compensation package, matters not one iota. More >>
Labour Must State Position On West Coast Beech
Tuesday, 29 June 1999, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley has called on the Labour Party to stop playing 'cat and mouse' with West Coast voters and to state their position on the West Coast beech scheme unequivocally. More >>
Wellington's urgent need for new hospital
Tuesday, 29 June 1999, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Wellington Central MP Richard Prebble today welcomed the release of the Government's discussion document on the new Wellington public hospital. More >>
Government must keep pressure on benefit fraud
Monday, 28 June 1999, 7:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today said Government must keep the pressure firmly on benefit fraudsters with a Zero Tolerance approach to benefit fraud. More >>
Minister Must Assure Public Water Owned By All
Sunday, 27 June 1999, 5:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley today voiced concern over the Waitangi Tribunal's recommendation that the Atihaunui iwi should be legally recognised as the owners of the Whanganui River. More >>
ACT Conferences Focus On Rural New Zealand
Sunday, 27 June 1999, 5:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is gearing up for a strong campaign in Rural New Zealand over the next two weekends at Rural Conferences in Taupo and Timaru being run by the Party's Rural Spokesman Owen Jennings. More >>
IRD restructuring should go on hold - Hide
Sunday, 27 June 1999, 5:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today told a meeting of business people in West Auckland that the restructuring of the IRD should be put on hold awaiting the outcome of the Select Committee Inquiry. More >>
Figures Confirm Criminals Getting Off Too Lightly
Sunday, 27 June 1999, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Some criminals are being let out of jail after serving on average a sentence of just 9% of the maximum sentence for their crime, according to new figures released by ACT Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer. More >>
The Tide Of Change For Welfare Reaching Our Shores
Friday, 25 June 1999, 5:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
The tide of change for welfare that began in the US and swept into Britain with the election of Tony Blair's Labour Government is now reaching our shores. More >>
