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Richard Prebble’s Letter from Wellington #30
Tuesday, 19 September 2000, 1:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
The coalition has greeted the Olympic 'truce' on the media's coverage of politics with huge relief. In Wellington the political news is just grim for the Government. More >>
Child Protection Systems in Crisis
Monday, 18 September 2000, 2:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
The number of potential child abuse cases reported to the Child Youth and Family Service, hit a record of 2,489 last month, prompting Act Social Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman to call for an urgent reorganisation of the department. More >>
Process Undemocratic
Friday, 15 September 2000, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
The coalition should honour its public commitment and submit the Singapore free trade agreement to a vote in parliament, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Prebble Supports Peters
Friday, 15 September 2000, 9:43 am | ACT New Zealand
The vicious personal attacks on the Rt. Hon Winston Peters for his speech calling for the abolition of the Maori seats shows how illogical New Zealand politics has become, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. Mr Peters in a speech last night said ... More >>
Prebble: The Real Crime Statistics
Friday, 15 September 2000, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
The public are now seeing the results of Labour’s insistence that petty property crimes receive priority, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Greens Pollute Social Environment
Thursday, 14 September 2000, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Business people who believed by voting Green they were showing support for the environment should all now be very angry, said ACT Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
More Than One Legal Dishonest In Singapore Treaty
Thursday, 14 September 2000, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Parliament must not stick slogans into law without knowing precisely what is intended and what they will mean in the Courts, said ACT Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Human Rights Commission Review Urgent - Franks
Thursday, 14 September 2000, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
An overhaul of the Human Rights Commission is clearly urgent, following the anti-gay video case, according to ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks MP. More >>
Free Trade Agreement Not Worth Race Clause Risk
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Free Trade Agreement with Singapore is mostly symbolic but New Zealand could pay a high price for the race privilege clause, said ACT Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks today. More >>
Anderton Wrong On Exodus Of Professionals
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
Deputy Prime Minister, Jim Anderton, is wrong to claim that the number of long term and permanent departures of professionals, managers and technicians is not worsening, said ACT Immigration spokesman Penny Webster. More >>
War On Shoplifters, A Disgrace To Govt Justice
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 3:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government should be ashamed that an international security firm has to show New Zealanders how to sue shoplifters to make sure that kind of theft doesn’t pay, said ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
RMA Delays Road Construction At Least Six Years
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Delays and enormous costs caused by the Resource Management Act are slowing down the construction of roading networks, said ACT Transport spokesman, Penny Webster. More >>
Maharey Bill "Ideological Claptrap" - Newman
Tuesday, 12 September 2000, 4:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Social Security Amendment Bill, which had its first reading in Parliament today was “ideological claptrap” and did nothing to help unemployed people get back into meaningful jobs, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Parliament On The Net Would Unravel The Spin
Tuesday, 12 September 2000, 4:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble, welcomes Speaker Rt. Hon Jonathan Hunt’s, decision to allow Sky TV to begin broadcasting parliament’s question time live from next Tuesday, but states MPTV should be broadcast on the Internet as well. More >>
Singapore Free Trade Agreement – ACT Letter
Tuesday, 12 September 2000, 1:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Caucus has today considered our position on the Singapore free trade agreement. ACT strongly supports free trade as being in the best interests of a trading nation in a global economy. More >>
Migrating Professionals Cost NZ $4.2 Billion
Tuesday, 12 September 2000, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Over 10,000 professionally qualified New Zealanders have left New Zealand since the election, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Green WTO Protest Irresponsible - Jennings
Friday, 8 September 2000, 1:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Owen Jennings has slammed the Green Party for supporting two of its MPs who are travelling to Melbourne to protest against a World Economic Forum next week. More >>
ERA Seminar: Richard Prebble Speech Extract
Friday, 8 September 2000, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
Hundreds of workers have already lost their jobs because of the Employment Relations Act. Over the next three weeks before the new law commences, many more will suffer the same fate. More >>
Eckhoff: The Deed Could Cover More Though
Friday, 8 September 2000, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP and Central Otago resident, Gerry Eckhoff, hopes the Deed signed today by Contact Energy and the Government does not abdicate blame or remove local residents claims for further compensation. More >>
Eckhoff: The Deed Could Cover More Though
Thursday, 7 September 2000, 6:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP and Central Otago resident, Gerry Eckhoff, hopes the Deed signed today by Contact Energy and the Government does not abdicate blame or remove local residents claims for further compensation. More >>
