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Stealth Bill Will Crush High Country Farmers
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is showing extreme arrogance in its stance toward farmers who are deeply opposed to the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill,” says ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “Answers to my questions in Parliament today suggest ... More >>
Obstinate Border Stance Truly Bizarre
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“What a cockeyed world we live in when the Government is letting in criminals from Australia but not their tourists,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There are currently New Zealanders sitting overseas waiting months for a place in managed ... More >>
Look Who’s Missing From The Quad Squad
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“It’s hard to believe New Zealand wouldn’t have been welcome at today’s historic virtual ‘Quad’ talks taking place between the leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia , but our absence perhaps says a lot of about ... More >>
No Reason NZ Shouldn’t Be Part Of Business Travel Network
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 11:15 am | ACT New Zealand
“Whether countries have an elimination strategy for COVID-19 or not should have no bearing on whether New Zealand explores establishing a business travel network to re-ignite investment in a post-vaccine world,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Delay To Wage Hike The Only Option
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“The case for delaying the April 1 increase to the minimum wage is now so loud and clear surely even this Government can see sense and save even more businesses from going under,” says ACT Small Business and Workplace Relations spokesperson ... More >>
Education Workforce Should Be Prioritised For Vaccination
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The education workforce has been put in a precarious position under Alert Level 3 conditions, and should be prioritised for vaccination,” according to ACT Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Under the original Alert Level 3 conditions, only ... More >>
Firearms Licensing Delays Unacceptable
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A backlog of 9800 firearms licensing applications and renewals is unacceptable but was foreseeable from a Government that rushed firearms reform legislation against advice from those who knew the firearms sector best,” says ACT Firearms Reform ... More >>
Vaccine Sequencing Framework Terribly Lacking
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s vaccine sequencing framework announcement by COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins had this Government’s hallmark shocking lack of detail front and centre,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The two most frequent responses Chris ... More >>
ACT: Preparing New Zealand For A Post-vaccine World
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 12:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has done what the Government hasn’t but the business community and others have been crying out for – develop a plan for the immediate next steps of New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 and a longer term strategy for living in ... More >>
ETS Stealth Tax Passed Under Urgency
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 6:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s rushed and flawed Climate Change (Auction Price) Amendment Bill passed under urgency this evening should be called out for what it really is, a stealth tax that will impose higher costs on New Zealanders. “The reason for ... More >>
Megan Woods In Hiding On Housing
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 1:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This Government’s practice of blather and flannel when asked specific questions about its performance is running its usual evasive course in respect of how many new houses it will build this year,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. ... More >>
Government Adopts ACT Language – Should Adopt ACT Policy
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:42 am | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins’ adoption of ACT’s language of continuous improvement in announcing his latest COVID-19 review shows the impact of effective opposition,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government should go one better and adopt ACT’s sensible ... More >>
Government’s Super-majority Creating Extreme Arrogance
Monday, 8 March 2021, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT says you can’t deliver better public policy if you don’t show humility, and this Government’s arrogance is getting in the way of solving problems and helping people,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We’re seeing it in the response to ... More >>
No Rhyme Nor Reason For Level 3 Saturday
Friday, 5 March 2021, 5:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
"There is no rhyme nor reason for spending an additional day at Alert Level 3 in Auckland, but the cost is estimated at $45 million," according to ACT Leader David Seymour "Normally a $45 million dollar decision to keep Auckland closed ... More >>
New Health Order Issue Admits Earlier Failure
Friday, 5 March 2021, 4:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The making of a new Health Act order shows that the Government didn’t have the rules straight before,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “The Prime Minister spent most of the week attacking citizens for breaking rules that didn’t exist, ... More >>
Cabinet’s Simplest Ever Decision – But Prepare To Be Spun
Friday, 5 March 2021, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It is inevitable the Government will announce Auckland is coming out of lockdown this afternoon – it has to – and they will portray the lockdown as having saved Aucklanders, when it hasn’t, it’s cost them dearly,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Contact Tracing Review Must Be Thorough And Published
Friday, 5 March 2021, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand
“Is the latest example of dissonance in the COVID-19 response the disconnect between how Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield describes his team of contact tracers and their actual performance,” asks ACT Leader David Seymour. “Regardless, ... More >>
Covicrat Civil War Means Time For A Reset
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 6:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Thanks to Labour’s bungling bureaucracy, hardworking New Zealanders are locked down with their livelihoods threatened, and the Prime Minister still isn’t telling the truth. It is time for a reset. We need a purpose built, Taiwan-style, Epidemic ... More >>
Gas Barbecued Chickens Coming Home To Roost
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 12:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government was warned its hasty virtue signalling policy of banning new oil and gas exploration would have the opposite of its intended impact on the domestic economy and the global environment, and so it looks set to play out with New Zealand’s ... More >>
Other Prime Ministers Have Apologised
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand Prime Ministers have on a number of occasions realised their comments or behaviour were ill-judged, gotten over their own egos and apologised to people for doing them wrong,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Prime Minister Jacinda ... More >>
