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Grant Robertson – NZ’s Biggest Taxer
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Record taxation of $97 billion shows Grant Robertson taxing New Zealanders harder than even we could have imagined,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The previous record was also set by Robertson, taxing $86 billion in 2019. However, Robertson ... More >>
Government Talking Drivel On Saliva
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 12:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Ministry of Health couldn’t order a pizza, let alone contract saliva testing, as new revelations surface that it is still trying to work out if its contracted saliva tests are reliable,” says ACT leader David Seymour. “It's time for the ... More >>
ACT Welcomes End Of Life Choice Milestone
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT welcomes today’s End of Life Review Committee appointments, the final milestone before the legislation comes into effect next month,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Since Michael Laws first introduced an ... More >>
ACT Celebrates 25 Years Of Fighting For Freedom
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 7:21 am | ACT New Zealand
Today marks 25-years of the ACT Party entering parliament, unique in the world for championing personal and economic freedom. “Nowhere else in the world has a party that consistently stands for free markets and free minds gain consistent electoral ... More >>
If Govt Workers Can Hack A Deadline, So Can The Country
Monday, 11 October 2021, 5:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A series of announcements about molnupiravir and vaccine mandates failed to hide the fact that the Government still doesn’t have a clue what happens next or how to get out of the current lockdown,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Now that ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Molnupiravir Decision
Monday, 11 October 2021, 10:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT has welcomed the Government’s purchase of 60,000 courses of antiviral pill molnupiravir. “It’s great to see that the Government has finally gone hard and early in embracing new technologies”, says ACT Deputy Leader and Health Spokesperson ... More >>
Government Must Front On PHARMAC Review
Sunday, 10 October 2021, 8:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
"A new survey commissioned by Patient Voice Aotearoa shows the Labour Government must provide New Zealanders better access to the care and medicines they need to live a healthy life," says Brooke van Velden, ACT Deputy Leader and Health Spokesperson. ... More >>
Northland Case Should Be Charged Or The Loophole She Used Closed
Sunday, 10 October 2021, 3:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The leaky boundaries in and out of Auckland lead to many questions about how the Government is administering them.” Says ACT Leader David Seymour “Either an official document was obtained under false pretences, an official document was ... More >>
Government Sounds Like 90's Climate Denier On Northland Case
Saturday, 9 October 2021, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Saying there’s no evidence for claims is weaselly as 1990s climate change denial,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If the Government knows that the person at the centre of the Northland COVID outbreak was not a gang-related sex worker, it should ... More >>
Time To Shut Down The Rumours And Give Us The Truth
Saturday, 9 October 2021, 2:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
“When the Government makes a major decision like shutting down an entire region it needs to give us the truth about why, or the void will be filled with rumour and speculation,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Like most New Zealanders, I have ... More >>
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 >>
