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Anderton on the 'The Hollow Men' and tax cuts
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 4:52 pm | Progressive Party
Anderton on the 'The Hollow Men' and tax cuts More >>
7 years later, NZ is going forward strongly
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 4:34 pm | Progressive Party
Government minister and Progressive leader Jim Anderton said today in Parliament that the government had laid a foundation of accomplishments over the past seven years, which meant that New Zealanders could face the future with a sense of optimism ... More >>
About Time Private Contracts for Prisons Ended
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 12:26 am | Progressive Party
“Neither the Corrections Department nor Chubb Security comes out of the investigation into the avoidable death of Liam Ashley with credit. “Part of the solution is to cancel the private contract and bring the transporting and care of inmates totally ... More >>
Anderton congratulates CCC on confirming ban
Monday, 27 November 2006, 11:36 am | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton today congratulated the Christchurch City Council for confirming its decision to ban new gaming machines. More >>
Minister sets sea lion limit
Thursday, 23 November 2006, 3:51 pm | Progressive Party
Action to protect the sea lion population in the southern squid trawl area, SQU 6T, was taken today by Fisheries Minister, Jim Anderton. More >>
Anderton reminds CCMAU directors of important role
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 3:11 pm | Progressive Party
At a breakfast function in Christchurch this morning Jim Anderton outlined the government's change of policy towards State Owned Enterprises and reminded the Crown company directors of the importance of their roles. The key change in the government’s policy is ... More >>
Parliamentarians urged not to be fooled by review
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 5:18 pm | Progressive Party
“The proposed review to look at the supply and sale of liquor to under 18 year olds is one review we do not need,” Jim Anderton Progressive Leader said today. “The jury is already in on whether lowering the drinking age has been a successful ... More >>
Evidence and public support raising purchasing age
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 3:43 pm | Progressive Party
"There are only two things worse than commentators who say that raising the drinking age alone won't change our drinking culture, and they are those who say there is no evidence that lifting the age reduces alcohol associated harm, or that the public ... More >>
Comet Technologies visit Parliament
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 4:02 pm | Progressive Party
The Comet Technologies team, fresh from their success at the National (YES) Awards in Wellington visited Minister of Agriculture and local Wigram MP, Jim Anderton in his Beehive office today. More >>
Signs indicate that ‘P’ use is levelling off
Monday, 30 October 2006, 9:08 am | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton, Progressive Leader and Minister responsible for this government’s drug policy welcomed a report published in the New Zealand Medical Journal this weekend on trends in amphetamine use, including methamphetamine use in New Zealand. More >>
Year of the Veterans Presentation
Friday, 27 October 2006, 1:52 pm | Progressive Party
Wigram MP, Jim Anderton presented the Year of the Veterans badges to residents and visitors of Rannerdale War Veterans Home today. He said this generation of New Zealanders had an obligation, at the very least, to recognise and say thank you to the noble ... More >>
A positive role for CAYADs with drugs and alcohol
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 3:29 pm | Progressive Party
In addressing the National Community Action Youth and Drug (CAYAD) hui today on the Orakei Marae Auckland Jim Anderton, Progressive Leader and Associate Minister of Health said CAYADs exist to help communities to take ownership of their own drug ... More >>
Getting more value from our Shared Fisheries
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 4:33 pm | Progressive Party
Every year about a million people (a quarter of New Zealand’s population) go fishing for fun and for a feed in New Zealand. At the same time fishing is big business in New Zealand. In 2005, New Zealand companies caught and sold around $1.2 billion worth ... More >>
Anderton attacks vacuous reporting on drinking age
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 2:27 pm | Progressive Party
“If I hear one more person say that raising the drinking age alone- will not solve all the problems of youth drinking in New Zealand I think I’ll take to drink myself," Jim Anderton Progressive Party Leader and Chair of the Ministerial Committee on Drug ... More >>
Parliament responds to public over drinking
Friday, 20 October 2006, 4:28 pm | Progressive Party
Progressive Leader Jim Anderton welcomed the Law and Order select committee’s report to Parliament on the bill initially introduced by former MP Matt Robson, the Deputy Leader of Progressive Party, which aims to raise the alcohol purchasing age to 20 ... More >>
NZ will welcome primary sector graduates
Friday, 20 October 2006, 2:06 pm | Progressive Party
Minister of Agriculture and Associate Minister of Tertiary Education, Jim Anderton was presenting the awards today to agricultural and equine students at the National Training Academy (NTA). He said he was pleased that the students had completed their ... More >>
Labour weekend brings in Accord on garden weeds
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 10:10 am | Progressive Party
The National Pest Plant Accord, launched by the Minister for Biosecurity Jim Anderton today, is a non-statutory agreement between the Nursery and Garden Industry Association, Regional Councils, the Department of Conservation and Biosecurity New Zealand. More >>
Primary sector incorporates sustainable practices
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 4:13 pm | Progressive Party
Economic transformation of the primary industries will be achieved by leveraging off New Zealand’s natural competitive advantages and one component will be the exceptional stewardship of our natural resources, Minister of Agriculture, Jim Anderton ... More >>
Tuna talks end well for New Zealand
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 2:11 pm | Progressive Party
Southern bluefin tuna talks in Japan last week ended well both for the future of the tuna fishery and for New Zealand fishers, says Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton. More >>
10 years on MMP has delivered plenty
Friday, 13 October 2006, 4:00 pm | Progressive Party
The Mixed Member Proportional representation electoral system has delivered even more than its supporters had hoped when they campaigned for it said Progressive leader Jim Anderton today. More >>
