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Royal Commission Decision A Travesty
Monday, 21 August 2000, 10:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Royal Commission of inquiry into genetic modified organisms decision to grant interested party status only to the Green party is a travesty, said ACT MP and farmer Gerry Eckhoff. More >>
Orions: $400m To Save Billions Seems A Good Idea
Monday, 21 August 2000, 5:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Usually reliable sources have told ACT that the Cabinet has already made a decision to scrap the proposed Orion upgrade, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Attempts to Shut Down Child Abuse Debate Shameful
Monday, 21 August 2000, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
Attempts by the Government to shut down the head of Women’s Refuge, Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, for speaking out about child abuse, is shameful and questions its commitment to ‘closing the gaps’, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Richard Prebble Letter To PM On Superannuation
Monday, 21 August 2000, 1:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
Dear Prime Minister Re: Superannation The ACT NEW ZEALAND Party has been approached by the media and asked if we as a party would be prepared to enter into no-precondition multi-party talks regarding the future of superannuation. As you know, the ACT party ... More >>
Orions: New Zealand’s Most Useful Defence Asset
Monday, 21 August 2000, 1:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Orion aircraft are perhaps the most useful piece of equipment that the New Zealand Defence Force owns, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington - 21 Aug
Monday, 21 August 2000, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand
"We won, you lost. Eat it!", Michael Cullen's line sums up the coalition: arrogant. "It was not a mistake, we just didn't know what we were doing" from the Green's Rod Donald, needs no explanation. "Solidarity forever, the ... More >>
Prebble Letter To Speaker - Parlt. Media Coverage
Friday, 18 August 2000, 5:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
I write to suggest the real solution to the problem of the coverage of Parliament is to put the proceedings of Parliament onto the internet. It is now possible using “live streaming” and audio links to produce high quality pictures on the internet. More >>
Prebble Letter To PM - Singapore Trade Agreement
Friday, 18 August 2000, 5:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT party is very concerned to be informed by media sources that it is possible that the Government intends to sign the Free Trade Agreement with Singapore without consulting either the New Zealand public or Parliament. More >>
Mallard Decision A "Sop" Says Awatere Huata
Friday, 18 August 2000, 4:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
The funding injection just announced by Education Minister Trevor Mallard was “unfair, inequitable and a sop to ideology,” ACT Education spokesperson, Donna Awatere Huata, said today. More >>
Maharey Exposed Over Sole Parent Work Testing
Friday, 18 August 2000, 9:07 am | ACT New Zealand
Voting against the Green Party’s Social Security Private Member’s Bill which aimed to remove work testing of sole parents has embarrassed the Minister of Social Services Steve Maharey, and again exposed him as the Minister of “flip-flops,” ACT Social ... More >>
Public Opinion Polls Vital Voter Information
Friday, 18 August 2000, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT party will strongly oppose the Rt. Hon Winston Peters private members Bill to ban the publication of election campaign opinion polls, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Public Opinion Polls Vital Voter Information
Thursday, 17 August 2000, 4:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT party will strongly oppose the Rt. Hon Winston Peters private members Bill to ban the publication of election campaign opinion polls, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Jennings Bill Promotes Rights of Landowners
Thursday, 17 August 2000, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rural Spokesman Owen Jennings says a private members Bill he is promoting calls for improved property rights of landowners to be formally recognised under the Resource Management Act. More >>
Shirley Bill Will Help Foreign Docs to Work Here
Thursday, 17 August 2000, 3:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
A private members bill promoted by ACT Deputy Leader and Health Spokesman Ken Shirley will help foreign doctors living in New Zealand who are currently “locked out “ of practising here. More >>
Name Sex Offenders Before "Cutting It Off"
Thursday, 17 August 2000, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand
Before Titiwhai Harawira considers “cutting it off” she should name perpetrators as one solution to dealing with the disturbing increase in the number of Maori sex offenders, ACT Maori Affairs and Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata said ... More >>
An ‘Astro-Turf’ Lobby Group For The Greens?
Thursday, 17 August 2000, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
Are the Physicians & Scientists for Responsible Genetics (PSRG) a real scientific group or are they an ‘astro-turf’ lobby group for the Greens, asks ACT Agriculture spokesman Gerry Eckhoff. More >>
ACT To Advise Employers How To Avoid ERB
Thursday, 17 August 2000, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand
Excerpt From Richard Prebble Speech To Hamilton CBD Association (First ‘How To Beat The Employment Relations Bill Seminar’) More >>
ACT: PM Should Apologise to Police -Shirley
Wednesday, 16 August 2000, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Prime Minister should apologise to police for the outlandish claims she made following the Waitara shooting incident in April, ACT Deputy Leader and Police spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
“Snow job to Undermine Shared Parenting”
Wednesday, 16 August 2000, 12:28 am | ACT New Zealand
“A snow job to undermine shared parenting” is how ACT Social Welfare Spokesman, Dr Muriel Newman describes the discussion paper on the review of the guardianship laws, released today by the Government. More >>
Sentence Sends Wrong Message
Wednesday, 16 August 2000, 12:16 am | ACT New Zealand
The reduction in the sentence over the weekend of a Samoan couple convicted for the abuse and assault of up to eight adopted children, is sending the wrong message to perpetrators of child abuse, ACT’s Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said ... More >>
