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Government Putting Lives at Risk
Friday, 4 August 2000, 11:45 am | ACT New Zealand
Mr Shirley said he was sickened to hear of ye t another person, elderly Wellington pensioner Joyce Julius, who was forced to pay out $16,000 for life-saving surgery after being twice turned away from Wellington Hospital because of staff shortages. More >>
Mallard Should “Fess Up” Says Awatere Huata
Friday, 4 August 2000, 9:46 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard should “fess up,” (come clean), ACT Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
“ERB – A Threat To The Rule Of Law”
Friday, 4 August 2000, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
Today I wish to speak about the Employment Relations Bill as a threat to the rule of law. This Bill is radical law. It is a direct attack on the sanctity of contract. More >>
ERB Has Already Lost Ten Thousand Jobs
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Ten thousand jobs no longer exist because of business concern over the Employment Relations Bill, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Labour’s anti-employment agenda is working
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 4:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Household Labour Force Survey released today shows that 10,000 jobs have been lost since Labour has been in government, ACT Employment spokesman Muriel Newman said today. More >>
ERB Has Already Lost Ten Thousand Jobs
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Ten thousand jobs no longer exist because of business concern over the Employment Relations Bill, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Labour's Anti-employment Agenda Working
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“In spite of strong economic growth, 4,000 jobs have been lost in the June quarter, following the 6,000 jobs that were lost in the March quarter” Dr Muriel Newman said. More >>
Employers To Face Government’s Industrial Gestapo
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 1:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The new ‘Industrial Gestapo’ will enforce laws issued more arbitrarily than those that lost King Charles his head, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Speech Media Advisory - Richard Prebble
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 11:23 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble, will be giving a speech on the Employment Relations Bill and it's clash with the Magna Carta today. More >>
Can RBA Survive the ERB?
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 9:50 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the union attack on Reserve Bank governor Don Brash raised questions whether the Reserve Bank Act could survive the operation of the Employment Relations Bill. More >>
Government Rips Off ‘Primary School’ Fundraiser
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 8:45 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government should stop wasting taxpayer money on magnets and pamphlets to explain the Employment Relations Bill and front up to the public like ACT has done,” said ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble. The government announced it is distributing around ... More >>
Job Placement Figures a “Joke” Says Newman
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 12:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Recent job placement figures that showed almost 60 per cent of people placed in the past year were back on a benefit, made a mockery of the Government’s main performance measure for the Department of Work and Income, the employment spokesman for ACT, ... More >>
Speech To The NZ Contractors' Federation
Wednesday, 2 August 2000, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Richard Prebble Speech -- Economy, "I appreciate the opportunity to speak to the construction industry. I have been a director of a civil engineering firm for over a decade." More >>
ERB: A Licence To Reap Personal Grievance Payouts
Wednesday, 2 August 2000, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Employment Relations Bill is a charter to take firms for a personal grievance,” said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Failing Health System Devastates Tauranga Couple
Wednesday, 2 August 2000, 2:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
A 55-year-old Tauranga woman has been forced to travel to Queensland to treat a life- threatening condition because New Zealand’s health system has let her down, ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesman, Ken Shirley said today. More >>
PM Claims Rubbish Says Newman
Tuesday, 1 August 2000, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“I am just astounded that Helen Clark can send a message to people that it is alright to brutalise your children if you are poor,” Dr Newman said. More >>
Margaret Wilson’s Claims Are Nothing But Spin
Tuesday, 1 August 2000, 4:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“I standby the accuracy of the document ACT is using in our Employment Relations Bill seminars,” said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
Letter to Margaret Wilson
Tuesday, 1 August 2000, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
You have informed the public that there are errors in the Employment Relations Bill handout that ACT is distributing throughout New Zealand via its public seminars. More >>
Bill Betrays Employers
Tuesday, 1 August 2000, 12:58 am | ACT New Zealand
The Employment Relations Bill as reported back to Parliament betrays the people who create jobs, says Employers' Federation President Robyn Leeming. More >>
ERB Bill Has Been In Bookshops All Day!
Tuesday, 1 August 2000, 12:45 am | ACT New Zealand
The Governments attempts to silence opposition MPs has become farcical, said ACT Leader, Hon Richard Prebble. More >>
