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No Point Opening KiwiSaver To Pay For Govt’s Spending Splurge
Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 8:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour says cracking open KiwiSaver accounts is tempting but the real problem for business is out-of-control government spending. “There’s no point cracking open your KiwiSaver so you can help pay for the Government’s out-of-control ... More >>
Labour Leaving Another Decade Of Deficits
Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Just as Helen Clark’s government did, Labour’s out-of-control spending has left New Zealanders with a decade of deficits,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The burden of debt this Government is leaving for future generations is akin to ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Suspension Of Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong
Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 2:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has welcomed today’s announcement that New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in the wake of the recently introduced national security law. “New Zealand has finally shown support for our partners in the Five Eyes, a hugely ... More >>
Private Sector Should Take Over MI, Jail For Rule-breakers
Monday, 27 July 2020, 4:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Private enterprise should safely take over managed isolation with rule-breakers finishing their fortnight in jail,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The two old parties want to charge returning Kiwis for managed isolation run by an incompetent ... More >>
Why Can’t Horticulture Workers Come From COVID-free Samoa?
Sunday, 26 July 2020, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has a very simple question for the new Immigration Minister: Why can’t Recognised Seasonal Employer workers come from COVID-free Samoa without the need for quarantine? “There is no COVID-19 in Samoa, where thousands of workers ... More >>
Greens Lack Vision On Mental Health: ACT
Saturday, 25 July 2020, 5:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Greens’ solution to our mental health crisis is to throw more money at the problem,” according to ACT Deputy Leader and Health Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Any party can promise more money, but it won’t solve the big problems ... More >>
MIQ Rule-breakers Should Go To Jail
Saturday, 25 July 2020, 5:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“MIQ rule breakers should finish their fortnight in jail, because we can’t let a few idiots ruin the New Zealand economy,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “The huge sacrifices of New Zealanders got us through COVID-19. We can’t have ... More >>
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 >>
