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Patronising PM Gives Potty Privileges
Monday, 29 November 2021, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern’s comment that allowing people to use the toilet at a friend's house is a “luxury” sums up all that is wrong with her COVID response,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Just this morning the ACT Party said the Government ... More >>
New National Leader Should Reject RMA Bill
Monday, 29 November 2021, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The new National Party Leader, whoever that may be, should take the opportunity to undo its deal with the red devil on housing, or at least try to improve it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT rejected the deal National and Labour struck ... More >>
When Will Hairdresser Trials, And The Traffic Light System, Be Legal?
Monday, 29 November 2021, 1:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Throughout the COVID-19 response the Government has taken a leaf from Steven Joyce’s book, with most of its policies being ‘pretty legal,’ now the hairdresser trial is illegal, and the traffic light system still has no legal basis,” says ... More >>
James Shaw Spends More Time In Isolation Than Glasgow – For Nothing
Monday, 29 November 2021, 12:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Climate Change Minister has spent more time in isolation than he spent in Glasgow announcing things that will make no real change to New Zealand's pre-existing policies,” says ACT’s Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “Shaw left New ... More >>
Is The Vaccine Programme Ready For Variants?
Monday, 29 November 2021, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand ran one of the latest COVID vaccine programs on earth. Jacinda tried to say it was good because we had a different strategy. As New Zealand re-joins the world, the vaccine strategy needs to be ready for variants,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Clarity Needed On Traffic Light Levels
Monday, 29 November 2021, 10:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern needs to give New Zealanders good reasons why each area will move to Red, Orange and Green today – she’s already failed with Auckland,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The traffic light system criteria says, “At Red, action ... More >>
Robertson Misses Point On Cost Of COVID
Sunday, 28 November 2021, 6:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Grant Robertson should be able to connect the Government’s floundering COVID response with money printing and rising costs of life and housing, but can’t or won’t,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealand had the second largest ... More >>
Calm And Clarity Needed For Omicron
Saturday, 27 November 2021, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders need calm and clarity from Government as the WHO identifies a new variant of concern in South Africa,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealand is finally, finally, on a path to getting our way of life back. Vaccination ... More >>
Mahuta Should Apologise For Inappropriate Three Waters Ad
Friday, 26 November 2021, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today commended the Public Service Commission for intervening over the inappropriate Three Waters advertisement ,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “The ad campaign was an entirely inappropriate use of ... More >>
Auckland Crime Escalates As Police Busy At Border
Friday, 26 November 2021, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“A crime wave across Auckland is taking place as violent criminals feel empowered by the knowledge Police are busy at the border,” says Epsom MP and ACT Leader David Seymour. “Last night in Mount Eden a dairy that was raided recently was targeted ... More >>
Government Adopts ACT Policy – Months Too Late
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s announcement today of making rapid antigen testing more widely available is welcome but has come months too late,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In March in ACT’s COVID 2.0 policy paper and later in our COVID 3.0 policy paper, ... More >>
Labour’s Rushed Laws Make Fully Vaccinated Signs Illegal
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 6:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has today made it illegal for businesses to display signs saying all staff are fully vaccinated - a result of its rushed COVID laws,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This was clearly a mistake by the Government given ACT has obtained ... More >>
Pulse Oximeters Withheld From COVID Positive Patients
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Health Minister Andrew Little has today confirmed that almost half of all COVID positive patients isolating at home have not been given pulse oximeters,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Until questioned ... More >>
Chicken, Meet Roost This OCR Decision
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The rise of the OCR today is the chickens coming home to roost after the Government got through COVID with mass money printing that’s had to stop,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. "The Government borrowed $60 billion dollars during COVID, helped ... More >>
Labour, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas For No Reason
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 1:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour needs to stop milking gratitude for giving citizens any freedom at all and start explaining why restrictions are justified. It has the relationship between citizens and government back to front, and it’s covering the fact the Government’s ... More >>
Govt Planning More Minimum Wage Increases
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has shown once again how little it understands the pressures business is facing by signalling there will be more increases to the minimum wage,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “In answer to questions in Parliament ... More >>
PM Met With Farmers Three Times This Year
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“When Jacinda Ardern told Parliament today that she conducts ‘some of her most regular engagements’ with farming groups, it turns out she means once every three months,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. ACT can confirm ... More >>
Labour The Most Cynical Government In A Generation
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 12:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s move to suspend democracy and avoid public scrutiny over its vaccine mandate legislation, and to use COVID-19 as a cover to sneak its welfare policy through Parliament, are the actions of the most cynical government in a generation”, says ... More >>
Last-minute Law-making Means Chaos For Businesses
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 12:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s rushed COVID-19 vaccine mandate legislation shows a Government out of touch with business, we can’t support this legislation without major explanation and change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There are some parts of this Bill ... More >>
PM Admits Worst Kept Secret -it Was The Vaccine Pass All Along
Monday, 22 November 2021, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has admitted New Zealand’s worst kept secret, we’re not waiting for vaccination rates to get up, we’ve been waiting for the Government to get its vaccine passports sorted," says ACT Leader David Seymour. “December ... More >>
