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ACT calls on Government to be kind
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 11:29 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is once again calling on the Government to urgently extend Resurgence Payments to businesses,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “If this Government should be doing anything under urgency right now, it’s extended ... More >>
Pre-departure testing could have prevented lockdown
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s decision to drop pre-departure testing from Sydney has likely cost the entire country weeks of lockdowns,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government dropped the requirement for pre-departure testing for Kiwis coming home ... More >>
Resurgence payment for hospitality needed in L2
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 9:45 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today released a range of measures the Government should take to help take the pressure off businesses and the hospitality sector,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “The Resurgence payment should be available ... More >>
Fairness for vaccine rollout needed
Monday, 6 September 2021, 12:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is calling on the Government to have a fair approach to vaccinations after it was revealed “priority access codes for Māori” are being handed out that do not require a booking,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The virus doesn’t ... More >>
ACT calls for weekly resurgence payments
Monday, 6 September 2021, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“Businesses are doing it tough through no fault of their own and the Government needs to step up with further resurgence payments,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. More >>
Middlemore mistake creates massive risk
Monday, 6 September 2021, 9:44 am | ACT New Zealand
“The 91-year-old left for hours in a room with a COVID-19 positive patient has today reached out to me, furious at the risks he was exposed to,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The elderly man with underlying health conditions, and two other ... More >>
ACT Proposes Law Changes Following Terror Attack
Sunday, 5 September 2021, 4:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is today proposing three law changes in response to the Lynnmall terror attack,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT stands with all New Zealanders in condemning what happened in Auckland. We now need a careful and considered response ... More >>
ACT Sends Sympathy To Stabbing Victims
Friday, 3 September 2021, 6:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT would like to offer sympathy to the victims of the New Lynn terror attack,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This kind of ideologically motivated violence has no place in our country. “The ACT Party agrees with the Prime Minister that the ... More >>
MIQ escapee proves podium of truth just a PR exercise
Friday, 3 September 2021, 8:38 am | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern’s decision to keep under wraps that a man had escaped from MIQ and posed a risk to the community shows how far her Government is prepared to go to avoid scrutiny,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ardern stood at the podium ... More >>
The South Island’s Catch 22
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Sixteen days on from the South Island going into lockdown there are still 22 people waiting for a second test,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “So this is our future; 22 people who are isolating, who’ve had a negative day five test can ... More >>
As goes the South Island, so goes New Zealand
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The South Island has been completely let down by slow contact tracing efforts, leaving it locked down for far longer than it needed to be,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
The questions the Government can’t and won’t answer
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 4:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s no wonder the Government didn’t want to bring back Question Time, today showed they either can’t or won’t answer most of the questions put to them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The true nature of the Government’s response ... More >>
Hipkins told Pfizer to slow down delivery
Monday, 30 August 2021, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Newstalk ZB has this evening revealed the reason we’re short of vaccine is because COVID Response Minister Chris Hipkins told Pfizer to slow down delivery,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In late May Hipkins said New Zealand was due to ... More >>
Vaccine numbers don't add up
Monday, 30 August 2021, 4:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Jacinda Ardern’s extraordinary claim that there are 840,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the country are impossible to reconcile with all other public claims," says ACT Leader David Seymour. "On August 22nd, Chris Hipkins said ‘Another ... More >>
Transparency needed on vaccine supply and inter-household transmission
Monday, 30 August 2021, 11:25 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to up its transparency on two crucial numbers in its COVID response, vaccine supply and how much transmission is between households,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister has dodged obvious questions about ... More >>
No Bluetooth Tracing: Delta Preparation Goes From Bad To Worse
Sunday, 29 August 2021, 4:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ Reports from Newsroom that not a single contact has been traced with Bluetooth tracing is damning of a Government that’s been having the world’s longest nap between lockdowns," says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government’s NZ ... More >>
Time To Be Transparent And Call In Vaccine Favours
Sunday, 29 August 2021, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“At current rates the Government is on track to run out of Pfizer doses on September 2nd. It needs to either source more doses, or slow down on the ‘incredible news’ of 90,000 vaccines per day,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “Ninety thousand doses ... More >>
Fishing Rules Now Fairer For All- Next Stop, Butchers
Sunday, 29 August 2021, 12:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Campaigning by ACT has led to a change in the fishing and whitebaiting rules, making them fairer for all,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Due to ACT advocating for fairness, the rules have now been changed. Had ACT not raised the issue, fishing ... More >>
Democracy Wins
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 1:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today welcomed the Parliamentary Business Committee decision that a socially distanced Parliament will go ahead next week,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Any ACT MPs who attend next week will already be in Wellington, ... More >>
ACT Releases Three Waters Policy
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today released our Three Waters Policy as we respond to the Government’s proposal to move control of water assets away from local communities and into centralised bodies,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon ... More >>
