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Apartheid Bill Deeply Divisive
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 12:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s Apartheid Bill will not begin to solve the fundamental economic and social issues our nation faces,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour’s Māori wards legislation is better described as the Apartheid Bill. The basic assumption ... More >>
Govt Shoots Self In Buttock Over Gun Laws
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 10:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Police Minister and the Police Commissioner are at odds over whether the Government’s new gun legislation allows Police to strip firearms licences from gang members,” says ACT Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Last ... More >>
Robertson Adopts ACT Policy
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 10:37 am | ACT New Zealand
“ Four months ago ACT suggested the Reserve Bank should be made to use monetary policy to impact house price inflation and today the Government agreed,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “ACT led this debate, followed by the National ... More >>
Bumpy Start For Central Planners
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 4:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Climate Commission’s grand plan is already going awry, because, as the Russians will admit, it’s too hard to plan an entire economy,” says ACT Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “ Today’s deadline extension will be the first ... More >>
Shameless Housing Hoax Laid Bare
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 3:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“For a while it’s been clear something didn’t add up with the Government’s claims of delivering housing to those who most need it,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Where were all these new houses Jacinda Ardern boasted of? ... More >>
Govt Out Of Its Depth On Law And Order
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour is out of its depth when it comes to law and order, with the Prime Minister and the Police Minister not across the details of Police’s plan to target organised crime,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government has taken its eye off ... More >>
Reserve Bank Bets Against The Economy
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 2:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr clearly doesn’t share this Government’s confidence in the economy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “By announcing today that he will maintain the current stimulatory level of monetary settings the Governor ... More >>
Who’s Checking The Checkers?
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 4:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
“News that flood protection work undertaken by the Otago Regional Council may be responsible for killing hundreds of native fish begs the question whether those responsible for enforcing resource management standards on others will be held to ... More >>
Why The Secrecy On Vaccine Arrivals?
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 1:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Why is the Prime Minister getting herself in such a verbal tangle over when more vaccines will arrive in this country,” asks ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Australian Government doesn’t seem to have any restrictions on what it can say about impending ... More >>
Govt Not On Track To Transform Child Poverty
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 12:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is not on track to halve child poverty within 10 years of targets it set in 2019,” says ACT Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “Jacinda Ardern’s heart is in the right place but her policies aren’t really working. ... More >>
Demand Side Tinkering Will Be Just That – Supply The Key
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 9:04 am | ACT New Zealand
“ A new housing report from the New Zealand initiative confirms again what ACT has been saying for a long time – housing supply needs to be focused on from all angles,” says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden “ACT has long said the only ... More >>
Climate Commission Extension Warranted
Monday, 22 February 2021, 2:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s not good enough that three weeks after releasing its draft report the Climate Commission hasn’t been able to supply potential submitters with the models and underlying data it based its assumptions and recommendations on,” says ACT ... More >>
Matariki Almost A Half Billion Dollar Tax On Business
Monday, 22 February 2021, 6:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“Official advice to the Government says an extra public holiday at Matariki could cost almost $450 million,” ACT Leader David Seymour can reveal. “This is a perfect example of the Prime Minister doing what’s popular versus what’s responsible. ... More >>
Immigration NZ Doing More Harm Than Good
Sunday, 21 February 2021, 2:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A completely inflexible Immigration New Zealand seems hell-bent on disrupting New Zealand’s food supply chain,” says ACT Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall and ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The Government ... More >>
ACT Policy Would Give Tauwhiro Teeth
Friday, 19 February 2021, 9:42 am | ACT New Zealand
“Police’s announcement that Operation Tauwhiro will target armed gangs is great news,” says ACT Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee, “but the action would be so much more meaningful if Police had the gang asset seizure powers ACT has been ... More >>
Minister Waffles, Renters In The Cold
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 4:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Housing Minister Megan Woods’ vague promises of supply measures to ease housing pressures won’t help a single renter struggling to get a roof over their head,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “TradeMe data out today shows ... More >>
Gangs Recruiting 10 Times Faster Than Police
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Alarming new figures show that the gangs are recruiting 10 times faster than Police,” says ACT Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Since October 2017, the number of gang members on the National Gang List has increased by 2,264 ... More >>
Government Backs Crims With Guns
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 3:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“How on earth is this Government letting known gang members not only hold firearms licences, but letting the number holding them increase, despite the law they just passed having specific provision to remove them,” asks ACT Firearms Reform spokesperson ... More >>
Auckland Transport Should Make Trains Run On Time, Not Lynch Employees
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
“Auckland Transport must ignore the lynch mob baying for an employee who made an innocuous Facebook comment,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “The employee commented on Facebook ‘there’s some elements of the trans agenda being sneakily promoted ... More >>
Some Good Must Come From Sacrifice
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s decision will come as a great relief to businesses, workers and families,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “However, it is important that some good comes out of the sacrifices people have made under Alert Level restrictions. The Government ... More >>
