Newman Welcomes Deputy Leader Role

ACT New Zealand MP Dr Muriel Newman today expressed delight at being elected ACT's new Deputy Leader.

"During the Primary, I campaigned for the need for a woman in the leadership team of ACT, and I was delighted and privileged to be elected Deputy Leader this afternoon," Dr Newman said.

"I look forward to having the opportunity to reach out to women in all walks of life, to share with them the benefits that ACT would provide for them and their families, and to increasing the support amongst women voters.

"If women supported ACT at the same rate as men, ACT would have had 10 percent of the party vote in the last election, and 12 MPs. Increasing the support amongst women is an important priority for the party.

"I look forward to working with our new leader Rodney Hide, my caucus team, and to serving the party as deputy leader," Dr Newman said.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>