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Another Electric Shock For Bradford - ACT
Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT's principled stand against allowing politicians to meddle in the electricity sector has today been vindicated by another back-flip by Energy Minister Max Bradford and Labour's refusal to support the legislation to impose price controls on lines ... More >>
Broadcasting Allocation 'Bizarre' - Prebble
Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 11:50 am | ACT New Zealand
"The ACT Party is prepared to pay for its own electronic advertising but isn't allowed to," Mr Prebble said. "We are forced to accept money from the taxpayer." More >>
Racial Preferment Leads To Racism - Prebble
Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says recent calls by Tuariki Delamere and Tau Henare show the link between racial preferment and racism. More >>
Procedural Tinkering With RMA Not Good Enough -ACT
Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 12:50 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders expecting Government to this week put an end to the nonsense of the Resource Management Act will be bitterly disappointed with National's RMA Amendment Act. More >>
MP Calls For Review of Library Restructuring
Tuesday, 13 July 1999, 12:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Cultural Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata is calling for an independent review to be launched into the proposed restructuring of National Library Services. More >>
ACT seeks rural vote
Monday, 12 July 1999, 8:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT New Zealand Party has set itself the goal of replacing National as the party to represent rural New Zealand. National has taken the rural vote for granted for too long. Over the last ten years National has consistently put winning votes in ... More >>
Fiddling with tax code not wanted
Sunday, 11 July 1999, 3:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble says National's preoccupation with fiddling with the tax code is missing the electorate's real concerns. More >>
Labour's Industrial Relations Policy Draws Fire
Sunday, 11 July 1999, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's industrial relations policy is again under fire from ACT's Patricia Schnauer who says its vital New Zealanders know just what Labour is proposing. More >>
Treasurer fails to lift National's game - ACT
Sunday, 11 July 1999, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today said that farmers, manufacturers, employers and the productive sector were looking to the Treasurer's speech today for a clear statement that National was working to lift its game, to set a clear programme of ... More >>
ACT leader shocked by personal attack
Friday, 9 July 1999, 6:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today that he was shocked by Sir William Birch's very personal attack on ACT MP Rodney Hide. More >>
Watercare Credit Watch Highlights Local Body Folly
Friday, 9 July 1999, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
The folly of local body politicians interfering with management processes, unable to understand the difference between shareholders and customers, governance and service delivery has been born out in Watercare's new dilemma, said ACT Local Body Spokesman ... More >>
Historical Claims Dealt With By 2012
Friday, 9 July 1999, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government is predicting that on current progress the Waitangi Tribunal will have dealt with historical Treaty claims by 2012. More >>
Speech: Hon Ken Shirley: Towards Consensus
Thursday, 8 July 1999, 7:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
Firstly may I congratulate all associated with organising Health Care 99 and take this opportunity to welcome my parliamentary colleagues to my home town of Tauranga. More >>
Certainty Vital for Patients - ACT
Thursday, 8 July 1999, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley is calling for greater certainty from the public health system following the quarterly review issued by the Health Funding Authority. More >>
Lamb Decision Blow To US Free Trade Credibility
Thursday, 8 July 1999, 10:36 am | ACT New Zealand
President Clinton's decision to impose tariffs on New Zealand lamb is a huge blow to the United States credibility on free trade according to ACT Agriculture Spokesman Owen Jennings. More >>
Anderton Does Double Back-Flip on Superannuation
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 4:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today accused Jim Anderton and the Alliance Party of doing a double back-flip on superannuation. More >>
Tropical Worm Threatening Northland Farms
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 2:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Whangarei-based MP Dr Muriel Newman today said Northland farmers are becoming increasingly concerned at the spread of grass-eating worm that has made its way onto Northland farms from Australia. More >>
Waiparera Trust Not Consulted Over Bill
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said it was ridiculous that a Bill before the Social Services Select Committee today to enable the Auckland based Waiparera Trust to contract out social services had not been discussed with the Trust before ... More >>
Not The Actions of A Leader
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Welfare Spokesman and Northland based MP Dr Muriel Newman today said a Northland man who assaulted his de facto partner and was granted name suppression had not displayed the actions of a leader. More >>
Vicki Buck Gets MP's Support To Open School
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 11:44 am | ACT New Zealand
Former Christchurch Mayor Vicki Buck's plans to open the country's first designated " character" school have today received a boost from ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata. More >>
