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PHARMAC Funding Needs To Be Reviewed
Friday, 30 April 2021, 5:42 am | ACT New Zealand
“PHARMAC’s funding shortfall of $400 million proves the funding model needs to be reviewed,” says ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “While the Government has announced a review of PHARMAC, it explicitly excludes funding considerations. ... More >>
Housing Loans Will Fuel Crisis
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 12:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s changes to housing loan schemes ignore basic economics and will further fuel the housing crisis,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government’s proposals to increase price caps and funding through the First ... More >>
New Taxes And Compulsory Land Acquisition Aren’t The Answers
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 12:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A new ‘stamp duty’ proposed by Treasury is not the answer to the housing crisis” says ACT’s Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “A briefing to the Minister of Housing says from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development shows ... More >>
Labour’s Renter’s Tax Confirmed
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 11:56 am | ACT New Zealand
“The official advice the Government got on interest deductibility changes backs up the many stories ACT is hearing from landlords and the experts,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s ... More >>
Government Drops The Ball, Aussies Score Again
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 12:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Victoria’s plan to open to up to international students and workers is what ACT has been calling for since August last year and New Zealand should follow suit,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ The Australian state of Victoria is doing this ... More >>
Housing Stories Show Renters Will Suffer
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand
“A website set up by the ACT Party to hear concerns about the Government’s new interest deductibility law change has shown just how damaging this policy will be to renters,” says ACT’s Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “We have been ... More >>
Winter Grazing Rules Show Wellington Doesn’t Understand Farming
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 5:29 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s release of the winter grazing standards again show a Government out of touch with the primary sector,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “It’s in a farmer’s best interest to look after their land and ... More >>
Less Rehabilitation, More Disorder In Prisons
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 5:27 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to explain why the number of prisoners attending rehabilitation is decreasing while disorder increases,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The number of prisoners attending rehabilitation programmes has fallen from 49 percent ... More >>
MIQ Spaces Should Be Used For Workers
Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s Seasonal Work Scheme attracting just 195 new fruit pickers to move to where the work is shows its strategy is failing and it’s time to let more workers in,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Fruit and vegetable growers ... More >>
Greens The Biggest Barrier To Better Housing
Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 10:18 am | ACT New Zealand
“If Greens co-leader Marama Davidson wants to know why people are in emergency housing she should hold up a mirror,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “Marama Davidson’s comments about emergency housing being ‘inhumane’ ... More >>
Firearms Licencing Still Taking Too Long
Monday, 26 April 2021, 6:01 am | ACT New Zealand
“Thousands of New Zealand shooters could still miss out on duck shooting season because of unacceptable delays in processing firearms licencing applications,” says ACT’s Fair Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “ Police put out ... More >>
ACT’s Protect Free Speech Petition Reaches 10,000 Signatures
Saturday, 24 April 2021, 4:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s petition to protect the free speech of New Zealanders and oppose the Government’s proposed hate speech laws has today reached 10,000 signatures,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “Our ACT caucus has been travelling the country with ... More >>
ACT’s Risk Based COVID Approach Finally Adopted
Friday, 23 April 2021, 12:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A risk-based approach for overseas arrivals is what ACT has been calling for since August last year”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In ACT’s Response Plan we call for ‘Risk management: it should aim to be a world leader on risk management, ... More >>
Local Government Needs To Get Back To Basics
Friday, 23 April 2021, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand
“The review from Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta completely misses the mark of what is important to ratepayers,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “Our communities want their councils to get back to the basics. Water, ... More >>
Deposit Insurance Is Moral Hazard Madness
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 12:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s deposit insurance scheme is the kind of moral hazard madness that led to the GFC,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This is the socialisation of banking. “The Minister of Finance is saying 93 percent of bank customers don’t ... More >>
Time To Decolonise The Cook Islands, Jacinda
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 10:01 am | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern’s paternalism and colonialism of the Cook Islands has gone too far as she’s stopped it from unilaterally being able to open its border,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “There is no threat to New Zealand, there is no entry ... More >>
Communist Dictatorship's Praise For Mahuta Concerning
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Praise for New Zealand’s Foreign Minister from a communist dictatorship is deeply concerning and shows the Government should be more focussed on building stronger ties with our traditional allies,” says ACT’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke ... More >>
Radical Govt Continues Push For Co-governance
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The creation of a Māori Health Authority with a veto over national health plans shows Jacinda Ardern’s Government is much more radical than Helen Clark’s was,” says ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “ The Government’s health review ... More >>
Treaty Not The Biggest Healthcare Issue
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 11:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s health review announcement from the Government has failed to address the real issues facing New Zealanders,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Amalgamating the DHBs into one organisation is a positive step forward, ... More >>
Major Missed Opportunity On Pharmac Reform
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“Pharmaceutical funding was totally absent from today’s health review, and that’s about where it is in this Government’s priorities,” according to ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government will, of course, point to the Pharmac review ... More >>
