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Why Is Labour Hiding Its Tax Plan?
Saturday, 5 September 2020, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
“6 weeks from Election Day, and just a month out from early voting, New Zealanders have no clue what Labour’s plan is for repaying the debt,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In 2017, Labour announced its tax and spending policies 66 days out from ... More >>
Continued Restrictions Reveal An Ill-prepared Government
Friday, 4 September 2020, 2:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The continuation of restrictions for another two weeks shows just how ill-prepared the Government has been when it comes to dealing with Covid-19,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealanders have every right to feel angry and let down by the ... More >>
Government Must Balance Covid Threat With New Debt
Friday, 4 September 2020, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government must today balance the threat of Covid-19 with billions in new debt,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Spending more time at Alert Level 2 means less business activity, less work, less tax, and more debt. “Every hour ... More >>
National’s Child Plan Smart, Universal Welfare Irresponsible
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
“National’s plan for children is good policy, but it must be made affordable,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “The social investment approach and enhanced screening for newborns is smart, but universal welfare is irresponsible in the current climate. ... More >>
Hipkins Needs To Explain Green School Involvement
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 12:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Education Minister Chris Hipkins needs to clarify how deep his involvement in signing off the $12 million Green School grant was”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A leaked video of James Shaw shows him saying that he had ‘verbal signoff’ ... More >>
Does He Know He’s The Deputy Prime Minister?
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 12:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“On NZ First’s last ever day in Parliament, Winston Peters has conceded that he’s been completely impotent inside Cabinet,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Peters today condemned his own Government’s response to COVID-19. But he is ... More >>
Government Proceeds With Undemocratic Tahr Cull
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 11:15 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government continues to thumb its nose at hunters and rural communities while proceeding with an undemocratic tahr cull,” says ACT’s Outdoors Spokesperson Nicole McKee. The Department of Conservation’s revised Tahr Control Operational ... More >>
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 >>
