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Govt Says Ok To Retail Therapy But Not Actual Therapy
Saturday, 9 October 2021, 7:07 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is calling on the Government to allow physiotherapy to resume under Auckland's three stages as a permitted activity,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “I have written to Chris Hipkins asking for the ... More >>
Public Deserve To Know What Government Knows About Northland Case
Friday, 8 October 2021, 6:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government should release what it knows about the mysterious Northland COVID case instead of stonewalling the country. It’s implausible that Police have tracked the person’s movements but don’t know what they were doing or whether they were ... More >>
Firearms Licence Extensions Welcomed By ACT
Friday, 8 October 2021, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Pressure from the ACT Party has seen the Government do the sensible thing and give extensions to existing firearms licence holders whose renewals have been delayed,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “ACT has been advocating ... More >>
ACT Provides Certainty Around Vaccine Certificates In The Workplace
Friday, 8 October 2021, 10:17 am | ACT New Zealand
“Uncertainty about whether workplaces can require vaccination certificates under the status quo is creating great anxiety in workplaces. Government needs to deal with this uncertainty by giving clarity on how health and safety, privacy, and discrimination ... More >>
Nice But Clueless Leadership From PM On Testing
Thursday, 7 October 2021, 1:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Improving our approach to testing is another thing the Prime Minister should have done instead of a little dance while we enjoyed Covid-19 freedom”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This long nap, when we could have been preparing our defences, ... More >>
Rate Rise Takes Us Back To Reality
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 2:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today's announcement of a 25-basis point increase in interest rates is the sound of reality returning to the New Zealand economy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Our approach to COVID for the past 18-months has been based on two natural advantages, ... More >>
Nurturing The Gangs Doesn’t Work
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 2:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The current gang member-driven outbreak of COVID-19 is the logical conclusion of the Government's tending and nurturing approach,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Tending and nurturing is the translation of Operation Tauwhiro that was supposed ... More >>
Alfresco Dining For Auckland
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 10:44 am | ACT New Zealand
“If we’re allowed to have picnics in parks with food bought from the supermarket duopolies, then we should also allow restaurants to have alfresco dining,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda Ardern and her Government’s great plan for ... More >>
Retail NZ’s Radar Report Makes For Grim Reading
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 10:01 am | ACT New Zealand
“More than two thirds of retailers being unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with the Government’s Response to COVID-19 should be a massive wake-up call to Jacinda Ardern and her Government,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chis Baillie. ... More >>
The Speech Ardern Should Have Given Yesterday
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 5:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Speech from David Seymour to Central City Business Association, Christchurch, 5pm Tuesday October 5th. The Great Tack Kia ora tatou, We have reached a turning point in our COVID response. Our earliest ancestors were navigators. Through extraordinary ... More >>
Vaccine Certificate A Logistical Nightmare
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Once again the Ardern Government has reacted to crisis instead of being proactive and getting out in front of it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT has been campaigning for over a year now for the Government to adapt a tech-enabled, better ... More >>
Govt Drops The Ball On Treatments, Like It Did With Vaccinations
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 12:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Australia has purchased 300,000 courses of an anti-viral medication ahead of approval, school kids in the UK are doing rapid antigen test twice a week and Canada has stockpiled oxygen saturation monitors, all while the New Zealand Government twiddles ... More >>
ACT Has The Four-year Term Solution
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 11:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“If Justice Minister Kris Faafoi wants a four-year term then he should support my Constitution (Enabling a 4-Year Term) Amendment Bill,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A four-year term is one of the things being looked at in the electoral ... More >>
Yesterday’s Three Steps Were Not The Three Things We Needed
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 9:46 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister needed to do three things yesterday, admit her strategy wasn’t working, propose a new one, and put the details on it, we’re giving her a zero out of three” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The illusion has now been shattered, ... More >>
Govt Plan Risks Vulnerable Communities
Monday, 4 October 2021, 5:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party says the Government’s road map to nowhere for Auckland risks the welfare of vulnerable communities and children. “If the Green Party wants to help vulnerable communities the first thing it should do is ask what is in their best ... More >>
Confusion Reigns
Monday, 4 October 2021, 4:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“There’s been no contrition, no certainty and no end game,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “To summarise the Prime Minister’s “road map” Auckland will go to Level 2 gradually at an unspecified timeframe. And there will be picnics. “Jacinda ... More >>
Elimination Is Over, So What’s Next?
Monday, 4 October 2021, 12:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has been saying for weeks that the Government has given up on elimination, this morning on the AM Show Jacinda Ardern finally admitted that is the case,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister admitted the Government’s ... More >>
Government Has Lost Control And Is In Denial
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 6:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has lost control of COVID-19 and is in dangerous denial,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister stands at the podium looking shellshocked as the Government’s response crashes down around her, complaining that New Zealand’s ... More >>
Air New Zealand Must Wait For Government Vaccination IT
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 6:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The real story behind the Air New Zealand waiting four months to make vaccination mandatory is that the Government’s ICT is not ready,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As Greg Foran told Q+A ‘In terms of customers, we're got some operational things ... More >>
Police Minister Invisible On Gangs
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 5:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The current approach to gangs isn’t working and Police Minister Poto Williams needs to take action,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson and former Police officer Chris Baillie. “The headlines this morning are simply unacceptable. Our Sunday ... More >>
