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Greens’ Environmental Policies Just More Of The Same: ACT
Saturday, 25 July 2020, 5:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT’s Environment Spokesman Simon Court says the Greens’ environmental platform contains more of the same failed policies which have led to a huge increase in waste to landfill over the past 20 years. Mr Court is a civil and environmental engineer, ... More >>
Greens' Plan Would Undermine Basic Kiwi Values
Saturday, 25 July 2020, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Green Party’s plan for the economy would undermine basic Kiwi values,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Greens are certainly making the election a contest of ideas: they’re showing just how dangerous bad ideas are can be. “We ... More >>
Peters Selling Snake Oil At Tiwai Point
Friday, 24 July 2020, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has a positive, practical solution that will save Tiwai Point, but cost the taxpayer nothing,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Winston Peters’ idea for a worker/management buy-out at Tiwai would simply dump the operation’s problems ... More >>
A Goal Is Not A Strategy: Next Government Must Achieve Surplus Next Term
Friday, 24 July 2020, 9:02 am | ACT New Zealand
“National wants debt of 30 percent of GDP by 2030, but ACT says New Zealand needs an accountable goal: start repaying the debt next term,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Anyone can make promises for 2030. That’s three elections away. ACT ... More >>
Labour Pays Reparations To Provincial New Zealand
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 10:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s use of taxpayer money to compensate for its own damage to the regions is akin to wartime reparations,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government is spending, or is proposing to spend, millions of dollars of taxpayer ... More >>
PM Should Release Antarctica Documents
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 4:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“If the real reason Winston Peters’ friends got a taxpayer-funded trip to Antarctica was philanthropy, the Prime Minister should release the paper trail to back it up,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “RNZ this morning reported that the Foreign Minister ... More >>
Firearms Prohibition Orders Bill Needs Work
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 10:59 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT will support the first reading of the Arms (Firearms Prohibition Orders) Amendment Bill (No 2) today, but it requires serious improvements, says Firearms Spokesperson Nicole McKee. “We fully support the intention of going after the gangs and illegal ... More >>
What Did NZ First Promise At Reported $1,000-a-head Meeting?
Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders should be very concerned at reports of a $1,000-a-head secret meeting at which Winston Peters is alleged to have offered one-on-one time in a private room,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “They should be further concerned by reports ... More >>
Undemocratic Government Thumbs Its Nose At Hunters Over Tahr Cull
Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“As it did with firearms legislation and the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, the Government is pushing ahead with a massive new tahr cull without consulting New Zealanders,” says ACT’s Outdoors Spokesperson Nicole McKee. The Department of ... More >>
54/100 Last Year, Has Our Pandemic Preparedness Improved?
Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 10:12 am | ACT New Zealand
“With just 8 Covid-19 tests performed in the community on Sunday, it’s clear our pandemic preparedness hasn’t improved from a dire report late last year,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government’s public health response to Covid-19 ... More >>
ACT Statement On Andrew Falloon
Monday, 20 July 2020, 4:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has paid tribute to outgoing National MP Andrew Falloon. “I consider Andrew a close friend. We were early members of ACT on Campus and both stood as ACT candidates at the 2005 election. “We also worked closely together ... More >>
EOLC Flyer Counters Referendum Misinformation
Monday, 20 July 2020, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Electoral Commission’s purple flyer on the End of Life Choice Act is good, accurate information worth reading,” according to ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. van Velden was a central figure in passing the law through Parliament last ... More >>
Peters Will Soon Need Migrant Workers
Monday, 20 July 2020, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“Winston Peters’ swansong promise to slash immigration would be worrying if it weren’t so tragic,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Peters himself will soon be retired and will require a care worker to help him get dressed and go for ... More >>
Kiwis Shouldn’t Be Forced To Pay A Poor-quality, Government Monopoly
Sunday, 19 July 2020, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Private enterprise should safely take over managed isolation and quarantine, under strict regulations,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The two old parties want to charge returning New Zealanders for managed isolation, with a Government ... More >>
Tracing Apps Don't Work, Bludgers Won't Work
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“Under this Government, tracing apps don’t work, and bludgers won’t work,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour, in response to reports the Government’s tracing app is all but defunct and horticulturalists are having to hire 900 people ... More >>
Heavy Industry Being Hollowed Out By A Hostile Government
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand
“Heavy industry is being hollowed out by a hostile government which continues to put new costs and regulations on productive New Zealanders,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The closure of Tiwai Point signals the end of heavy industry under ... More >>
Statement On Nikki Kaye
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 9:33 am | ACT New Zealand
“I am astonished to see Nikki Kaye leave politics,” says ACT Leader David Seymour, “she leaves a big hole.” Kaye and Seymour worked closely on charter schools and End of Life Choice. “As Under-Secretary and Minister, we worked closely to develop ... More >>
Oddly Timed Speech Feeds Fear, Not Solutions
Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 12:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister’s speech today invoked the fear of a COVID-19 outbreak without providing any new information about how New Zealand should handle it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister’s speech was oddly timed and wasn’t ... More >>
Greens Dump $210 Million Tax On Kiwis
Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is dumping a $210 million tax on Kiwis to pay for initiatives that won’t solve New Zealand’s landfill crisis,” says ACT’s Environment Spokesperson Simon Court. “The Greens are rolling out a massive, six-fold increase in landfill ... More >>
No Cooks Bubble Shows Labour Governing By Fear
Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 10:41 am | ACT New Zealand
“The lack of progress on a travel bubble with a Covid-free part of New Zealand shows Labour will govern by fear until 19 September,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Despite the fact there’s no community transmission in either region, Jacinda ... More >>
