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Alliance proposal 'de facto compulsory unionism'
Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 2:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says the Alliance proposal for good faith collective bargaining is dangerous nonsense. He says good faith is essentially in the mind of the person making the judgement, and difficult to prove. More >>
Heartland Tour turns through Bay of Plenty
Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT farmers visiting the Bay of Plenty are learning the extent to which local government costs are damaging Bay of Plenty farms and businesses, says ACT rural spokesman Owen Jennings. More >>
Mauri Pacific justice policy 'separatist nonsense'
Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 12:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says Mauri Pacific's justice policy, including Maori-run prisons for Maori offenders, is separatist nonsense. More >>
ACT Vows to Cut Red Tape Bureaucracy
Monday, 11 October 1999, 3:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Business in New Zealand is drowning in red tape. Much of the red tape is new. Over 5,200 new laws have been passed by the National Government. More >>
Labour offers Jim Sutton and a chicken farmer
Monday, 11 October 1999, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour party is claiming to represent rural New Zealand but has only two farmer candidates - Jim Sutton and a chicken farmer, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>
Labour's rural claims not credible
Monday, 11 October 1999, 12:03 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said claims by the Labour party to be able to represent the farmers of New Zealand were not credible. He said Jim Sutton's statement that a desire for change in rural communities will lead them to vote Labour was based ... More >>
Prebble challenges Cullen to debate
Friday, 8 October 1999, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble has challenged Labour's Michael Cullen to a debate on Treaty of Waitangi settlements. More >>
Scott Watson should get truth in sentencing
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 6:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says it doesn't really matter what non-parole period Scott Watson gets when he is sentenced tomorrow, because it won't be enough. More >>
ACT rejects retiring Minister's comments
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 6:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand wishes Sir Douglas Graham well for his retirement, ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Prebble Speech: ACT’s Tertiary Policy
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT’s tertiary policy is to change the present system to promote higher standards and to have a fair system. More >>
Policies for Whole Life, Not Just Student Life
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand today released its tertiary policy at a forum of Auckland University students with ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata and Leader Hon Richard Prebble outlining how ACT's policies would help students now and in the future. More >>
Media advisory: Heartland Tour Starts
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT's new crop of farmer MPs will present themselves on the steps of Parliament this morning (11.45 am outside steps of Parliament). More >>
ACT appalled by Labours West Coast betrayal
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 8:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT NZ is appalled by the Labour Party's announced policy on indigenous forests which if implemented, would betray the West Coast said ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley. More >>
ACT Leader farewells rural MPs on Heartland Tour
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 12:02 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party is launching a Heartland Tour. ACT in Parliament has been the voice of rural New Zealand. On ACT's list, we have more farmers than National, Labour and the Alliance put together. More >>
Health incidents show treaty out of control
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says recent incidents in the health sector show the Waitangi process is out of control. More >>
Alliance policy spells disaster for homeowners
Monday, 4 October 1999, 5:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT's Housing spokesperson Dr Muriel Newman said today " the Alliance's housing policy spells disaster for the country's home owners and low income earners." More >>
NZ First don't know farming
Monday, 4 October 1999, 9:15 am | ACT New Zealand
NZ First's provincial policy launched today proves NZ First knows nothing about farming says former Federated Farmers President and ACT list MP Owen Jennings. More >>
Speech: Prebble - Treaty Claims
Sunday, 3 October 1999, 1:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble Address to Launch ACT New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi Policy One Tree Hill, Auckland Sunday October 3 1999 More >>
ACT Treaty Policy Statement
Sunday, 3 October 1999, 1:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Policy Statement: ACT says legitimate Treaty of Waitangi claims must be resolved. To enable us to move forward as a nation we must put the grievances of the past behind us. To do that it is essential that a timetable for the fair, full, and final settlement ... More >>
ACT for Fair, Full, and Final Settlements
Sunday, 3 October 1999, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand today released its first major policy of the election campaign calling for the fair, full, and final settlement of all Treaty of Waitangi claims by 2010. More >>