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A Million Bucks On An Unnecessary Rebrand
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 7:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has spent almost three times as much on an unnecessary rebrand as it did on a support package for under pressure fruit growers,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The ACT ... More >>
ACT Will Support Surrogacy Laws By-passing The Ballot
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 7:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is offering 10 votes in support of Tamati Coffey’s ‘Improving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill’ in the hopes it can go straight into Parliament without languishing in the biscuit in,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson ... More >>
Saliva Testing Comes Far Too Late
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 1:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It's taken the Government more than six months to adopt a new technology based on evidence everyone had in February,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government’s ability to work with private business and ... More >>
Rising Costs Slam Middle New Zealand
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“Middle New Zealand is being hit in the pocket because of the Government’s poor policy making decisions,” says ACT’s Associate Finance spokesperson Damien Smith. "The Government is continuing to pour fuel onto the fire by increasing costs ... More >>
ACT MPs To Stand Up For Rural New Zealand At Groundswell Protests
Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 10:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“All 10 ACT MPs will be out in support of rural New Zealand at the Groundswell events around the country this Friday,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson and Ruawai Dairy Farmer Mark Cameron. “Rural New Zealand has become a punching ... More >>
Money For Meth Dealers Unacceptable
Monday, 12 July 2021, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand
"It is no wonder the Government was so quiet on the Human Rights Commissioner donating to the Mongrel Mob, it turns out they had given over 13,000 times more in funding to the Mob as well," says ACT’s Justice Spokesperson Nicole McKee. ... More >>
Honest Conversations About Housing And Infrastructure
Monday, 12 July 2021, 10:03 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party has today released the first of three Discussion Documents as part of our Honest Conversations series. “Labour was elected to fix housing because National failed. Now they have failed as well, but that's politics. The real problem ... More >>
ACT Would Remove Barriers To Finance For Build-to-rent Schemes
Monday, 12 July 2021, 10:01 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has today announced it would remove barriers to finance build-to-rent schemes,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Developing new apartments is hard. The Overseas Investment Office makes it harder. New Zealand ... More >>
ACT Would Share GST With Councils To Fund Infrastructure
Monday, 12 July 2021, 9:58 am | ACT New Zealand
“A new GST-sharing scheme announced by ACT today would get councils issuing resource consents with the great gusto that they have for giving parking tickets’” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “ACT’s GST-sharing ... More >>
ACT Will Create A ‘Nation-Building Agency’
Monday, 12 July 2021, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party has today announced it will introduce a Public-Private Partnership Agency known as the ‘Nation-Building Agency’ (NBA), says ACT’s Infrastructure spokesperson Simon Court. “The Nation-Building Agency will supercharge our investment ... More >>
Hunt Proves Why Human Rights Commission Should Be Abolished
Saturday, 10 July 2021, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“In an extraordinary interview on Newshub Nation this morning, Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt has demonstrated exactly why the Commission should be abolished,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Hunt either refused or was unable to answer any of the ... More >>
Marama Davidson Not Across Her Portfolio
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence Minister Marama Davidson’s performance in Question Time today shows she has no idea what’s happening in her portfolio,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “The number of family ... More >>
Jobs For Nature An Expensive Failure
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is unwilling and unable to say how many people it’s employing full time in the Jobs for Nature programme,” says ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “This programme is costing taxpayers $1.2 billion dollars. The intent ... More >>
Anti-democratic, Anti-freedom FPAs Must Be Scrapped
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 12:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s plan for compulsory unionism is anti-democratic and anti-freedom and it must be scrapped,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour has been told by its officials that so-called ‘Fair Pay’ Agreements would wreck the economy and ... More >>
ACT’s Interest Deductibility Petition Presented To Parliament
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 10:11 am | ACT New Zealand
“ ACT’s petition to stop Labour’s interest deductibility change will be presented to Parliament today,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Almost 16,000 people have gone to the ACT website to say they reject Labour’s ... More >>
Defence Minister Too Quick To Take Offence
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Defence Minister needs to explain whether he’s following the law when he interfered in a staff essay writing competition,” says ACT’s Defence spokesperson Dr James McDowall. “Peeni Henare contacted the Chief of Defence and demanded that ... More >>
No Progress On Ihumatao Housing
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 2:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Eight months after the Government made a $29.9 million agreement with taxpayers’ money to buy the land at Ihumātao from Fletcher, there has been absolutely no progress to build houses,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. ... More >>
Government Needs To Walk And Chew Gum
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 2:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister today told parliament that she didn’t know when Janssen vaccines would be on shore in New Zealand because Medsafe has only just approved the vaccine," says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The European Union and United ... More >>
Government Has Wasted $4.3 Million On Patsy Questions This Term
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has wasted more than $4 million dollars of taxpayers’ money this term asking itself questions about things as banal as what reports Grant Robertson’s received,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Yesterday, Leader of the House Chris ... More >>
Janssen Approved, So What Now?
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Now MedSafe has approved the Janssen one shot vaccine, months after the United States and European Union, the Government should be transparent about its plans for using the vaccine,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Under questioning in Parliament ... More >>
