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Robertson Should Rescind Letter To Air New Zealand
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 4:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Parliament is quite rightly this afternoon urgently debating a letter from Finance Minister Grant Robertson to the chair of Air New Zealand that has more than the whiff of Rob Muldoon about it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “I requested this debate ... More >>
Govt Must Reject He Puapua
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 2:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is calling on the Prime Minister to publicly reject the recommendations of a Cabinet-commissioned report which aims to give effect to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “ He Puapua represents a significant and serious ... More >>
Seymour Begins Free Speech Speaking Tour
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 12:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The world is currently facing greater challenges than it has in decades, with a pandemic, a decline in democracy and geopolitical tensions on the rise. More than ever we need to unite New Zealand behind good ideas, and that takes honest conversations ... More >>
We Need To Hear From Sir Brian Roche Urgently
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 12:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The sooner the Government’s COVID tsar Sir Brian Roche can be brought before a select committee to explain how he proposes to fix the shambles he’s taken on the better,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today’s Health Select Committee ... More >>
Emotive Live Export Ban A Kick In The Guts
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 10:38 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s emotive decision to ban live exports ignores the evidence and is a kick in the guts for the rural sector”, says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson and dairy farmer Mark Cameron. “Live exports represent a critical ... More >>
“Nutter”: PM Should Admonish Nash
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 10:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister should pull Stuart Nash into line after he called a parliamentary colleague a ‘nutter’”, says ACT Health Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Speaking on Mike Hosking’s show this morning, Stuart Nash referred to Nicole McKee as a ... More >>
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill Looks Like A Fig Leaf For Failure
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 1:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s disheartening to see the Government changing the law in response to the March 15 murders in a way the Justice Minister readily admits wouldn’t have prevented the events of March 15,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT thinks it’s important ... More >>
Experts: Labour’s Housing Change A Renter’s Tax
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand
“ The experts are in agreement : Labour’s proposed change to interest deductibility rules is a renter’s tax,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “A majority of economists, academics and property experts believe the impacts of ... More >>
Vaccination Botch Up Needs Urgent Fix
Monday, 12 April 2021, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s unacceptable the Government won’t play hardball with unions and force those employees unwilling to get a COVID vaccine to vacate MIQ premises for another 18 days,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stop pussyfooting about and take the ... More >>
Primary Healthcare Shut-out Makes No Sense
Monday, 12 April 2021, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is shutting out a standing army of vaccinators like pharmacists and General Practitioners (GPs) in a flawed model that will ensure the continued slowness of our COVID vaccination rollout,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This ... More >>
Jackson Perpetuates Victimhood Mentality
Monday, 12 April 2021, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand
“Willie Jackson’s inflammatory comments about racism will only perpetuate a victimhood mentality,” says ACT’s Social Development and Children Spokesperson Karen Chhour. This morning, the Māori Development Minister said there is institutional ... More >>
New Website To Hear Housing Stories
Monday, 12 April 2021, 5:24 am | ACT New Zealand
“A flood of stories about the likely impacts of new interest deductibility rules has necessitated a new website to hear them all,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Labour’s interest deductibility changes represent a stealth ... More >>
Seymour Statement On Prince Philip
Saturday, 10 April 2021, 5:32 am | ACT New Zealand
"On behalf of ACT, I would like to express sincere condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family. "Prince Philip will be remembered for his long dedication to public service. He has selflessly contributed to a long period of stability ... More >>
50K Cost On New Builds Unacceptable
Friday, 9 April 2021, 9:04 am | ACT New Zealand
“Adding up to $50,000 to the cost of a new home with higher insulation standards is unacceptable in the middle of a housing crisis”, says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “All New Zealanders want to live in a warm, dry home, but first ... More >>
Stop Vilifying Landlords And Start Listening
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour should stop vilifying residential property investors and start listening to them,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Labour promised to be a government for all New Zealanders, but today’s comments in Parliament take ... More >>
Coal Boiler Ban Is Virtue Signalling
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s ban on coal-fired boilers won’t stop one gram of emissions because the Emissions Trading Scheme already sets a hard cap,” says ACT’s Environment Spokesperson Simon Court. “ This idea is nothing more than virtue signalling and ... More >>
Higher Lawmaking Standards Well Overdue
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 12:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Regulatory Standards Bill , drawn from the members’ bill ballot today, is a long overdue addition to New Zealand’s constitutional framework,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “The first attempt to pass a similar bill was the ... More >>
We Were Slow To Secure Vaccines And Now We’re Exposed
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand has been left terribly exposed as a slow vaccinating outlier among developed countries, unable to let vaccinated travellers into the country because the Government doesn’t yet know enough about how infectious those protected travellers ... More >>
Government Mustn’t Let Rotten Apple Pile Get Higher
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 11:50 am | ACT New Zealand
“It was heart-breaking to watch a media conference of Hawke's Bay orchardists today revealing, as one put it ‘anxiety and desperation beyond belief,’ at the situation the Government left them all in this season by refusing to let more Pacific ... More >>
Aussie Bubble Takes Us Straight Back To October
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 4:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Once again the Government is long on self-congratulation but late on delivery with its announcement of a travel bubble with Australia, but Jacinda Ardern couldn’t treat us like lucky little prisoners any longer,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
