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Double Whammy For City Rail Link Businesses
Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Minister of Finance needs to explain why businesses already badly affected by the City Rail Link (CRL) development are now not entitled to the Covid-19 Resurgence Subsidy” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Businesses that are in the ... More >>
Government Continues To Flounder On Contact Tracing
Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 12:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government continues to flounder on the issue of contact tracing with Sam Morgan’s Covid Card team walking away from its relationship with the Ministry of Health,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Morgan has claimed there’s no capability ... More >>
Show Us Your Path To Surplus
Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has today challenged all other political parties to show New Zealanders their path to get back to surplus. “By the time students currently at intermediate and high school start paying tax, we’ll be spending more on interest ... More >>
Government Must Explain Privacy Breaches
Monday, 31 August 2020, 6:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to explain how widespread the Health Ministry’s mishandling of private information is,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Patients who have undergone a Covid-19 swab have been receiving the results for other patients via ... More >>
Covid Response Reliant On The Whims Of The PM
Monday, 31 August 2020, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand needs a clear, coordinated response to Covid-19, but the Government’s strategy is increasingly reliant on the whims of a single person,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister is effectively claiming to be the single source ... More >>
We Need An Honest Conversation About Debt
Monday, 31 August 2020, 10:49 am | ACT New Zealand
“As businesses go broke and household budgets tighten, we need an honest conversation about the Government’s spending splurge,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “While the Government hands out money to Green Schools and Bungee Jump operators, young ... More >>
Government’s Response Unsustainable
Sunday, 30 August 2020, 11:49 am | ACT New Zealand
“The uncertainty of further lockdowns is unsustainable and we can’t afford to keep going like this,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The fact Auckland had to spend 19 days locked down to isolate an outbreak shows the so-called Gold Standard ... More >>
Taiwan Shows How To Make Elimination Affordable
Sunday, 30 August 2020, 11:00 am | ACT New Zealand
“An interview with Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang shows the way to making elimination of COVID-19 affordable through a Wellbeing Approach,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “ACT has been saying for months that New Zealand should look to Taiwan’s ... More >>
Mainlanders Paying For Government’s Incompetence
Saturday, 29 August 2020, 12:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The South Island is still at Alert Level 2 because the Government can’t do the basics right,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Newshub Nation this morning revealed that the Government hasn’t been collecting data on the number ... More >>
Govt Must Reverse Green School Handout
Saturday, 29 August 2020, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
“The $12 million hand out to a ‘Green’ private school shows the Green Party doesn’t follow its principles, but the deal must now be reversed just as Labour brutally crushed the hopes of charter schools for disadvantaged students,” says ... More >>
The Positive, Practical Solution For Tiwai Point
Friday, 28 August 2020, 12:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Reports that Rio Tinto is open to delaying the closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter opens the door for the next government to take a positive, practical approach on the issue,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT has a solution that will save ... More >>
Gold Standard Contact Tracing A Myth
Friday, 28 August 2020, 10:03 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is falling short of its own targets around contact tracing proving its so-called ‘gold standard’ is a myth,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government has spent months doing victory laps and assuring New Zealanders its contact ... More >>
Govt Contact Tracing Fails To Meet Verrall Recommendations
Thursday, 27 August 2020, 3:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government sat on a damning contact tracing report for six weeks and cynically dumped on the same day New Zealanders were getting closure on our nation’s tragedy in Christchurch,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Contact Tracing Assurance ... More >>
Smart Phone App Not Smart Enough
Thursday, 27 August 2020, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A report into the Government’s contact tracing app has echoed ACT’s concerns that it’s not smart enough,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A report by the Contact Tracing Assurance Committee describes the uptake of the NZ COVID Tracer app ... More >>
Greens’ School Choice Support Welcome, But It Shouldn’t Be Political
Thursday, 27 August 2020, 5:08 am | ACT New Zealand
“After voting to end the opportunities provided by Partnership Schools, the Greens’ financial support for a green private school is deeply hypocritical,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “If the Greens have seen the light on educational ... More >>
Freshwater Reforms Should Be Gone By Lunchtime
Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 5:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“National had it right the first time: the Government’s freshwater reforms should be gone by lunchtime,” says Ruawai dairy farmer and ACT’s rural spokesperson Mark Cameron. “Farmers got us through lockdown. The Government is now repaying ... More >>
ACT Biggest Gainer With Chinese Voters
Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 4:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ New research shows ACT is the biggest gainer among Chinese voters with support up 340 percent on the same time three years ago,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. If the General Election were held tomorrow, 8.8 percent of Chinese New Zealanders ... More >>
Ministry’s Opaque Travel Exemption Process Suffocating Businesses
Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 12:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Ministry of Health’s opaque process for Auckland travel exemptions is suffocating local businesses,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government needs to be open and transparent about how efficiently the process is working. “How many applications ... More >>
Unprecedented Drop In Incomes Shows Lockdowns Unsustainable
Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
“ Today’s unprecedented fall in earnings shows that the Government’s strategy of locking the country down while it fumbles at the border and with contact tracing is totally unsustainable,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. Median weekly incomes ... More >>
Mental Health Breaches Unacceptable
Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 4:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
“News today that Wellington’s mental health inpatient unit Te Whare o Matairangi is in breach of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is hugely disappointing and points to wide systemic ... More >>
