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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 >>
GDP release a wakeup call
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 10:34 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s Q2 GDP release will be a helpful reminder that outside the Government’s tunnel vision approach to COVID, the troika of debt, inflation, and uncertainty are killing business,” says ACT Leader and Finance spokesperson David Seymour. More >>
ACT calls for housing tax grab to be scrapped
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is rushing through the Housing Tax Changes (Interest Limitation Rules) before 1 October under urgency in order to lay their hands on an extra $800 million,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “From ... More >>
Common sense and compassion needed for rental regulations
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 9:25 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is calling on the Government to issue exemptions and extensions for any landlord caught out by Alert Level changes when it comes to complying by the new standards,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Alert Level ... More >>
Hurry up and wait! There’s a "climate emergency"
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 4:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“In a world first, the Government has postponed responding to an emergency. The Government declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ last year, now it’s delayed its Emissions Reduction Plan by five months,” says ACT’s Climate Change spokesperson Simon ... More >>
COVID data transparency needed
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 11:04 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to seriously upgrade its COVID data transparency, so we can all understand the situation and the response” says Act Leader David Seymour. “Throughout the COVID epidemic, the Government has selectively released data that ... More >>
Government should adopt the Mr Whippy business model
Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 11:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“If the Government really wants to get on top of the Auckland outbreak it needs to come up with new and innovative ways of testing the affected communities,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Only around five thousand tests are being done a day. ... More >>
Aucklanders paying for unprepared Government
Monday, 13 September 2021, 1:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Aucklanders are paying for contact tracing that’s too slow and testing that wasn’t up to scratch,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Whether today’s decision is Level 3 or Level 4, Aucklanders lives will still be on hold and businesses will ... More >>
James Shaw’s secret SNA briefings
Monday, 13 September 2021, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is today challenging Associate Environment Minister James Shaw to show some transparency around the work he is doing on Significant Natural Areas,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “ACT asked Shaw through ... More >>
Kiwis Kept Flightless By Vaccine Passport Go Slow
Sunday, 12 September 2021, 4:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has issued 4.3 million doses of Pfizer vaccine and, as is this Government’s way, forgot to issue any kind of proof,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “I first asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about the passports allowing New Zealanders ... More >>
Government Flying Blind, New Testing Technology Needed
Sunday, 12 September 2021, 4:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Government is flying blind with so little testing, it doesn’t know if unlinked or ‘mystery’ cases are exceptions, or the tip of a Delta iceberg,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government needs to rapidly roll out saliva ... More >>
