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Member’s Bill Lodged To Protect Company Directors From Stalking, Harassment
Saturday, 30 December 2023, 3:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Laura Trask is introducing a bill to the private members’ ballot allowing company directors to leave their residential address off the Companies Office’s register. “There is no practical justification for the current requirement that ... More >>
Put Away Nana’s Remedy, Real Cold And Flu Medicine Is Coming Back
Saturday, 30 December 2023, 11:54 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT gave single-issue voters something to support in election 2023. We’re returning the favour by ensuring the end of the ineffective ban on effective cold and flu medicines,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson. “Pseudoephedrine was banned because ... More >>
Member’s Bill Lodged To Protect Company Directors From Stalking, Harassment
Friday, 29 December 2023, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Laura Trask is introducing a bill to the private members’ ballot allowing company directors to leave their residential address off the Companies Office’s register. “There is no practical justification for the current requirement that ... More >>
Good For Business Is Good For Everyone
Wednesday, 27 December 2023, 7:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT finished 2023 delivering good news for small businesses. That’s just the beginning of a new business-friendly environment ACT will create,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Laura Trask. “ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden, ... More >>
A Public Service That Delivers For You
Saturday, 23 December 2023, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is changing the way the public service operates so it is focussed on outcomes for taxpayers rather than spending your money just because it can,” says ACT’s Public Service spokesperson Todd Stephenson. “ACT’s coalition agreement commits ... More >>
ACT Condemns $60,000 Poetry Award
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 12:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is condemning Creative NZ's decision to award $60,000 to so-called poet Tusiata Avia. “Creative NZ has decided it wasn’t enough to just fund a stage show based on Tusiata Avia’s work – they’ve now handed her a $60,000 personal award for ... More >>
Mini-budget Stops Work On Labour’s Economic Demolition
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 2:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s stop-work notices are already ensuring significant savings to the taxpayer in the Government’s mini-budget. With HYEFU revealing the absolute state Labour left the economy in, there’ll need to be more savings where that came from,” ... More >>
Bad Planning Laws Scrapped Before Santa Comes Down The Chimney
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour’s resource management regime has been scrapped before Christmas, as promised in ACT’s coalition agreement. “Labour were never going to fix planning bureaucracy by replacing 909 pages of legislation with 1003 pages,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Finally, Wellington Can Get Moving
Sunday, 17 December 2023, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT welcomes the end of the ironically named Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM). The left-wing fantasy project was a drain on taxpayers and ratepayers, and would have achieved the exact opposite of what it says on the tin,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Violent Offender’s Note From Mum Shows Absurdity Of Cultural Reports
Saturday, 16 December 2023, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is appalled to learn of the case of an offender using Section 27 to present a judge with a cultural background report written by his mum,” says ACT Justice spokesman Todd Stephenson in response to reporting from the Waikato Times. “Calling ... More >>
Ute Tax Repeal Marks Return Of Rational Policymaking
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 6:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The repeal of the ute tax is a victory for choice, fairness, and rational policymaking,” says ACT Transport spokesman Cameron Luxton. “Scrapping this legislation was a commitment secured in ACT’s coalition agreement with National, and we’re delighted ... More >>
An Eight Week Wait For Mental Health Services Is A Disaster For Young Kiwis
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s crystal clear now that simply throwing more money at the problem doesn’t work,” says ACT Mental Health spokesperson Laura Trask in response to an RNZ investigation into youth mental health services. “Labour pumped $2 billion into the mental health ... More >>
Labour Gifts A Shrinking Economy For Christmas
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“There is a strong chance that Labour has left New Zealanders with a recession for Christmas. Six years of borrowing, spending and printing has caught up and New Zealand households are paying the price,” says ACT’s Finance spokesperson Todd ... More >>
Labour Forget To Take Policy Off Website
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 11:09 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Infrastructure spokesman Cameron Luxton is advising the Labour Party’s website administrators to scrub any trace of 2020’s forgotten “Big New Zealand Upgrade” ad campaign: “Labour’s slickly-produced ad spot , presumably funded by hard-up ... More >>
Principals’ “Treat Yourself” Grants A Red Flag For Waste In Education
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 9:28 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Auditor General’s annual report on school spending is an eye-opening look at wasteful spending in school administration,” says ACT Education spokesperson Laura Trask. “Taxpayers forking out $6 million a year on wellbeing grants for highly-paid ... More >>
Tobacco Prohibitionists Woefully Misguided
Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 5:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
The public health lobbyists who gathered outside Parliament and ACT’s Epsom office today are woefully misguided, says ACT Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson. “The professional activists leading these protests need to seriously get their heads around ... More >>
ACT Celebrates Step Toward Restored Confidence In RBNZ
Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The return of the Reserve Bank to a single focus on price stability marks a major victory in ACT’s mission to tame the cost of living,” says ACT Finance spokesperson Todd Stephenson. “ACT is pleased that the Government has prioritised this legislation, ... More >>
Climate Commission Reminds Us Why It Needs To Be Scrapped
Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
“The last thing we need from the Climate Change Commission is a rehash of the same meddling advice it gave the previous Government,” says ACT Climate Change spokesman Simon Court. “The smorgasbord of micro-interventions demanded by the ... More >>
ACT To Public Officials: Get With The Programme Or Get Out
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 11:53 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT welcomes the resignation of any public officials who can’t bring themselves to implement the programme outlined by the elected Government,” says ACT’s Health and Public Service spokesperson Todd Stephenson in light of the resignation of Sir ... More >>
Ditching Paul Hunt A Good Start, But Not Enough To Fix The HRC
Friday, 8 December 2023, 12:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Justice Minister’s decision not to reappoint Paul Hunt is a good start, but doesn’t go far enough to acknowledge the Human Rights Commission’s rot,” says ACT MP Todd Stephenson. “Just this week the Human Rights Commission hired ... More >>
