The Act Party conference this weekend has publicly exposed the divisions emerging within that party.

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Kiwibank has made a profit during the worst recession in decades by staying in the New Zealand market and refusing to gamble on overseas currencies like the big Australian banks, says MP for Wigram and Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton.

Victims of vicious attacks, a 17 year old girl who had an accident at the gym, and many other accident victims, are being turned away by ACC for having non-existent 'pre-existing conditions', says MP for Wigram and Progressive Party leader, Jim Anderton.

A financial transactions tax is a better option for widening the tax base and reducing income tax than increasing GST, MP for Wigram and Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton says.

"GST is a regressive tax," Jim Anderton says.

"Parliament's select committee was right to amend the Aquaculture Bill so that a co-operative of marine famers can continue to farm shell fish in the Coromandel, as they have been doing since 1983," says MP for Wigram and Progressive party leader Jim Anderton.

Statement from Hon Jim Anderton:

Westpac's decision to return to boutique style branches in small communities so they can get closer to where customers live, demonstrates the impact Kiwibank has had on banking in New Zealand.

By Peter Wilson of NZPA

Wellington, Nov 25 NZPA - The Government's emissions trading scheme was passed into law today after months of controversy and two days of debate under urgency in Parliament.

Leading law, policy and science experts will gather in Wellington this week to tackle the issue of how to reduce the levels of recreational and commercial fishing bycatch that are seriously threatening New Zealand's marine animal species.

We must put party politics aside and come up with a new approach to monetary policy which supports people in New Zealand who produce tradeable goods, rather than those who speculate on property and take the profits off-shore, says MP for Wigram and Progressive Party leader, Jim Anderton.

Outside of this House, the date today is the 17th September and it is a day to remember.

Four years ago, on the 17th September 2005, the Maori Party took the nation by surprise, capturing four of the seven Maori seats in a spectacular demonstration of Maori political power.