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Contact Tracing Data Missing; Past Performance Terrible
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 10:18 am | ACT New Zealand
“Where is the Ministry of Health’s contact tracing performance results for February, and did they achieve the ‘gold standard’ of 80 per cent of community contacts isolated or in quarantine within four days from exposure, based on Dr Ayesha Verrall’s ... More >>
Govt Must Release Contact Tracing Evidence
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 10:10 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to release full details of the contacts made with the family of cases L, M, N and O at the centre of the South Auckland cluster,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister is fighting an asymmetrical information war, ... More >>
Why Are Police Stopping People Entering Auckland?
Monday, 1 March 2021, 7:04 am | ACT New Zealand
28 February “The Government needs to explain why people are being blocked from going IN to Auckland,” says ACT Leader David Seymour "People are beside themselves and ambulances have been reported rescuing people caught in a monumental traffic ... More >>
Ardern Finds Missing Link, And Contact Tracing Failure
Sunday, 28 February 2021, 4:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Suggestion by the Prime Minister that Cases M and N transmitted to one another by being in the same place shows there was a chain of transmission to be traced all along, but the Government did not find it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour "The ... More >>
April Minimum Wage Increase Must Be Delayed
Sunday, 28 February 2021, 10:51 am | ACT New Zealand
“Having previously ignored advice and failed to take account of economic conditions, this year the Government must delay the 1 April increase to the minimum wage,” says ACT Small Business and Workplace Relations spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Last ... More >>
The Cost Of The Government’s Attitude Problem
Sunday, 28 February 2021, 7:09 am | ACT New Zealand
27 February “Unfortunately ACT predicted tonight’s plunge back into Level 3 lockdown for Auckland and the rest of New Zealand into Level 2,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ I said yesterday the South Auckland cluster wasn’t under control ... More >>
Be Kind, Don’t Invest In Houses
Saturday, 27 February 2021, 4:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“After the median house price rose $200,000 and with no reason to believe the rise will stop, the Government has resorted to asking people not to invest in housing,” says ACT Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This morning, the Prime Minister ... More >>
Case L Concerning And Raises Many Questions
Friday, 26 February 2021, 4:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s KFC COVID case in the community is incredibly concerning and begs the question whether the Ministry of Health really has the South Auckland cluster under control,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We are seeing a rolling maul of cases ... More >>
“Woke-gate” Misses The Point On Gangs
Friday, 26 February 2021, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“The debate over whether a senior civil servant is ‘woke’ or if gang numbers are statistically reliable completely misses the point – we know more and more New Zealanders are being victimised by violent thugs, and it stands to reason that ... More >>
There Is No Plan For Fortress New Zealand
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 3:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Every day we get more evidence that this Government is reluctant to even explore taking a proportionate risk-weighted approach to managing COVID-19,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “When I asked COVID-19 Response Minister in Parliament this afternoon ... More >>
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 >>
