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Govt changes rules with 22 days left on ‘buy-back’
Friday, 29 November 2019, 11:45 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has once again shifted the goalposts on licenced firearms owners with just 22 days remaining in the failing gun ‘buy-back’”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour commends PM on Erebus apology
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has done the right thing by apologising to Erebus families”, according to MP for Epsom, David Seymour. More >>
Universities must protect free speech
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 11:23 am | ACT New Zealand
Universities and other tertiary education institutions will be required to protect free speech and academic freedom or otherwise lose funding under a new member’s bill launched today by ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Higher landfill levy another broken promise
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
“A plan to increase the landfill levy six-fold is the eighth time the Government has broken Jacinda Ardern’s promise to introduce no new taxes”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Representation Commission Gets Epsom Right
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand
MP for Epsom David Seymour is commending the Representation Commission for its decision to keep the Epsom Electorate boundaries the same. More >>
Gun amnesty extension shows Parliament has failed
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 9:50 am | ACT New Zealand
“ Police’s suggestion that there is now a permanent firearms amnesty in place is an admission that Parliament has completely failed and is a vindication of ACT’s opposition to the Arms Amendment Act”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Christmas present for lawbreakers at Ihumātao
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 8:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson are set to deliver an early Christmas gift to the protestors illegally occupying land at Ihumātao”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Universities must uphold free speech or have funding cut
Saturday, 16 November 2019, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
Tertiary institutions will be legally required to protect academic freedom and free speech on campus or risk losing funding under a new member’s bill proposed by ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Cronyism the result of bipartisan corporate welfale
Friday, 15 November 2019, 10:53 am | ACT New Zealand
“ A NZ First-linked company applying for taxpayer money from a NZ First-run fund is the perfect example of the cronyism that inevitably accompanies corporate welfare”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Wait for Royal Commission, then make law
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 4:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government must delay the progress of the Arms Legislation Bill to account for a four-month extension to the Royal Commission into the Christchurch terror attacks”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Reserve Bank gets it right by keeping OCR steady
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 3:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Monetary Policy Committee has made a sensible decision to keep the OCR at one per cent”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Giving parents, students control over funding the right way
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 9:18 am | ACT New Zealand
“It’s encouraging that National has taken a bold step towards giving parents and students more control over education funding”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT will campaign to restore school autonomy
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 1:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will campaign to reverse Labour’s proposals to undermine school autonomy announced today”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Massey creates 'safe spaces', protects feelings not speech
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
“Massey University’s new free speech policy shows it is more concerned with protecting the feelings of a small number of students and creating safe spaces for them than it is with defending a central pillar of Western civilisation”, says ... More >>
Vaping moral panic is dangerously anti-science
Monday, 11 November 2019, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New findings from US government scientists show that the moral panic around vaping is dangerously anti-science”, says ACT’s Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. More >>
Tomorrow's Schools Review backdown must be comprehensive
Monday, 11 November 2019, 8:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s backdown on the Tomorrow’s Schools Review must be comprehensive”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
National's support for flawed Zero Carbon Bill disappointing
Thursday, 7 November 2019, 3:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
“National’s support for the Government’s flawed Zero Carbon Bill and its opposition to ACT’s attempts to improve the legislation are deeply disappointing”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
Zero Carbon Bill hurts the environment and the economy
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s discrimination against overseas sources of emissions reductions will hurt the environment and the economy”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
ACT to vote against Zero Carbon Bil
Tuesday, 5 November 2019, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has confirmed that he will vote against the second reading of Government’s Zero Carbon Bill and the first reading of its Emissions Trading Scheme legislation. More >>
Z Energy profit result shows PM wrong on 'fleecing'
Thursday, 31 October 2019, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
(Headline abbreviated, original headline: Z Energy profit result shows PM wrong to claim motorists being “fleeced”) More >>
