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Government Makes A Mockery Of PHARMAC Review
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 9:24 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party can today reveal the review into PHARMAC has been delayed by more than two months,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government was dragged into a review of PHARMAC kicking and screaming. The ... More >>
Jacinda visiting Auckland a very welcome development
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 7:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda’s visit to Auckland will be long overdue as the city enters its 12th week of lockdown, and if she sees, hears and feels what I saw last week it will seriously change her perspective,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “For 11 weeks the Prime ... More >>
Māori Privacy Rights Breached By Judgement
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 4:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The effect of a High Court judgement that Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency should have access to Māori data to try to lift vaccination rates is that Māori have a different and lesser right to privacy due to the Treaty of Waitangi,” says ACT ... More >>
ACT Calls For Testing At Parliament
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has today written to the Parliamentary Service Chief Executive and the Speaker asking for saliva or rapid antigen testing to be widely available to staff and MPs at Parliament. “In light of the Speaker’s signalled change to ... More >>
No Incentive Left: Time For The ACT’s Vax Break
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand
“As the number of first doses dwindles, it’s time to bring in ACT’s Vax Break, a $250 tax credit for anyone who gets vaccinated by December 1,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The fact is, life will be no better or worse for those not vaccinated ... More >>
Press Statement
Monday, 1 November 2021, 4:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor have once again declined to meet with Groundswell, turning their backs on a group who feels let down and betrayed by the Labour Government,” says ACT’s Primary Production spokesperson ... More >>
Auckland Decision Not Worthy Of Wait
Monday, 1 November 2021, 4:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It wasn’t worth waiting through Ashley Bloomfield’s slide show to find out Auckland might move, in principle, to Step 2 of Alert Level 3 in eight days’ time,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ashley Bloomfield’s slip of the tongue, which ... More >>
Government Needs ACT's Climate Plan
Monday, 1 November 2021, 12:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government's lofty emissions reduction targets will be difficult to meet without ACT's climate change plan,” says ACT’s Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “James Shaw and Jacinda Ardern's have admitted they will need to rely on ... More >>
If Not Now, Then When For Auckland Relief?
Monday, 1 November 2021, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister’s decision around alert levels today will be critical for Auckland retailers and the mental health of all Aucklanders,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ardern should reactivate the forgotten ‘roadmap’ and move Auckland ... More >>
Ardern, Shaw Blow Hot Air With Climate Target
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 6:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern and James Shaw are blowing hot air with a climate target that is fanciful, given our trading partners’ more modest commitments and the reality of a country burning Indonesian coal to keep the lights on even now,” says ACT ... More >>
A Little Honesty Shows Why Kiwis Can't Self-isolate
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
A little honesty from Andrew Little on Q+A this morning shows why Kiwis are stuck offshore waiting for MIQ, with Little saying “we expected to be in this position in probably six weeks to two months’ time." “Health Minister Andrew Little ... More >>
Auckland Should Be At 3.3
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 5:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister should reactivate the forgotten ‘roadmap’ and move Auckland to Step 3 of Alert Level 3,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As of last Tuesday, Auckland as a city was at 90 per cent single and 77 per cent fully vaccinated. If ... More >>
House Prices Exceed Treasury’s 2025 Forecast
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 5:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Treasury's forecasts for house prices in 2025 have been surpassed already, raising questions about the advice the Government is getting,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “When Treasury’s house price projections ... More >>
Forget Medsafe, Adopt FDA Recommendation On 5–11-year-old COVID Vaccines
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 5:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government should immediately rule that New Zealand children deserve the same protection as American children and allow the COVID vaccine for 5–11-year-olds, and they should say if it’s possible before school is rumoured to go back on November ... More >>
Prime Minister Chooses Spin Meeting Over Farmers
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 6:27 am | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern chose to meet with a team of her spin doctors instead of meeting with the organisers of the Groundswell protest,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “Thousands of people from rural New Zealand protested ... More >>
Police Pay Offer Less Than Inflation
Friday, 29 October 2021, 12:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s no wonder the Police are heading to arbitration over their pay offer when it’s less than half the rate of inflation,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Labour is no longer the party for workers. Whether it’s Police, ... More >>
Police Let Down Again By Minister
Friday, 29 October 2021, 12:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Police Minister Poto Williams has graduated from the Jacinda Ardern school of spin following her latest media release about Police numbers,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Labour promised 1800 new Police by 2020 – a target ... More >>
Labour Party Drops Labour Party Bill
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 7:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Only the Labour Party could come up with a policy so bad that even the Labour Party rejects it,” says ACT’s Education and Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Labour MP Terisa Ngobi put forward a Member’s Bill that would have ... More >>
Addicted Government Can’t Let Go Of Power
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“No amount of logic will make this Government let go of power. It’s letting 288 COVID positive people isolate because it’s run out of MIQ spaces, but it won’t let COVID-free people isolate," says ACT Leader David Seymour. “COVID Response ... More >>
New Health Committee Divisive And Unnecessary
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 4:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Government’s insistence that a new Select Committee be set up to consider the health care reforms because it wants greater Māori representation is divisive and sets a dangerous precedent,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Select Committee ... More >>
