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Four Horsemen Of The Regulatory Apocalypse
Monday, 26 July 2021, 10:04 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT would cut through the red tape that pushes costs and compliance on to hardworking New Zealanders by tackling the four horsemen of bad regulation,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Successive governments have allowed the bureaucracy ... More >>
Resetting The Immigration Reset
Monday, 26 July 2021, 10:01 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT would dump Labour’s ‘once in a generation’ immigration reset. Immigration reform may be needed in the future, but right now we need certainty,” say ACT’s Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall and Primary Industries spokesperson Mark ... More >>
Honest Conversations About The Economy
Monday, 26 July 2021, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT has today released the third in our series of Honest Conversations documents, this one about the economy. “Kiwis want a fair go. If you work hard, you should be rewarded, but under the Labour Government it feels like people are rewarded for ... More >>
Curriculum Advisory Group Excludes Almost All Of Society
Saturday, 24 July 2021, 4:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s newly-announced Curriculum Advisory Group boasts that it ‘represents the interests of all parts of the education system,’ but they forgot the rest of society,” according to ACT Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “The Group has ... More >>
White Privilege Training Should Be Rejected
Friday, 23 July 2021, 10:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is calling on teachers and Ministry of Education staff who feel uncomfortable being forced into Critical Race Theory training to reject it,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “ACT revealed yesterday that more ... More >>
Guilt And Shame Taught In “White Privilege” Courses For Education Ministry Staff
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 5:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It is entirely inappropriate that the people who set the policy for our schools are undertaking courses that teach them “guilt and shame” are natural responses to so-called “white privilege,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “After ACT revealed ... More >>
Second Motel Being Purchased In Rotorua
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour MP Tamati Coffey has told media a second motel is being purchased for emergency accommodation in Rotorua,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. "$8.1 million was spent on the Boulevard Motel. That’s about double the CV, real estate ... More >>
Jacinda Ardern Owes New Zealand An Apology
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 4:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern owes New Zealanders an apology for the slow vaccine rollout that has New Zealand at the bottom of the OECD,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today stood in front of media and apologised for ... More >>
What Happened To Following The Science?
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 6:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has spent a quarter of a million dollars on focus groups and polls to test whether its COVID-19 advertising was popular,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In an answer to Written Parliamentary Questions from the ACT Party, Jacinda Ardern ... More >>
The Curious Case Of The SIS Rebrand
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 5:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Taxpayers will be scratching their heads about why we’ve paid tens of thousands of dollars to rebrand our secret service,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “ACT has revealed that the SIS spent $45,163 on a rebrand in the 2018-2019 ... More >>
ACT Will Protect Gang Children
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will ensure the children of gang members are less likely to suffer neglect by requiring gang members who receive a benefit to undergo Electronic Income Management,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “ According to the Ministry ... More >>
ACT Would Correct Corrections
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 9:58 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT would abolish the prisoner reduction target, make rehabilitation compulsory to be eligible for parole and keep our successful the Three Strikes Law,” says ACT’s Corrections spokesperson Toni Severin. “We need to be smart, not ideological ... More >>
ACT Announces Gang Injunction Orders
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 9:57 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will introduce a new policy of Gang Injunction Orders to crack down on gang members and minimise the risk posed to the public,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Under Labour, gang numbers have exploded, ACT has a plan to take ... More >>
Taking The Politics Out Of Policing
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 9:56 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will ensure there are always enough Police on the beat instead of recruitment being a political football,” says former Policeman and ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “For too long, Police have been subject to a political auction as ... More >>
Honest Conversations About Law And Order
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 9:55 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party has today released the second of our three Discussion Documents as part of our Honest Conversations series. “Gang numbers are up 50 per cent after four years of Labour’s ‘kindness’ approach. We’ve watched as patched gang ... More >>
Labour Union Hackery Reaches Full Absurdity
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“Even as a frequent critic of this Labour Government, I never thought Grant Robertson would try appointing a teacher union rep to run an airline,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “In April, Grant Robertson wrote to the Air New Zealand Board, rather menacingly, ... More >>
Government’s Questionable Media Funding
Monday, 19 July 2021, 7:00 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is extending its tentacles into nearly every area of media with an offer too good to refuse for each outlet, and it has rapidly reached absurdity with taxpayer money spent on journalism to check on Government expenditure of taxpayer ... More >>
Labour Preparing Another Tax Grab
Sunday, 18 July 2021, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Instead of creating the conditions for wealth, Labour is once again finding new ways to take it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government has given Inland Revenue $5 million to assess the wealth of high-wealth individuals. Labour is clearly ... More >>
Government Taxes Bite As Cost Of Living Rises
Friday, 16 July 2021, 11:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“It’s no wonder the very areas the Government has piled taxes on are driving the largest increase to inflation in 10 years,” says ACT’s Associate Finance spokesperson Damien Smith. "Housing costs are up, so are housing taxes. Petrol ... More >>
Where Is The Support For Our Police?
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 8:45 am | ACT New Zealand
“Our Police officers are being confronted by increasingly dangerous situations thanks to this soft on crime Government and they feel like the Government doesn’t have their back,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Last night ... More >>
