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Zimbabwe Farmers Would Be Welcome In NZ
Thursday, 20 April 2000, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rural Spokesman, Owen Jennings today said Zimbabwe farmers, if they were forced to leave their country, would be welcome in New Zealand for the many skills they would bring. More >>
Plight of Zimbabwe farmers and their families
Thursday, 20 April 2000, 3:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
I write to raise with you my concern that your Government has waited until the Prime Minister reached London to make any statement about the horrendous plight of the white Zimbabwe farmers and their families under siege from President Mugabe and blacks ... More >>
Another Hefty Bill For Charter Flight Debacle
Thursday, 20 April 2000, 1:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Taxpayers today learned they’ve had to foot another hefty bill for the WINZ charter flight debacle taking the cost of the Wairakei conference and its fallout to over $600, 000. More >>
Re: Shop Trading Hours (Abolition of Restrictions)
Wednesday, 19 April 2000, 4:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
I am extremely concerned to learn today that the Commerce Select Committee is yet to make any decision on how it wants to progress the Shop Trading Hours (Abolition of Restrictions) Bill. I am writing to you as Chairman of the Committee to draw to ... More >>
Prebble Angry That Shop Trading Bill Ignored
Wednesday, 19 April 2000, 3:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Parliament’s Commerce Select Committee is being taken to task by ACT for failing to do any work on a Bill to clean up the country’s shop trading laws that currently penalise retailers for opening on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. More >>
Clark Statement On Zimbabwe For Blair Not Farmers
Wednesday, 19 April 2000, 12:42 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today said it was appalling that the Prime Minister, Helen Clark had waited until she was in London before making any statement on the plight of white farmers and their families in Zimbabwe. More >>
Who’s To Blame? Jim Anderton Is!
Tuesday, 18 April 2000, 3:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Reserve Bank will have to raise interest rates now if it wants to retain its international credibility, and Alliance leader Jim Anderton is the man homeowners should blame, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
First Day of ACT’s Rural Tour Ends
Tuesday, 18 April 2000, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rural MPs Penny Webster and Gerry Eckhoff last night hosted a packed meeting on the Government’s Employment Relations Bill in Hamilton as part of the Party’s rural tour through the Waikato and Taranaki. More >>
Tatua Dairy Company Shows Way Ahead For Dairy
Tuesday, 18 April 2000, 11:45 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Agriculture Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff yesterday praised Tatuanui based Tatua Co-op Dairy Company for showing the way ahead for the Dairy industry. More >>
GE Royal Commission ‘Unbalanced’
Monday, 17 April 2000, 8:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble said he expected the Royal Commission of Inquiry into genetic engineering would be “a huge waste of time and money.” More >>
Second Attempt To Close Reading Inquiry
Monday, 17 April 2000, 2:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Education has tried a second time to undermine the Education and Science Select Committee’s inquiry into why so many children are failing to learn to read in New Zealand schools. More >>
ACT Rural Tour kicks-off today
Monday, 17 April 2000, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Three ACT MP’s begin a rural tour in Hamilton today, that will see them meet and greet the backbone of New Zealand industry. More >>
Employment Relations Bill – Another Business Cost
Monday, 17 April 2000, 9:56 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MPs Penny Webster, Gerry Eckhoff and Stephen Franks are visiting Waikato and Taranaki on April 18 & 19 holding public meetings and talking to employers and employees about the increased costs and many pitfalls of the Government’s Employment ... More >>
Figures - Teenagers Straight From School To Dole
Monday, 17 April 2000, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman is raising concerns over the number of young New Zealanders under 24 who have been out of work for over four years. More >>
ACT Demands Stronger Audit Rules Before Budget
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 8:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party strongly supports the Auditor-General’s call for robust audit guidelines for government departments contracting arrangements with non-governmental organisations (NGOs). More >>
Prebble Goes on Tour Against Employment Bill
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 7:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble will hit the road next week for a series of free meetings explaining and opposing the government’s Employment Relations Bill. More >>
Where Is Wilson’s Mandate?
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 5:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Attorney-General Margaret Wilson has no electoral mandate to axe the Privy Council, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Serious Fraud Office Still Investigating Trust
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 5:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble is refusing to speculate on the matters that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) states it is still investigating with regard to the Waipareira Trust. More >>
Mallard’s Attack A Personal Smear
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today said the Education Minister’s attempt to influence the membership of the Parliamentary Select Committee inquiry into literacy was close to a breach of privilege. More >>
MP Refuses To Be Bullied By Education Minister
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 3:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP and reading expert Donna Awatere Huata today said she was saddened and disappointed by Education Minister Trevor Mallard’s attempts to bully her off a Select Committee Inquiry into reading that she is credited with establishing. More >>
