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Progressives are anti-drugs

Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 1:14 pm | Progressive Coalition Party

Progressives have not agreed to support an easing of drug laws, Progressive leader Jim Anderton said. More >>

Anderton welcomes Kiwibank expansion

Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 1:07 pm | Progressive Coalition Party

“The bank is even more popular than the business case forecast. It is appropriate for New Zealand Post to support its growth with capital from its own balance sheet. The alternative would be to restrict the bank’s growth at a time when there is clearly ... More >>

Illegal steel tariffs could steal our jobs

Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 8:21 am | Progressive Coalition Party

Illegal US tariffs on $70 million dollars worth of New Zealand steel exports threaten jobs in New Zealand says Matt Robson, Progressive Deputy Leader. More >>

Rich identifies targets, Progressives solutions

Saturday, 12 July 2003, 11:13 am | Progressive Coalition Party

At least one National MP has embraced Acting Prime Minister Jim Anderton’s call today to say something positive about our country. In a party focussed on which MP, number 1 or number 27, should be performance reviewed, Katherine Rich today said: More >>

ACT and National Want The Nuclear Umbrella

Saturday, 12 July 2003, 11:01 am | Progressive Coalition Party

By flirting with amendments to the present legislation prohibiting nuclear weapons and nuclear powered craft in New Zealand, Act and National are revealing that they wish to join the Bush administration in dismantling the international disarmament ... More >>

Business Round Table’s off-the-planet holiday

Friday, 11 July 2003, 8:29 am | Progressive Coalition Party

"The Business Round Table said today to the Select Committee considering holidays legislation that not only do they oppose four weeks leave, but also that there should be no legislation whatever governing holidays for workers. More >>

Don't worry be happy, Jim tells Nats

Friday, 11 July 2003, 12:31 am | Progressive Coalition Party

Acting PM and Progressive leader Jim Anderton is urging the National Party to find something positive to say about New Zealand during its conference in Christchurch this weekend. More >>

Four weeks leave helps tourism businesses

Friday, 11 July 2003, 12:11 am | Progressive Coalition Party

Tourism businesses will benefit overall from a new law that creates a minimum of four weeks annual leave for all workers, Progressive MP Matt Robson says. His Bill is before a parliamentary select committee for hearings. More >>

Progressive leader to govern

Monday, 7 July 2003, 5:14 pm | Progressive Coalition Party

"I'm pleased to announce that while the Prime Minister is attending the "Progressive Governance Summit", she is leaving the governance of the country in the safe hands of the Progressive Leader, Hon Jim Anderton MP." More >>

robson-on-politics 4 July

Friday, 4 July 2003, 5:26 pm | Progressive Coalition Party

It has been an historic week for the Progressive Party's drive for high skill job creation in New Zealand as the coalition government launched New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. We now have an agency combining the strengths of Industry NZ and Trade ... More >>

Even more housing for low income families

Friday, 4 July 2003, 7:44 am | Progressive Coalition Party

"Recent reports on housing crises around the country can be addressed with a bigger state house building programme and assistance for low income families to get mortgages. While the Coalition Government has made an impressive start, more progress ... More >>

Progressives welcome family literacy project

Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 3:48 pm | Progressive Coalition Party

The Manukau Family Literacy Projects launched today by the Labour Progressive Coalition today are greatly welcomed by the Progressives says Hon Matt Robson, Progressive Deputy Leader. More >>

PHOs giving cheaper GPs visits to Christchurch

Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 3:48 pm | Progressive Coalition Party

Wigram MP and Progressive leader Jim Anderton says nearly five and a half thousand Canterbury people will benefit from Public Health Organisations, and an enrolled adult patient will pay only $15 to see a doctor and those under 18 will pay nothing. More >>

Progressives support film industry

Monday, 30 June 2003, 5:56 pm | Progressive Coalition Party

Progressive leader Jim Anderton today announced support for film and television productions made in New Zealand through a production grant scheme. More >>

Europe Keeps Hope Alive For Fair Trade

Friday, 27 June 2003, 10:49 am | Progressive Coalition Party

Hopes for a set of fairer global trade rules, including lower punitive barriers on food exporting nations, have been kept alive by the overnight European Union agreement on agricultural reform, Progressive Deputy Leader, Matt Robson, said today. More >>

Where has Berl been these past 3.5 years?

Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 5:47 pm | Progressive Coalition Party

Where has Berl been these past three and a half years while the country has had a center-left coalition which has put in place a more rational monetary policy framework and started the huge job of rebuilding the infrastructure of New Zealand which had ... More >>

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