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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 >>
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 >>
