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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 >>
Calls For Compulsion Become Compelling
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It was a huge reveal in Parliament today when the Prime Minister admitted that none of the three community cases that led to the latest Auckland lockdown had been using the official NZ Covid Tracer app at all,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Prime Minister All At Sea On Saliva
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 3:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Seldom has the Prime Minister shown up to Parliament and given a poorer performance than she did at Question Time today on the issue of PCR testing, which is all the more surprising given what a specialist topic COVID-19 has become for her over the ... More >>
Saliva Testing Rollout Disappointing
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 6:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The revelation that saliva testing at dual use MIQ facilities has resulted in just 140 tests, or six tests a day since starting almost a month ago is disappointing,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Saliva testing was announced by COVID Response ... More >>
Coal The Latest Consequence Of Bad Policy
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT feels genuinely sorry for the Prime Minister every time the market she’s tampered with proves her nuclear free moment was just a line in a speech, not the harbinger of reductions in New Zealand’s climate change emissions,” says ACT ... More >>
Government Must Open Up About What Next
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“As the World starts to get on top of COVID-19, New Zealand’s focus must turn to how the country will move from the emergency measures of closed borders and rolling lockdowns that come with an elimination strategy to preparing our systems for safely ... More >>
PM’s Performance Spin Over Substance
Monday, 15 February 2021, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister’s post-Cabinet press conference today was a nauseating stream of self-congratulation when what she should have been doing was apologise,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Make no mistake, our biggest city is in a three day ... More >>
Is Hone Harawira More Competent At Setting Up Checkpoints?
Monday, 15 February 2021, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to front up and reveal why Police have set up a key checkpoint between Auckland and Northland at Brynderwyn, which is in the Kaipara District, outside of Auckland’s level 3 boundary, and why,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Schedules ... More >>
Epidemic Response Committee Needed Now More Than Ever
Monday, 15 February 2021, 10:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has shown it is not open to being thoroughly scrutinised on how it is handling the response to COVID-19, despite regular claims to the contrary,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Yesterday I wrote to the Speaker as chair of the ... More >>
Daily Saliva Tests Should Be Mandatory, Starting Now
Monday, 15 February 2021, 9:45 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s failure to roll out regular saliva testing for border and managed isolation workers highlights the problem with its centralised control-all response to COVID-19,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Rather than a voluntary ... More >>
Govt Must Learn And Bolster Testing Orders
Monday, 15 February 2021, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government must learn from the latest Covid-19 outbreak and bolster its border testing orders so that further lockdowns don’t damage livelihoods,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “These cases have potentially exposed further holes in our ... More >>
