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Who passed the test at APEC? - Prebble
Tuesday, 14 September 1999, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
No small amount of that success was due to Jenny Shipley. In an international arena full of pitfalls and with the added uncertainty and danger of escalating violence in East Timor, our Prime Minister conducted our affairs as a true, stable, international ... More >>
Northland Prison Site - 'Costly & Illogical'
Tuesday, 14 September 1999, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Northland based MP Dr Muriel Newman today labelled the decision to site the new Northland prison at Kaikohe 'costly and illogical'. More >>
A Story From APEC
Tuesday, 14 September 1999, 11:04 am | ACT New Zealand
On Sunday night I attended the APEC leaders dinner and found myself on a table with foreign ministers from the ASEAN region. Naturally I asked them how the conference was going, and in particular about East Timor. Naturally they said favourable things ... More >>
Coast Unleashes Fury On Labour
Tuesday, 14 September 1999, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand
1,000 West Coasters turned out today to voice their fury over Labour's decision to break its promise to honour the West Coast Forest Accord. More >>
Wairarapa Candidate Ready to ACT
Tuesday, 14 September 1999, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand has selected Paul Booth as the party’s candidate in the Wairarapa. More >>
Labour's Forestry Policy Shocking Double Standard
Tuesday, 14 September 1999, 12:46 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour is being challenged to explain why it has one forestry policy for the people of the West Coast and another for Maori. More >>
Scott Watson Should Get Truth In Sentencing
Monday, 13 September 1999, 8:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says it doesn't really matter what non-parole period Scott Watson gets in his sentence for the murder of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart, because it won't be enough. More >>
Helen Clark Should Front Up To Coasters - ACT
Monday, 13 September 1999, 3:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader and Forestry Spokesman Hon Ken Shirley today said Labour Leader Helen Clark should have the decency to front up to Coasters and explain why she has reneged on her promise to honour the West Coast Forest Accord. More >>
Act Supports Recall Of Parliament For Timor Debate
Monday, 13 September 1999, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said the ACT Party supported Jenny Shipley's initiative in recalling Parliament to debate the sending of peacekeepers to East Timor. More >>
ACT committed to sustainable logging- Cox
Saturday, 11 September 1999, 1:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT West Coast Tasman candidate Richard Cox says it is clear that local MP Damien O'Connor has been unable to deliver on his promises to the West Coast, and locals should look to other parties to represent their interests. More >>
Who Will Pay For Alliance Promises?
Saturday, 11 September 1999, 12:59 am | ACT New Zealand
"The Alliance promise to abolish interest payments on Student Loans for current and former students is yet another example of plundering some people to benefit others," said ACT Party President Sir Roger Douglas. More >>
Anderton Does It Again With Tariff Policy
Saturday, 11 September 1999, 12:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party President Sir Roger Douglas today said Jim Anderton's call for a 5% tariff on all goods imported from any country other than Australia is yet another example of a politician looking just one day ahead and ignoring the long-term results of ... More >>
Greens/Alliance Not Working For Low Income Earners
Saturday, 11 September 1999, 12:56 am | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party and the Alliance Party protests about Free Trade are pointless and if implemented, would hurt working class New Zealanders most, according to ACT Party President Sir Roger Douglas More >>
Palmer's Council Proposal Muddle Headed - Douglas
Friday, 10 September 1999, 5:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party President Sir Roger Douglas today said Geoffrey Palmer's call for Auckland to be run by a single council funded by rates and another form of finance (possibly the right to raise taxes) is yet another example of the muddle headed thinking that ... More >>
Serious Split In Labour's Ranks
Friday, 10 September 1999, 11:47 am | ACT New Zealand
The public should not underestimate seriousness of a Labour front bench MP resigning a portfolio over policy differences less than 100 days before an election, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble More >>
Clark Betrays West Coast - ACT
Friday, 10 September 1999, 10:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley today slammed Labour Leader Helen Clark for her betrayal of the West Coast Forest Accord that has today opened a major split in Labour's ranks. More >>
Greens split cynically timed - Prebble
Thursday, 9 September 1999, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Greens have gained approximately $65,000 worth of taxpayers' money following their split from the Alliance, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>
Quigley Speech On Defence Review
Thursday, 9 September 1999, 1:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
The report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee "Defence Beyond 2000" presented to Parliament last week was the product of an exhaustive two year inquiry on the part of the Committee. More >>
Prebble Speech: Freedom & Choice - The Real Issues
Thursday, 9 September 1999, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party's whole raison d'être is freedom and choice. The ACT Party is the only party in Parliament that believes that you should be free to choose. Of course there are limits, but in essence the limitation is that with freedom to choose comes responsibility ... More >>
Will The Wool Board Chief Resign This Time?
Thursday, 9 September 1999, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
Wool Board Chairman, Bruce Munro is saying he will step down if remits calling for a vote of no confidence in the Wool Board at the Board's AGM on October 19 proved to be representative of grower feeling. More >>
