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Jacinda Ardern Has No Idea What The Plan Is
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern proved in Question Time today that she has no idea what the plan is to open up New Zealand to the world again,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ardern earlier said we would be able to move away from locking down and locking out when ... More >>
Labour’s $800 Million Housing Tax
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 12:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT agrees with Grant Robertson’s comments today that tax is not the solution to the housing crisis – so why on earth is he piling on a new tax?” asks ACT’s Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The new Interest Deductibility ... More >>
COVID 3.0: Life After Lockdowns
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 9:33 am | ACT New Zealand
“It’s time to start planning for life beyond lockdowns. We can’t keep living with the uncertainty that we could be locked down again at any moment. It’s time to look to the future with a renewed sense of confidence,” says ACT Leader and ... More >>
A Good Idea Six Months Late
Monday, 27 September 2021, 4:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Nothing has changed in the past six months that has made isolation more viable. The only reason it has taken this long is that the Government has been driven by public opinion research more than science,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
ACT’s New Approach To Mental Health
Friday, 24 September 2021, 12:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Andrew Little needs to take some responsibility after blaming the Ministry of Health who “has struggled to achieve as much as we would have liked them to" on mental health,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. ... More >>
Bill Will Hit Gangs Where It Hurts
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 12:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“My Member’s Bill drawn today will crack down on gangs and illegal firearms use,” says ACT’s Justice Spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Gang numbers have exploded under this soft on crime Government. With more gang members comes an increase in ... More >>
Poto Williams Throws Jacinda Ardern Under The Bus
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 3:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Just over a year ago Jacinda Ardern told New Zealanders she had achieved her goal of 1800 new Police, today Poto Williams broke ranks and said she was wrong,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “It was always nonsense the way ... More >>
Government All Over The Place On Completing Vaccine Roll Out
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 12:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government can’t answer the simple question, when will it deem the vaccination roll out to be complete,” says ACT Leader David Seymour after Chris Hipkins appeared in front of the Health Select Committee this morning. “The Government says it is ... More >>
Government Disappoints Rural New Zealand… Again
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
“A positive proposal from the ACT Party to ensure environmental regulations are managed by regional councils and taken out of the hands of Wellington bureaucrats will today be voted down by the Government,” says ACT’s Rural Affairs spokesperson ... More >>
Where Is The PHARMAC Review?
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 6:52 am | ACT New Zealand
“The interim report into PHARMAC is now a month overdue and patients who’ve made a submission in good faith deserve an update,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “ACT was the first party to call for a review ... More >>
ACT Challenges Minister To Walk Outside
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is today calling on Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi to walk just a few hundred metres and have the courtesy to listen to the brave Afghan interpreters currently outside Parliament,” says ACT’s Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall. ... More >>
Captain Planet and the First VX
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 9:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“Captain Planet James Shaw is taking 14 officials to Glasgow with him, the first XV of climate change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Despite COVID-19 being out of control in Glasgow, Shaw has decided to dive in boots and all. “This is ... More >>
Government Strategy Rudderless
Monday, 20 September 2021, 4:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Everything Jacinda Ardern based today’s decision on was true two weeks ago, the only thing that’s changed is politics,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Two weeks ago, there were about 20 cases each day, most new cases were within households, ... More >>
Govt gives up on elimination
Monday, 20 September 2021, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
“If the Government moves Auckland to Level 3 today then it needs to be clear with New Zealanders that it has given up on the elimination strategy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “During the first lockdown, the Government kept New Zealanders in ... More >>
Govt leaves expats out of team of five million
Monday, 20 September 2021, 11:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“More than 22,000 New Zealanders in the MIQ waiting room within hours of it opening have shown why locking down and locking out is unsustainable,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The demand for MIQ is now clear for the first time. Twenty two ... More >>
Government can stop everyone leaving Auckland – except criminals
Monday, 20 September 2021, 11:10 am | ACT New Zealand
“Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson’s excuse that a man with COVID-19 crossing the border to the Waikato was “a decision for the courts” simply doesn’t wash,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Most of us thought if you crossed the border illegally, ... More >>
Chaos created by 90 percent target
Friday, 17 September 2021, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders deserve to have clarity on what the vaccination target is and when we can get back to living our lives,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Clean car standard is a 20 percent tax
Friday, 17 September 2021, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The proposed Land Transport (Clean Vehicle) Amendment Bill is virtue signalling nonsense that will see the Government once again raiding Kiwis back pockets, says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “The standard is meant to lower New ... More >>
Inter-agency inquiry a sham
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 4:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The inter-agency review announced this evening into the LynnMall Terror attacks is hopelessly prejudiced before it has even started,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government claims it did everything it could. It claims to already knows what ... More >>
How about we spend the COVID Fund on COVID this time?
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 3:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is calling on Finance Minister Grant Robertson to spend the $7 billion he’s topped up the COVID Fund with on COVID related issues,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
