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Yes Chris Hipkins, Let’s Dump Unworkable Isolation Rules
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 4:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s pondering that it might change unworkable isolation rules is very welcome but very late,” says ACT leader David Seymour. “ACT called for change two weeks ago in our latest COVID policy document Move On . We pointed out ... More >>
Housing Minister All At Sea On Interest Deductibility
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Housing Minister Megan Woods danced with delusion when I asked her a simple question today: Why wouldn’t putting the average landlord’s tax bill up $4,000 affect renters?” says ACT Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “I asked the Minister ... More >>
Jacinda Out Of Touch With Kiwis
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has shown today in Question Time how out of touch she is with everyday Kiwis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda Ardern said in 2013 that “unemployment, housing, cost of living add up to people losing faith in government.” ... More >>
Give Sanctuary To Ukrainian-Kiwi Families
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 10:54 am | ACT New Zealand
“ The ACT Party has today launched a petition to give sanctuary to Ukrainian-Kiwi families,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “ACT has spoken to Kiwi-Ukrainians who are watching with horror what’s happening ... More >>
Barriers To Business Driving Supermarket Costs
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 9:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“The millions of dollars spent on the Commerce Commission report into supermarkets has reported back on what we could have told Government for free proposing some extra bureaucracy to boot, it’s too hard to build, too hard to invest, too hard to do ... More >>
ACT Will Support Russia Sanctions Bill
Monday, 7 March 2022, 5:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party will support the Russia Sanctions Bill that will be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, if anything it should happen sooner,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The situation in Ukraine ... More >>
ACT Refutes PM’s Wasteful Spending Claim
Monday, 7 March 2022, 1:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is refuting Jacinda Ardern’s claim that Labour hasn’t wasted taxpayers’ money and is renewing its promise to zero base government. “Jacinda’s claim on AM this morning that her Government hasn’t been wasteful would be laughable if ... More >>
Government Seizes 30,000 Rapid Antigen Tests
Sunday, 6 March 2022, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“In the space of 53 days, the Government seized 31,156 Rapid Antigen Tests at the border, a stark reminder of how controlling our COVID response has been,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In answer to a Written Parliamentary Question from ACT, ... More >>
Exotic Afforestation
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s discussion document, ‘Managing exotic afforestation incentives, ’ is a welcome and overdue opening to the concerns of Rural New Zealand,” says ACT Rural Spokesperson Mark Cameron. “For too long, rural New Zealand has not been ... More >>
Victims Abandoned By Labour Over Three Strikes Repeal
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 8:50 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Labour Government has turned its back on victims of serious crime as it prepares to scrap ACT’s Three Strikes Legislation,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “The Justice Select Committee will today consider submissions on ... More >>
Now Is The Time For Urgency
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 3:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
“As the tragic invasion of the Ukraine shocks the world, it’s time for our Government to take urgent action,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Labour Government will go into urgency at the drop of a ... More >>
COVID Policy All Politics And Not Evidence
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 3:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern has today confirmed in Parliament what we already knew, she’s making up the rules as she goes along and none of it is based on evidence,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “I asked the Prime Minister in Parliament today, how ... More >>
Immigration Website Crashes As Expected
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 12:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
“After two years of putting would be immigrants, their families, foreign workers, employers, and basically anyone involved in crossing the New Zealand border through the wringer, Immigration New Zealand has managed to score another own goal,” says ... More >>
ACT Welcomes UK Free Trade Agreement
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 9:49 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party today welcomes news of the signing of a Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the United Kingdom,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Trade spokesperson Brooke van Velden. "Free trade agreements drive growth, while reducing costs ... More >>
Release MIQ Inmates Now
Monday, 28 February 2022, 8:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“People currently isolating in MIQ should be released immediately. Making people stay until Thursday or Saturday would be the most extraordinary cruelty, and the pinnacle of uncaring bureaucracy in the name of COVID,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Massive Victory For Common Sense
Monday, 28 February 2022, 5:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has taken a massive dose of common sense by removing border restrictions where the costs outweigh the benefits. It’s just a shame Labour is reactive as usual instead of the proactive approach Kiwis need,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Isolation Rules Make No Sense
Monday, 28 February 2022, 10:49 am | ACT New Zealand
“By keeping the isolation and MIQ rules in place for people entering New Zealand, we are reducing case numbers by less than 0.2 per cent,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If 10,000 people arrived in New Zealand tomorrow, they would add 0.2 ... More >>
ACT Has Some Rapid Advice For Jacinda
Saturday, 26 February 2022, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With 12,000 cases in the community and just 19 at the border ACT has all the rapid advice the Prime Minister needs about isolation and MIQ,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda told Newshub Nation this morning that “We've actually ... More >>
Jacinda Has No Solutions To Cost Of Living Crisis
Saturday, 26 February 2022, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“As New Zealanders continue to be squeezed from every direction, Jacinda has this morning shown she has no plan to ease the pressure they face,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “On Newshub Nation this morning the Prime Minister blamed global ... More >>
Court Concurs It’s Time To Move On From Mandates
Friday, 25 February 2022, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The High Court has agreed with ACT’s call to move on from Government vaccine mandates, pointing out that vaccination is doing little to reduce spread,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. The Judge finds: "COVID-19 clearly involves a threat ... More >>
