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Wool Growers should vote no confidence
Monday, 18 October 1999, 4:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Wool Board is still indulging in petty games of self preservation rather than focusing on the needs of the wool industry, says ACT rural spokesman Owen Jennings. More >>
Mussel farmers burdened with uncertainty and costs
Monday, 18 October 1999, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Heartland Tour begins its second week with farmer meetings in the top of the South Island today. More >>
Prebble Vindicated by Incis Report
Monday, 18 October 1999, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today said he personally feels vindicated by the findings of the Incis report. More >>
ACT Promises Tougher Sentencing
Monday, 18 October 1999, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand has made tougher sentencing the centrepiece of the Party's Justice policy announced today. More >>
ACT: A Fairer Justice System
Monday, 18 October 1999, 10:32 am | ACT New Zealand
Crime, and particularly violent offending, is of great concern to New Zealanders. We no longer feel safe in our homes or on the streets. The balance of the justice system appears to be in favour of criminals; victims are forgotten and taxpayers ... More >>
ACT Wants Parliament To Reconsider Smith Petition
Monday, 18 October 1999, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today said his Party would re-table the petition signed by 271,223 New Zealanders following the murder of Owaka teenager, Kylie Smith. More >>
Farmers fear drought again - ACT
Friday, 15 October 1999, 1:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT's rural Heartland Tour has encountered increasing concern among farmers about the early onset of dry conditions in parts of Hawkes Bay, Gisborne and Wairarapa, says ACT tour leader Owen Jennings. More >>
Wool Growers Seeking Deliverance
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 2:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
Wool-growers in Southern Hawkes Bay are hoping for deliverance from the excesses of the Wool Board following a 'no confidence' vote at its AGM next week, says ACT rural spokesman Owen Jennings. More >>
ACT Policy Will Reduce Unemployment by a Third
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 11:59 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Hon Richard Prebble today announced the party’s Welfare to Work policy. Richard Prebble said that the ACT party will press for the community wage to be retained and expanded. More >>
ACT Challenges Labour & Alliance in Otara
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
“I challenge Helen Clark and Jim Anderton to come to Otara and explain to the Rangatira Trust and other Community Taskforce schemes why these highly successful programmes will be axed under a Labour-Alliance government”, said ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble ... More >>
ACT – Getting New Zealanders Working Again
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
Job creation and welfare assistance targeted to meet the needs of individuals and give a ‘hand-up’ to work have today been launched as ACT New Zealand’s policies to get New Zealanders off welfare and back into work. More >>
Tau's $15m deal breaks constitutional conventions
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says Tau Henare's announcement of an extra $15 million to be spent on Maori language and culture breaks constitutional conventions. More >>
Full force of law needed for citizenship scam
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 11:10 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble supports the action of Immigration Minister Tuariki Delamere in referring a Maori citizenship scam to the police. More >>
ACT: A Hand-up Into Real Jobs
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 12:02 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders are hard workers and employment is central to our society. It underpins stable families and strong communities. Unemployment saps potential and its human cost is too high; in the long term unemployment can be a factor in dependency, family ... More >>
Otago mothers deserve more choice, not less
Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 8:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT health spokesman Ken Shirley says it would be a backward step if the Health Funding Authority denied choice in maternity care services to Otago mothers. More >>
Victory for ACT over IRD Inquiry
Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This is the first ever parliament Select Committee Inquiry into the IRD in New Zealand history and its findings are a victory for the ACT party said ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today. More >>
ACT: New solutions for apple crisis
Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 10:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT is the only party that recognises that the country's apple growers are facing the most serious crisis in the industry's history, says ACT rural spokesman Owen Jennings. More >>
FEC Key Findings on IRD
Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 12:33 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee's Inquiry into IRD’s culture and operation vindicates ACT’s long-running complaint that the IRD has a “bully-boy” culture and needs major overhaul. The FEC says amongst other things: More >>
FEC Report : Victory for all Taxpayers
Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee’s report into IRD's operation and culture was pleasing for taxpayers but didn’t go far enough in its recommendations. More >>
ACT Speech: Campaign a cliff-hanger
Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 3:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
If an election was held last Saturday, according to polling commissioned by ACT, the result would have been a hung Parliament and NZ First would have held the balance of power. More >>
