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Major Events Insurance Fund Proposed By ACT
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 6:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is today proposing a Major Events Insurance Fund to ensure the industry can survive,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The events industry, like many businesses, is facing turmoil thanks to COVID-19. They spend months preparing ... More >>
Only half of known contacts tested
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“When asked today what the Government has done to protect New Zealanders against Delta, COVID Response Minister Chris Hipkins fell back on N95 masks for MIQ workers,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In an appearance that showed Hipkins was unlikely ... More >>
Why Are We Locked Down? Three Percent Of Current Cases Double Vaccinated
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The same day the Government pronounced out that ‘74 percent of currently eligible people are booked or vaccinated at least once,’ a much more telling figure emerged,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister has said it does not matter ... More >>
Will the Government borrow more or make cuts?
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 11:51 am | ACT New Zealand
“Grant Robertson has today told the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee that it doesn’t matter how much of the COVID-19 Recovery Fund he’s blown on unrelated spending because he can always borrow more,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Lockdown no longer short or sharp
Monday, 23 August 2021, 4:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s inadequate testing and tracing have let us down, leaving us in lockdown for at least two weeks,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister now tells us that ‘early modelling’ predicted cases would peak on day ... More >>
Parliament closure diktat a historic low
Monday, 23 August 2021, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern is happy to have a socially distanced 1pm stand up with a dozen journalists in a room but not a democratic parliament with elected representatives asking her questions,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
What the Government needs to consider today
Monday, 23 August 2021, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s decision today around Alert Levels will come down to how prepared it’s been. It should be open and transparent about the numbers traced and tested, and what numbers it needed to make a decision” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “People ... More >>
Bring Back Democracy
Monday, 23 August 2021, 10:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“Other than the Alert Levels, the Prime Minister has another important decision to make today, will she allow democracy to continue? Asks ACT Leader David Seymour. “In these extraordinary times, we need to ensure democracy continues and that the ... More >>
ACT Proposes COVID Tracer-app Lottery To Incentivise Scanning
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 7:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is today proposing a COVID-Tracer app lottery to encourage people to use the app more,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Instead of getting pinged to isolate, you might get pinged that you’ve won $1000. “Today the Government ... More >>
Personal Responsibility Needed For Scanning
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is pleased to see mandatory scanning being put in place by the Government but the onus shouldn’t be on businesses to enforce it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Businesses have been through enough with multiple lockdowns, as ... More >>
Independent Judiciary Crucial For New Zealand
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 1:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Judicial Conduct Commissioner needs to become involved in a case where the Acting Head of Oranga Tamariki and two judges became inappropriately involved in a case,” says ACT’s Children spokesperson Karen Chhour. “The Acting Head of ... More >>
Hipkins Extraordinary Admission On Q+A
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 1:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“COVID response Minister Chris Hipkins has shown how unprepared the Government was for a Delta outbreak in an interview on Q+A this morning,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Hipkins said “Delta raises some big questions that we’re going ... More >>
More Questions Than Answers From 1pm Presser
Saturday, 21 August 2021, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister’s 1pm announcement brought good news about the situation but also questions about the Government’s response,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “For the most part tests are negative, and genomic sequencing points to only one ... More >>
Ice Cream, Sex Toys And AM Show – But Not Parliament?
Friday, 20 August 2021, 6:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister needs to explain why the AM Show can broadcast, I can order ice cream to my apartment and people can order sex toys, but Parliament shouldn’t open,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT believes Parliament should sit next ... More >>
We need a clear path out of this
Friday, 20 August 2021, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The wheels are falling off the Government’s response to COVID-19, it needs to show it is prepared to do more than just extend lockdowns,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Answers needed over testing and tracing
Friday, 20 August 2021, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Ardern Government has had 18-months since the last Level 4 lockdown and there hasn’t been enough preparation done on testing and tracing,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Where Was The Wastewater Testing?
Thursday, 19 August 2021, 6:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The infrequent wastewater testing needs to be explained by the Government,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Wastewater has been tested weekly around the country. The last negative Auckland tests were taken on the 11th of August. Today we are told ... More >>
The rainy day is here, so where’s the COVID fund?
Thursday, 19 August 2021, 10:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“The day has arrived where businesses will rightly need support from the Government after they’ve been forced to close but the rainy-day fund has already been raided,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government has been dipping into the $50 billion ... More >>
Bring back the Epidemic Response Committee
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 2:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is once again calling on the Government to bring back the Epidemic Response Committee,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
What did they do to prepare for Delta?
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 10:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to tell us what it did to prepare for a Delta outbreak, so there is hope of ending this lockdown in days not weeks,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
