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ACT For A Growing Economy And Real Jobs
Sunday, 14 November 1999, 5:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today set out ACT's vision for the economy with the two key priorities to bring the top rate of tax down to twenty cents and to cut red tape and compliance costs to businesses. More >>
ACT’s Treaty Policy A Coalition Breaker
Friday, 12 November 1999, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble reinforced ACT’s commitment for fair, full and final settlements of legitimate Treaty of Waitangi claims and said, “it would be a non negotiable in any government of which ACT is a part.” More >>
Election predictions – Richard Prebble Speech
Wednesday, 10 November 1999, 7:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
This election is the most wide open in recent history. If you average the polls, the centre right and the left are neck and neck. Without doubt the final leaders' debate between Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark will be crucial. More >>
Alliance Budget A Disaster for Business And Jobs
Wednesday, 10 November 1999, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said the Alliance budget would spell disaster for small businesses already under pressure. More >>
Labour's Costings Cut Health Budget - ACT
Wednesday, 10 November 1999, 9:04 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today challenged Labour's Dr Cullen to state Labour's Health Policy and how he was going to pay for it. More >>
Labour's Numbers Don't Add Up - ACT
Tuesday, 9 November 1999, 6:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that Labour's fiscal projections released today don't add up. More >>
Prebble gets first vote in Melbourne
Tuesday, 9 November 1999, 3:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
The first vote in the Wellington Central electorate has been cast - for Richard Prebble - in Melbourne. More >>
Strong Economy, Responsible People, Good Stewards
Tuesday, 9 November 1999, 2:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders can feel justly proud of our natural environment. Some progress has been made in recent years but significant environmental problems remain. Environmental issues are causing unnecessary strife because of poorly-designed legislation and ... More >>
ACT Releases Environment & Conservation Policy
Tuesday, 9 November 1999, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
In Greymouth today to launch ACT New Zealand's Environment and Conservation policy, ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble said that the West Coast had become a symbol of political parties' commitment to Heartland New Zealand. More >>
ACT's Common-sense Plan For Protecting Environment
Tuesday, 9 November 1999, 2:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment and Conservation Spokesman Hon Ken Shirley today said ACT is the only Party that recognises that there are three important parts to environmentally sustainability. Speaking in Greymouth at the launch of ACT's Environment and Conservation ... More >>
Prebble Out Campaigning Labour
Tuesday, 9 November 1999, 9:24 am | ACT New Zealand
The latest TV1 poll shows that Richard Prebble is out campaigning his Labour opponent in Wellington Central. More >>
Labour Must Front Up On ACC
Monday, 8 November 1999, 4:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today said Labour's ACC Spokesman Ruth Dyson must front up to businesses and workers around the country and explain why she is determined to put them at risk by turning back the clock on ACC. More >>
ACC A Monstrous Failure - ACT
Monday, 8 November 1999, 2:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand's accident compensation scheme of the last 25 years has been a monstrous failure. ACC costs exploded from 0.8% of GDP in 1984 to 1.8% of GDP today while our safety and healthcare has worsened. ACC is inflexible and wasteful. Too often the ... More >>
ACT Has No Time For Winston Peters
Sunday, 7 November 1999, 4:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble said today “the latest polls show that two thirds of New Zealanders do not want the next government of New Zealand being dictated to by Mr Peters. More >>
ACT Raising Real Issues
Friday, 5 November 1999, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today in response to media questions as to why ACT’s support has increased by 50 percent, “ACT has been raising the issues of concern to New Zealanders, the Treaty industry, run away social welfare, law and order and ... More >>
Cullen Has No credibility on Tax - ACT
Friday, 5 November 1999, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Labour's Dr Michael Cullen had no credibility on tax policy. More >>
Good Employment News - Don't Let The Left Ruin It
Thursday, 4 November 1999, 9:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
The September quarter employment figures are a death blow to the credibility of the gloom and doom election campaign promoted by the Labour-Alliance coalition, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Carter Holt Harvey Mill Great News For Northland
Thursday, 4 November 1999, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The news that Carter Holt Harvey will be locating a laminated veneer timber mill near Whangarei is great news for Northland, and Whangarei in particular, said Dr Muriel Newman Whangarei MP for ACT New Zealand. More >>
Wheels Falling Off Alliance Campaign
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 4:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The sudden withdrawal of Phillida Bunkle from Wellington Central appears to be an act of desperation," said ACT Leader and Wellington Central MP Hon Richard Prebble today. More >>
Cullen should do his homework - ACT
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Labour's Dr Michael Cullen should do his homework before making ill-informed comments about ACT's budget showing that it is indeed possible to get to a flat tax of twenty cents in the dollar. More >>
