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Mental Health Needs Action, Not Another Minister
Monday, 12 October 2020, 11:49 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party would take real action to solve our mental crisis with a world-class commissioning agency that assesses individual needs and contracts the best providers for a person’s therapy and care. It would put people at the heart of the system,” ... More >>
Labour’s Border Exemptions: For The Few, Not The Many
Sunday, 11 October 2020, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour claims we’re all in this together, but its border exemptions are for the few, not the many,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government is providing critical worker exemptions for international rugby players, Hollywood movie stars, ... More >>
Robertson Gets Away With Absurd Minimum Wage Claims
Saturday, 10 October 2020, 11:43 am | ACT New Zealand
“Media fact-checkers are allowing Labour’s finance spokesperson to get away with absurd claims about the minimum wage,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson have repeated ad nauseam the claim that increasing the ... More >>
Northland PGF Funding An Election Rort
Wednesday, 7 October 2020, 11:01 am | ACT New Zealand
“Less than two weeks out from the election, NZ First and Labour are using a slush fund of taxpayers’ money to try to buy votes,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Provincial Growth Fund has been a failure. It hasn’t created the jobs that ... More >>
Let’s Build Like The Boomers
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 2:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will allow the next generation to Build Like the Boomers so we can create new opportunities and rebuild a country we can all be proud of,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. Today in Tauranga, ACT its announced its Housing and Infrastructure ... More >>
Australia And UK Show ACT’s Tax Relief Measures Work
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 12:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s measures of immediate tax relief and a temporary GST reduction to stimulate growth are being adopted in both Australia and the UK,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. "Small businesses and consumers in those countries will feel immense relief, ... More >>
Labour Catches Up With ACT’s Covid Response
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is once again leading the way with policy, with Jacinda Ardern this morning agreeing with our Covid-19 recovery plan first released in July,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This morning the Prime Minister told media that ... More >>
Ardern Continues To Politicise Covid-19
Monday, 5 October 2020, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s deeply disappointing that Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern has continued to politicise the Covid-19 response,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ardern today delivered an important public health announcement to the nation as the Prime Minister ... More >>
Level 1 Welcome, But Lockdowns Unsustainable
Monday, 5 October 2020, 2:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s decision to ease restrictions in Auckland is welcome, but lockdowns are an unsustainable long-term strategy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Auckland has been under Covid-19 restrictions for almost two months because the ... More >>
RMA Reform: Labour Couldn’t Deliver A Pizza
Friday, 2 October 2020, 12:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Forget fundamental housing reform, Labour couldn’t deliver a pizza to the front door,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “After being opposed to replacing the RMA for years, and the disaster that was KiwiBuild, does anybody really believe a Labour ... More >>
ACT’s Economic Policies Prompt Surge With Chinese Voters
Friday, 2 October 2020, 12:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s popularity with Chinese New Zealanders has continued to surge according to new research, as Chinese New Zealanders focus on economic stimulus and taxation as the major election issues,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT is polling ... More >>
Robertson Detached From Reality On Impact Of Minimum Wage
Friday, 2 October 2020, 10:15 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s Finance Spokesperson is completely detached from reality on the impact of the minimum wage on business,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Asked this morning on RNZ’s Nine To Noon whether increasing the minimum wage would hurt job ... More >>
A Skilled Workforce For New Zealand
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party will prioritise and streamline the immigration process for skilled workers where employers can’t find a skilled workforce in New Zealand,” says ACT’s Spokesperson for Immigration Dr James McDowall. “For our economy to grow ... More >>
ACT Will Give Employers To Confidence To Hire To New Staff
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 3:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s SME plan to jumpstart the economy will put the emphasis on job creation and give SMEs the confidence to hire new staff,” says ACT’s SME spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Businesses have spent three years having red tape and costs piled ... More >>
ACT Reveals Comprehensive Plan For SMEs
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has today released our suite of SME policies which will boost the economy, empower small business owners to take chances, and get more people into work,” say ACT Leader David Seymour and SME spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Only ACT has ... More >>
Labour A Fair-weather Friend To Small Business
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 11:08 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s investigation into the supermarkets shows it’s a fair-weather friend to small business,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “It claims to want competition, but it created a monopoly during lockdown. “During the lockdown, the Government ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Commitment To PHARMAC Investigation
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 8:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has welcomed a commitment by both Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins to have an investigation into the way PHARMAC funds medicine. “Earlier today ACT committed to independent review of PHARMAC’s operating model to allow ... More >>
ACT Would Ensure An Independent Review Of PHARMAC
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 12:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will seek an independent review of PHARMAC’s operating model to allow for greater transparency and more timeliness in decision making,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The decisions made by PHARMAC can mean life or death. Having access to ... More >>
ACT Will Take The Politics Out Of Infrastructure
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 6:23 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT would take the politics out of infrastructure and get central and local government working together through long-term infrastructure partnerships ,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We need investment in high-quality infrastructure to boost jobs, ... More >>
ACT Shouldn’t Shy Away From Interest On Student Loans
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 4:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Responding to ACT dropping its election policy of charging interest on student loans, the Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the decision as ‘pusillanimous’. Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, “In 2016 David Seymour called interest-free student loans ... More >>
