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Labour’s Latest Plan Is Communism By Stealth
Thursday, 5 November 2020, 2:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s latest plan to expand the role of the government in the economy is communism by stealth,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Under the cover of Covid-19, Labour is surreptitiously planning for the government to take a larger stake in the ... More >>
Govt Must Dump Stealth Ban On Kiwis, Get Innovative
Thursday, 5 November 2020, 11:15 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s stealth ban on some New Zealanders returning home for Christmas is biting and it should respect basic human rights by being more innovative,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Undermining the fundamental right of citizens to ... More >>
Luck On Covid-19, Massive Stimulus Can’t Prevent Jobless Spike
Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 12:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A Covid-19 response that relied on luck and massive fiscal and monetary stimulus haven’t prevented a big rise in unemployment,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We now have 37,000 more unemployed people, an increase of 32.5 percent. That’s ... More >>
"Fair Pay" Agreements Take Us Back To The 1970s
Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 1:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s so-called ‘Fair Pay’ Agreements will take industrial relations back to the 1970s”, says ACT’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Chris Baillie. New Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood said this morning ... More >>
MIQ: Labour Shows Flexibility, Now For Consistency
Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 10:30 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour is showing commendable flexibility on MIQ rules, but it must now apply the rules consistently,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. A Covid-19-positive MIQ worker in Christchurch is quarantining at home and could stay there, according to ... More >>
New Cabinet Line-up Reveals Serious Skill Shortage
Monday, 2 November 2020, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders will hope the new government can succeed in tackling the serious challenges our country faces, but we fear the Cabinet is not up to the job,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The new ministerial line-up has revealed a serious skill ... More >>
Covid-19: A Tale Of Two Islands
Friday, 30 October 2020, 5:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Taiwan continues to outperform New Zealand in its Covid-19 response,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “While Taiwan allows new arrivals to isolate at home, our Government has done such a poor job of running managed isolation and quarantine ... More >>
Epidemiologists Echo ACT’s Covid-19 Plan
Thursday, 29 October 2020, 12:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A group of top epidemiologists has echoed ACT’s call for government to be a referee not a player and to take a risk-proportionate approach on Covid-19,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The group has said we should allow some travellers to ... More >>
Waitomo District Council Undermining Free Speech, Democracy
Thursday, 29 October 2020, 8:32 am | ACT New Zealand
“Waitomo District Council is undermining freedom of expression and local democracy. Its new rules mean those elected by the people to hold the council bureaucracy accountable are gagged by the council bureaucracy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The code ... More >>
Time To Abolish Human Rights Commission
Thursday, 29 October 2020, 8:19 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Human Rights Commission’s left-wing manifesto is clear evidence that the organisation must be abolished,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Commission is a hard-left organisation masquerading as a government department. “Its new manifesto ... More >>
Govt Must Provide Farmers Clarity On Freshwater Rules
Thursday, 29 October 2020, 8:11 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government must immediately provide clarity to farmers about the enforcement of its new freshwater rules,” says ACT’s Primary Industries Spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The new rules require all paddocks to be resown by 1 October or 1 November ... More >>
Businesses Rot As A Result Of Government Negligence
Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Horticultural businesses will rot as a direct result of the Government’s negligence,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Even with the help of MSD, growers like Perry’s Berries can’t get sufficient Kiwi workers to pick fruit. “The overseas workers ... More >>
More Evidence Of Skills Shortage In Labour's Cabinet
Friday, 23 October 2020, 9:20 am | ACT New Zealand
“ Speculation that Phil Twyford will have responsibility for light rail taken off him is yet more evidence of a skills shortage within the Labour Party,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Twyford failed to deliver KiwiBuild and it was given ... More >>
Lancet Paper Vindicates ACT’s Wellbeing Approach To COVID
Thursday, 22 October 2020, 2:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ A paper published in the Lancet vindicates ACT’s Wellbeing Approach to COVID-19,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The authors observe what ACT has been saying for a long time. The Government should be comparing its response with the best rather ... More >>
How Many Malt Patrons Used COVID Tracer App On Friday?
Thursday, 22 October 2020, 8:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“Confusion is reigning after patrons at a pub may have been exposed to COVID, and the problem is a total failure of the Government’s NZ COVID Tracer app,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister’s ‘team of 5 million’ ... More >>
Labour’s Small Business Plan A Contradictory Mess
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 8:53 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s plan for small businesses is a contradictory mess”, says ACT’s small business spokesperson and Nelson employer Chris Baillie. “Labour is piling new costs and red tape on SMEs with one hand and giving handouts with the other. ... More >>
Lend Us Your Vote
Friday, 16 October 2020, 12:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is putting out a final call to voters of all stripes. To people who perhaps have never thought of voting ACT, or those who have always 'bled blue', I say this: Lend us your vote this time and at the end of three years, I think you’ll want ... More >>
PHARMAC Proposes To Remove 23 Drugs From Waiting List
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 8:08 am | ACT New Zealand
“A review of PHARMC is more urgent than ever, after PHARMAC has quietly proposed removing 23 drugs from its waiting list,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The ACT Party led the way in calling for an independent review of PHARMAC’s operating ... More >>
Labour Resorts To Orwellian Doublespeak On Hate Speech
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s election manifesto resorts to Orwellian doublespeak to sell its new hate speech law,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The manifesto promises to ‘protect and strengthen the rights of New Zealanders’ by prohibiting speech. “Freedom More >>
Labour Quietly Drops KiwiBuild
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 4:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Labour Party has finally recognised its flagship policy KiwiBuild was a complete disaster and has dropped it from its policy manifesto,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Just four days out from the election, Labour has finally released its policy manifesto. ... More >>
