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NZ First Out Of Touch On Law & Order
Friday, 1 October 1999, 3:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Winston has no idea of the real problems in law and order if he thinks that the answer to keeping New Zealanders safe in their homes and on the streets is to have traffic officers issuing the mongrel mob with parking tickets." More >>
Alliance Spending Sends Runner Around The Globe
Friday, 1 October 1999, 3:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
Long distance runner, Seigfried Bauer must be hugely relieved that the Alliance cancelled its plan to have him running to highlight their spending promises. More >>
ACT Kills Winston Peters' Bargaining Power
Friday, 1 October 1999, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble confirmed today that the ACT Party will not allow Winston Peters to hold an auction between the parties as he did so disastrously last election. More >>
Overwhelming Support For Prebble's Crime Bill
Friday, 1 October 1999, 12:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today he was delighted with the overwhelming support for his Truth in Sentencing Bill to ensure criminals serve more of their sentence. More >>
ACT On Growth
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 8:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party President Sir Roger Douglas today said job creation and strong, growing businesses were at the heart of ACT's five year programme to bring the top rate of tax down to 20 cents. More >>
Portability for everyone
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 8:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today welcomed the portability of superannuation to the Pacific Islands, but questioned why it was limited to the Pacific Islands only. More >>
ACT $650m Business Deveklopment Cut Will Kill Jobs
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 4:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
Act's proposed vicious cut of $650 million in business assistance will destroy thousands of jobs and is flying in the face of Japan and Taiwan's proven path to creating a knowledge based economy. More >>
Toll Roads To Solve Auckland's Traffic Crisis
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is the only party openly acknowledging that New Zealand, and Auckland in particular, has a transport crisis. Our roading system has a third more cars than it was designed to meet. In Auckland the motoring system and the Bridge are now beyond the design ... More >>
Hospital battle not over yet - Prebble
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 1:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
The announcement by the Minister of Health Hon Wyatt Creech of a new tertiary hospital for Wellington at Newtown is wonderful news but the battle's not over, says Wellington Central MP Richard Prebble. More >>
Tax - the issue of the 1999 election
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
With the release of the Alliance's policy to have an 'executive' tax rate of 47 cents, tax has become the first issue of the 1999 election. All of the parties have issued income tax proposals. They range from ACT's proposals for a low flat tax of 20 cents, ... More >>
Hobbs a 'do-nothing' MP for Wellington
Wednesday, 29 September 1999, 8:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
Wellington Central MP Richard Prebble released today 8 Parliamentary answers he has received to questions regarding whether Labour list MP Marian Hobbs has ever done anything for Wellington. More >>
Alliance Claim of Job Creation Doesn't Stack Up
Wednesday, 29 September 1999, 6:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
A claim by the Alliance that the Party's policy to increase taxes, raise the minimum wage and pay $20 extra to every person on welfare each week would create 80,000 new jobs doesn't stand up to any scrutiny according to ACT Party President Sir Roger ... More >>
ACT Condemns $20 Vision for Beneficiaries
Wednesday, 29 September 1999, 5:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT's Welfare spokesperson Muriel Newman said today "the Alliance's tax policy which promises beneficiaries an extra 20 dollars a week, offers no hope and no vision for New Zealanders who need real jobs." More >>
Prime Minister right not to visit Dili
Wednesday, 29 September 1999, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
Mr Prebble rejects any suggestion that the Prime Minister's decision indicates any lack of support by the Government for our troops. "While the Prime Minister was seriously considering a visit I advised that while I understood her desire to ... More >>
Labour's Proposal Will Double Student Debt
Wednesday, 29 September 1999, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's policy for interest free loans while students are studying will double student debt, and will cost the taxpayer over a billion dollars, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>
Alliance Shortsighted Over Minimum Wage Rise
Wednesday, 29 September 1999, 12:23 am | ACT New Zealand
The Alliance plan to increase the minimum wage has today been attacked as an extreme shortsighted policy that would put low skilled workers out of a job. More >>
Alliance Will Drive Jobs, Dollars & Talent To Oz
Tuesday, 28 September 1999, 3:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said that the tax policies of Labour and the Alliance were the opposite of every progressive social democratic government in the world today. More >>
Fitzsimons Talking Nonsense On Coromandel - ACT
Tuesday, 28 September 1999, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT President Sir Roger Douglas today said Jeanette Fitzsimons was talking utter nonsense about ACT's plans in the Coromandel electorate. More >>
Labour & National's Meddling Blow To Kiwi Music
Tuesday, 28 September 1999, 10:51 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour and National's meddling with the radio industry has today seen Kiwi music dealt a huge blow with the decision of one the country's largest commercial radio networks to withdraw their support from the New Zealand Music Action Group. More >>
Alliance Tax Policy Is An Export Policy
Tuesday, 28 September 1999, 9:58 am | ACT New Zealand
The Alliance party, by its tax policy, has clearly indicated it intends exporting every young New Zealander of talent and ability, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>
