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Open Border Will Sink Traffic Lights, Isolation Rules, QR Codes, And Test Imports
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 10:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“As New Zealand finally opens up to the rest of the world, the Government will find its nonsensical COVID restrictions for New Zealanders are almost impossible to enforce on tourists” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Our rules for vaccine ... More >>
Jacinda Follows The (Political) Science
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 7:14 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s Covid-19 response has always followed the science – political science”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Three days after a TVNZ poll found 75 per cent of voters believed we should open the borders to negative tested travellers immediately, ... More >>
ACT Challenges Other Parties To Vote For Meaningful Tax Cuts
Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 11:28 am | ACT New Zealand
“The cost of living crisis requires a crisis response and Parliament could start immediately by delivering meaningful tax relief with tax legislation in Parliament today,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Other political parties have joined ACT ... More >>
Petrol Up 41c Under Labour – This Is A Trim, Not A Cut
Monday, 14 March 2022, 4:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Petrol tax has increased 41 cents a litre under Labour, today’s 25c decrease is a fraction of what the Government could have done to support Kiwis who are being squeezed from every direction,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We congratulate ... More >>
Labour Continues To Transfer Wealth
Monday, 14 March 2022, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern continues to oversee the greatest transfer of wealth from rich to poor in New Zealand’s history”, says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The latest REINZ Monthly Property Report shows the median house ... More >>
Police Minister Admits Failure, PM Can’t
Monday, 14 March 2022, 9:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister’s refusal to admit the Government failed to increase Police numbers by the promised 1800 is yet another example of failure to deliver covered up by spin, says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “We’ve watched as ... More >>
The Cost Of Living Domino Effect
Monday, 14 March 2022, 9:32 am | ACT New Zealand
“ ACT said in December it was a cost of living crisis – now finally the Prime Minister has accepted what Kiwis have known for months,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Since ACT said there was a crisis the dominos have fallen. National joined ... More >>
ACT Whacks Petrol Tax, The Smart Way
Sunday, 13 March 2022, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT exists to propose positive practical solutions to urgent problems, and one of the most urgent problems we face right now is the cost of living crisis. “ACT has today announced a simple and practical policy that will give the average family a ... More >>
Gangs, Criminals Out Of Control Under Labour
Saturday, 12 March 2022, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Gangs and criminals are out of control under Labour because they know Jacinda Ardern’s Government is a soft touch”, says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Just in the past 24 hours, five people have been injured in a gun fight ... More >>
Labour/National Housing Deal Already Causing Problems
Saturday, 12 March 2022, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“National and Labour’s deal to stick it to ‘NIMBYs’ and allow three three-storey homes on every residential section will change the face of our cities without building more homes,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. ... More >>
Govt Adopts ACT’s Changes To Lending Rules
Friday, 11 March 2022, 8:49 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is welcoming the Government’s changes to over the top lending rules that had people choosing between Netflix and a mortgage,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ I first wrote to the Minister raising concerns about the laws ... More >>
Divisive Mandate Sackings Should Stop
Friday, 11 March 2022, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT is calling on the Government to move on from divisive vaccine mandates immediately and tell its departments to stop sacking workers. MSD has begun sacking up to 220 unvaccinated staff despite receiving advice to pause terminations. “This is the ... More >>
Labour Minister Admits Crisis
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 8:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is welcoming Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni’s admission that New Zealand faces a cost of living crisis. “ACT acknowledged there was a cost of living crisis back in December last year when we released a plan to deal with it”, ... More >>
Drop Co-governance Of Three Waters
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Nanaia Mahuta should stop listening to Labour’s powerful Māori Caucus and start listening to ratepayers when it comes to co-governance of Three Waters”, says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “Mahuta must realise that ... More >>
Hipkins, Bloomfield Can’t Answer Basic Questions
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 12:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins and Ashley Bloomfield couldn’t answer basic but critical questions about the COVID response Health Select Committee this morning,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “How many people are being admitted to hospital with COVID? How ... More >>
Don’t Trust Australian Government On RATs: Hipkins
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand
“Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins told the Health Select Committee that we shouldn’t trust the Australian Government, because he’s read media reports that we shouldn’t,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “I asked Chris Hipkins, ... More >>
Get Them Here First, Sort Out The Bureaucracy Later
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 6:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“If the Government wants to support Ukrainian families in New Zealand, the Immigration Minister needs to stop getting himself bogged down with hypothetical questions and bureaucracy,” says ACT’s Immigration spokesperson James McDowall. “On Radio ... More >>
Working Group Doesn’t Address Real Issues
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The insider-led working group set up by Local Government Minister Mahuta in response to community concerns about her agenda will please the Minister, but it has failed to address the real problems,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon ... More >>
A Week Is Too Weak From Hipkins
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 1:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Reducing the isolation period by three days is weak response that comes far too late,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government should follow either the CDC’s advice for Americans, being a five-day isolation period, or the Singaporean ... More >>
ACT Backs Groundswell On ETS Alternatives
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is backing Groundswell’s call for alternatives to forcing farmers into an emissions trading scheme”, says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “Introducing a new tax on farmers while there are few options for reducing ... More >>
