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Minority government is weak government - Prebble
Thursday, 9 December 1999, 9:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said the country did not welcome the news that Labour and the Alliance look likely to be a minority government. More >>
ACT Want Apple Consents Committee Up and Running
Wednesday, 8 December 1999, 5:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Owen Jennings today said he wants the independent committee to handle apple export permits under the new pipfruit restructing legislation up and running as soon as possible. More >>
Greens $250 Million Christmas Bonus Grossly Unfair
Wednesday, 8 December 1999, 1:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
The cost of the Greens 'Christmas Bonus' for all beneficiaries has today been put at a staggering $250 million. More >>
Prebble Letter To Helen Clark
Tuesday, 7 December 1999, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
I have carefully read the coalition agreement between Labour and the Alliance. On the face of the document I note there is no agreement by the Alliance to support the coalition on questions of confidence and supply. More >>
Coalition's Lack of Fiscal Parameters Disappoints
Monday, 6 December 1999, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said the Labour/Alliance Coalition's lack of agreement on a spending cap for government over the next three years was very disappointing. More >>
Labour/Alliance Coalition Agreement Meaningless
Monday, 6 December 1999, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today described the Labour/Alliance Coalition Agreement as a meaningless document. "Every Party in Parliament is in favour of policies that reduce inequality, are environmentally sustainable and improve the social and ... More >>
Cabinet line-up means ACC rethink?
Friday, 3 December 1999, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour caucus' decision not to elect to cabinet their ACC spokesman and former president is a strong sign that the caucus believes renationalising ACC is a silly policy, according to ACT Leader Richard Prebble More >>
New government kicks exporters in the teeth
Friday, 3 December 1999, 9:49 am | ACT New Zealand
The new Labour/Alliance government has fallen for tactics that are deliberately aimed at slowing down the freeing up of trade, says ACT rural spokesman Owen Jennings. More >>
ACT Complaint against Chief Electoral Officer
Monday, 29 November 1999, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Parliamentary office has received communication from a voter who lost his democratic right to vote because of inaccurate information given out by the Chief Electoral Officer Phil Whelan. More >>
1.6 million New Zealanders Can't Be Wrong - ACT
Monday, 29 November 1999, 1:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said the big winner on Saturday night was those wanting tougher sentences for criminals and fewer MPs. More >>
MP Welcomes Investigation
Thursday, 25 November 1999, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata today said she welcomed the ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble's instruction to the Cabinet Office to investigate the files relating to the former Minister of Immigration's granting, as an exception to policy, permanent resident ... More >>
Prebble on Awatere-Huata & Delamere Debacle
Thursday, 25 November 1999, 10:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble tonight said that the Prime Minister Jenny Shipley's sacking of Mr Delamere was constitutionally correct. More >>
Anderton Tries To Hide Behind Pact With Labour
Wednesday, 24 November 1999, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today said Jim Anderton is using the non-hostility pact with Labour to hide serious policy differences with the Labour Party. More >>
Prebble welcomes Jonah's move to Wellington
Wednesday, 24 November 1999, 2:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
Wellington Central MP Richard Prebble has welcomed Jonah Lomu's signing for the Wellington RFU. More >>
Labour's WINZ attack backfires
Tuesday, 23 November 1999, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Labour's attack on WINZ for making a $100,000 payout to a disgruntled employee is misguided, as the situation is the fault of the employment laws supported by Labour and the Alliance," ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
ACT: Toughest On Crime
Tuesday, 23 November 1999, 1:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
Crime is a growth industry that needs to be bankrupted. One in seven New Zealanders have reported a crime against themselves or their property - more than half a million offences each year. Around 93% of prison inmates were on an unemployment benefit ... More >>
ACT - for the Rule of Law
Tuesday, 23 November 1999, 1:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
Richard Prebble Speech To Launch ACT's Law & Order Policy 1.00pm Tuesday November 23 1999 Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill. More >>
The Way Out Of Poverty Is Work
Tuesday, 23 November 1999, 10:05 am | ACT New Zealand
A woman who has worked for Plunket for 30 years recently contacted me about the need for social welfare reform. She said that if welfare was working, families who had been on welfare the longest would have the best gardens, their homes would smell ... More >>
Parties Against Truth In Sentencing Must Front Up
Tuesday, 23 November 1999, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble held a press conference in Wellington's Bolton Street Park today to highlight the violent crimes being committed by offenders released early from prison. More >>
Land Bank Holding $125 Million of Property
Monday, 22 November 1999, 1:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today said over $125 million of land is now being held in Government's land bank for the settlement of Treaty of Waitangi claims according to the Justice Department. More >>
