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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 >>
Robson on collision course
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Corrections Minister Matt Robson is on a collision course with Judges, Police and Cabinet colleague Phil Goff, by refusing to ensure there is adequate prison capacity, said ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
TVNZ irresponsible to run PC as a race issue
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 9:57 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble believes it is irresponsible for TVNZ to claim that the abolition of the Privy Council is a race issue. More >>
Where is “Jimmy’s” Bank? – ACT
Wednesday, 12 April 2000, 5:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today said that it was a bit rich for Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton to complain about banks when he himself had totally failed on his own goals with respect to his self-named “Jimmy’s” Bank. More >>
Margaret Wilson Has a Hidden Constitutional Agenda
Wednesday, 12 April 2000, 5:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is today warning that Government plans to stop appeals to the Privy Council is part of an elite agenda for creeping constitutional change without letting ordinary New Zealanders vote on it. More >>
Employment Bill Must Be Dumped, Says Prebble
Wednesday, 12 April 2000, 5:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Time was running out for employers and other interested groups to show their opposition to the government’s “radical” Employment Relations Bill, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Shared Parenting Experts Visiting New Zealand
Wednesday, 12 April 2000, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
Two American experts on shared parenting are visiting New Zealand over the next week to brief politicians and child welfare groups on the American experience of joint custody. More >>
Abolishing Privy Council Dangerous, Says Prebble
Tuesday, 11 April 2000, 5:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Prime Minister’s statement that the government was proposing to abolish New Zealanders’ right to appeal court decisions to the Privy Council is the most disturbing constitutional change being promoted by this government, said ACT leader Richard Prebble. More >>
Robson shows contempt for democratic process
Tuesday, 11 April 2000, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
Alliance Cabinet Minister Matt Robson's comments in a Christchurch newspaper yesterday showed his contempt for democratic process and the opinions of ordinary New Zealanders, said Law and Order Select Committee members Stephen Franks and Ron Mark. More >>
Webster: A Government Broadcasting policy at last?
Tuesday, 11 April 2000, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government may finally have a coherent view on broadcasting policy after the completion of two reviews announced today, said ACT Broadcasting spokesman Penny Webster. More >>
