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ACT Leader's Address To Election Campaign Launch - ASB Waterfront Theatre, 12 July 2020
Sunday, 12 July 2020, 4:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
Introduction Thank you very much. Elections in New Zealand – like everywhere - are a very special tradition, because they are driven by you. They’re an opportunity to change your future. If you think about it, the Government doesn’t do much. It ... More >>
Fair, Modern Employment Insurance For A Post-Covid-19 World
Sunday, 12 July 2020, 4:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This election and Covid-19 present New Zealanders with an opportunity to change their future and create a fair, modern employment insurance scheme,” says ACT’s Employment Spokesperson, and third-ranked candidate, Nicole McKee. “Covid-19 has ... More >>
Mental Health And Addiction Services To Empower New Zealanders
Sunday, 12 July 2020, 4:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A new approach to mental health and addiction will reduce bureaucracy, improve patient choice, and empower New Zealanders,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Each year, the government spends about $2 billion ... More >>
ACT Will Hit The Gangs Where It Hurts
Saturday, 11 July 2020, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will target the gangs by hitting them where it hurts – their pockets,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour and Firearms Spokesperson Nicole McKee. “New Zealanders deserve to be safe and secure, but violent gangs are a scourge on our ... More >>
Is Govt Profiling Travellers Based On Risk Of Absconding?
Friday, 10 July 2020, 7:53 am | ACT New Zealand
“If it isn’t doing so already, the Government needs to start profiling travellers according to their risk of absconding from managed isolation and quarantine facilities,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “It makes absolutely no sense to place the ... More >>
Tiwai Closure Points To End Of Heavy Industry Under Ardern
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 10:52 am | ACT New Zealand
“The closure of Tiwai Point signals the end of heavy industry under the Ardern Government,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour is squeezing the life out of the economy. For the past three years, it has made it much more difficult ... More >>
Govt Undermining Kiwis' Fundamental Rights At The Border
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 6:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s move to stop citizens from coming home shouldn’t be tolerated by New Zealanders,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Undermining the fundamental right of citizens to travel is the kind of nonsense you would expect in communist ... More >>
Border Lockdown Shows Labour Governing For Labour
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 10:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s extraordinary step of restricting New Zealanders from coming home reflects the level of its incompetence at the border and the fact that it has no plan for the future,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealanders will ... More >>
Pause On ACC Levies Welcome, But Government Must Go Further
Monday, 6 July 2020, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s move to hold ACC levies at the same rate until 2022 is welcome news but it raises questions about why it hasn’t paused other costs,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Now is not the time to raise costs on businesses. Many firms ... More >>
Commissioner Promotes Misleading Information On EOLC Referendum
Monday, 6 July 2020, 12:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s disappointing that the Disability Rights Commissioner has continued to politicise her role and is promoting misleading information prior to the End of Life Choice referendum,” says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “This morning, ... More >>
Cook Islands Failure Shows How Much Smarter We Need To Get
Monday, 6 July 2020, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand and the Cook Islands are missing out due to having the world’s dumbest borders,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The next government is going to have to get smart. Living resiliently in a post-COVID world will require a lot ... More >>
New Zealand Needs A Bigger Vision, Labour
Sunday, 5 July 2020, 6:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Labour says it will continue loaning money to businesses and pay some more people to clean up rivers, but New Zealand needs a much bigger vision," according to ACT Leader David Seymour "The real questions I hear every day are 'how will ... More >>
Quarantine Leak: So Many Basic Questions
Saturday, 4 July 2020, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
"This morning's revelation that a list of those quarantined was leaked raises too many questions for this Government to continue," according to ACT Leader David Seymour "Number one issue: we've had a dead man walking as Minister of ... More >>
Bleak Milestone Confirms Labour Doesn’t Get ECON101
Friday, 3 July 2020, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A bleak new milestone is yet another reminder that Labour doesn’t get basic economics,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. The Ministry of Social Development has confirmed that 200,000 New Zealanders are on an unemployment benefit. “New Zealand ... More >>
ACT Stands With The People Of Hong Kong
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is standing with the people of Hong Kong today in condemning the passage of a new national security law. “The news from Hong Kong is bleak, but sadly not surprising,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The rights to freedom of speech, expression, and ... More >>
If Govt Can’t Create A Cooks Bubble, What Can It Do?
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
“Kiwis will be asking serious questions about the Government’s competence if it can’t do something as simple as establishing a travel bubble with a Covid-free part of New Zealand,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Cook Islands are Covid-free ... More >>
Labour’s Tax Plan Is To Bully And Steal Your Lunch Money
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 10:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s tax plan is like the schoolyard bully who steals other kids’ lunch money,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. Grant Robertson yesterday failed to rule out higher taxes on top earners if Labour wins in September. Finance and ... More >>
McKee: Tahr Cull Will Undermine Rural Communities And Tourism Businesses
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 3:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Department of Conservation’s new Tahr cull plan will undermine rural communities and tourism businesses,” says ACT’s Firearms and Outdoors Spokesperson Nicole McKee. “What’s even worse is that the Conservation Minister is undermining the ... More >>
Jacinda Ardern To New Zealanders: “Let’s Tax This”
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 1:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With New Zealanders experiencing serious economic pain from the lockdown and now a recession, Jacinda Ardern’s response is to say: ‘Let’s tax this’”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. From tomorrow, New Zealanders will pay higher rates ... More >>
Whose Water Is It Anyway?
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 11:17 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Waikato River Authority needs to ask itself ‘whose water is it anyway?,’” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Parliament established the Authority to look after the health of the Waikato River, not to hold the country to ransom. Parliament ... More >>
