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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 >>
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 >>
