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Prebble Speech:Rural Future At Stake
Wednesday, 11 August 1999, 4:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
So far ACT has selected nine farmers as candidates. Proportionally, ACT will have more farmers as candidates than National. The National Party, for some reason, even in rural areas, is selecting anyone except farmers. More >>
Let Maori Have Quota - Prebble
Wednesday, 11 August 1999, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Waitangi Fisheries dispute is in the courts because Parliament failed to say in the legislation who should benefit, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>
Retailers Concerned Over Youth Offending In HB
Wednesday, 11 August 1999, 1:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
Patricia Schnauer ACT Spokesman for Justice today said that her visit to Hawkes Bay had highlighted the community's serious concerns about youth offending. More >>
Labour anti-business - Prebble
Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's statements on the telecommunications market and competition law show how anti-business Labour is, according to ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>
Doone: Either Back Him or Sack Him - ACT
Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 4:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer said the Prime Minister's refusal today either to back Police Commissioner Peter Doone or sack him from the Incis project was completely unacceptable. More >>
INCIS Was Always Going To Fail - Prebble
Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 1:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
IBM's decision to pull the plug on the INCIS computer project is the right decision, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble. "It's a decision that National Ministers should have taken years ago. More >>
Commerce proposals need careful examination - ACT
Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says his party will be examining very carefully the Government's proposed amendments to the Commerce Act. More >>
Government Should Come Clean On Computer Contracts
Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 12:57 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that in the wake of the INCIS debacle the government should come clean on all the computer contracts it has entered into. More >>
Incis - Government's Great White Elephant - ACT
Monday, 9 August 1999, 6:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
IBM's dumping of the Incis computer system has today left taxpayers with a $130 million white elephant. More >>
Prebble Delivers Wellingtonians' Views On Hospital
Monday, 9 August 1999, 4:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Wellington Central MP Richard Prebble will carry the weight of public opinion to the Health Ministry this afternoon, as he delivers box-loads of responses to his questionnaire on the site of Wellington's new hospital. The responses form part of ... More >>
ACT Again Calls For Inquiry Into Durie/Hall
Monday, 9 August 1999, 3:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley has today renewed his calls for an inquiry into serious allegations against Justice Durie and his lawyer wife, Donna Hall in light of new information. More >>
Welfare Should Lead To Jobs, Not Prison - ACT
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Figures released today showing up to 93% of the country's prison inmates were on a benefit before their incarceration add more weight to ACT's call for the focus of welfare to be on getting people into real jobs. More >>
IRD Admit They Have Got It Wrong - Again
Monday, 9 August 1999, 9:57 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that it was appalling that IRD had to admit that it had got it wrong again. More >>
Shirley Denies ODT Student Debt Claim
Saturday, 7 August 1999, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said he had not spoken to any Otago Daily Times reporter regarding the recovery of student loan debt and had not discussed the matter with Sir William Birch as claimed by the Otago Daily Times today. More >>
Meat Industry Against Labour's 'Policies Of Past'
Friday, 6 August 1999, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's policies to turn back the clock on ACC reforms and repeal the Employment Contracts Act are again under fire from industry leaders. More >>
ACT Otago/Southland Regional Workshops
Friday, 6 August 1999, 2:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Otago/Southland Regional Workshops 10am Saturday August 7 1999, Wains Hotel, 310 Princes Street, Dunedin More >>
Northland's Unemployment Rate up To 13%
Friday, 6 August 1999, 9:39 am | ACT New Zealand
Following WINZ predictions this week that more Northlanders would be without jobs, yesterday's Household Labour Force Survey shows a worrying jump in the region's unemployment rate up from 11.7% to 13.1%. More >>
Where Do F16s Fit Into Our Future Defence Needs?
Friday, 6 August 1999, 9:09 am | ACT New Zealand
The Air Force will be trading in a family saloon car for a high performance racing car when it replaces its ageing Skhawks with old model F16 combat aircraft. While the F16 is a fine aircraft and one that will put us on a more equal footing with ... More >>
Employment Laws Stop Employers From Hiring Staff
Thursday, 5 August 1999, 2:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
The unacceptably slow progress in getting New Zealanders into jobs is a wake up call for the National Government to get rid of the red tape and bureaucracy that's stopping employers from hiring more staff. More >>
Treaty Claims Must Not Block Aquacultural Progress
Thursday, 5 August 1999, 12:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The 150 applications for new marine farms in the Marlborough shows a growing, dynamic industry that has been stifled for too long by the Government's moratorium on new marine farms in the Marlborough Sounds. More >>
