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Clark Confirms Alliance Tax Hikes To Be Considered
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour Leader Helen Clark has today sent an ominous signal to every working New Zealander confirming on National Radio this morning that the Alliance's tax increases would be on the agenda if Labour and the Alliance won a second term in office. More >>
ACT Will Get Government Off the Back of Rural NZ
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 1:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Rural New Zealand is struggling with falling commodity prices and rising costs on the farm and in the processing industry. Many districts are fighting to retain essential services. Red tape and bureaucracy is strangling the productive sector. Rural families ... More >>
ACT Standing Up For Rural Property Rights
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today launched ACT's rural policy in Tariki, just south of Inglewood, in Taranaki. More >>
Clark Must Apologise - ACT
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble, responding to David Jacobs’ extraordinary offensive and misleading statement said today “ I am shocked by the intemperate personal abuse in Labour’s Epsom candidate David Jacobs’ attack on Rodney Hide, myself and the ACT ... More >>
Cullen Challenged To Come Clean On Super
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 12:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide has challenged Labour's Dr Michael Cullen to explain Labour's superannuation policy, Labour's Superannuation Tax and Superannuation Fund. More >>
Labour's Polling Confirms Hide's Epsom Lead - ACT
Tuesday, 16 November 1999, 12:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT's Epsom candidate Rodney Hide said today that he was pleased the Labour Party polling confirmed ACT's polling that Rodney Hide had taken the lead in the race for Epsom. More >>
Clark’s Comments Misleading and Deceitful - ACT
Monday, 15 November 1999, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble said today “Helen Clark’s comment that ACT would fund the tax cuts through asset sales is incorrect misleading and deceitful. More >>
Where New Zealand First Voters go - ACT
Monday, 15 November 1999, 2:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has called a press conference today to brief the media on what we believe will be the deciding issues. More >>
Labour and Alliance Budgets donÆt add up
Sunday, 14 November 1999, 5:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour was promising an extra $8.4 billion in 1996 over three years. Now itÆs promising just $2.4 billion. Labour has not explained what policies have been dropped to save $6 billion. Alliance was promising an extra $12.4 billion in 1996 over three years. ... More >>
Policy: Economy - Getting The Economy Back On Trac
Sunday, 14 November 1999, 5:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
In the mid-1990s New Zealanders were looking forward to a bright future, but by 1999 our overall economic position had significantly deteriorated. What went wrong? Some factors, like the drought and the Asian crisis, were out of our control. Others ... More >>
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 >>
