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Tomorrow's Schools Working Group Still MIA
Sunday, 13 October 2019, 6:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Another week goes by and schools are none the wiser about the outcome of the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Politics in Full Sentences - 11 October 2019
Friday, 11 October 2019, 3:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
Last night Politics in Full Sentences hosted Ani O’Brien from Speak Up for Women. Speak Up for Women was formed by feminists worried about an amendment to the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Bill that would allow a person to change their ... More >>
Nearly $2 of every $5 swallowed by the Government
Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The 2018/19 financial statements show a Government sucking up economic output and leaving more room for tax cuts,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Coalition Makes Dog's Breakfast of Parent Category
Monday, 7 October 2019, 12:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“After years of delay and uncertainty for constituents, movement on the Parent Category Visa is welcome but the outcome is a camel, also known as a horse designed by coalition,” according to MP for Epsom David Seymour. More >>
Whatever Happened to The Tomorrow's Schools Report?
Monday, 7 October 2019, 11:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour is calling on the Government to tell everyone what on earth happened to its Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce Report. More >>
After a hiatus, Politics in Full Sentences is back
Saturday, 5 October 2019, 4:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
Friday’s Politics in Full Sentences podcast featured David Seymour interviewed by employment law specialist Max Whitehead. It covered the welcome free speech sentiments from Auckland and Massey Universities, New Zealand First’s banana republic vote ... More >>
Universities Finally Show Leadership on Free Speech
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 3:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The past week has seen Universities finally showing leadership on free speech, after a period of disappointing acquiescence to the hecklers’ veto,” says Act Leader David Seymour. More >>
Jones Threatens Corrupting OIO for Politics
Monday, 30 September 2019, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister needs to stamp her authority on this Government by telling Shane Jones to pull his head in,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour More >>
Robertson Pay Intervention Sums Up Govt Attacks on Business
Monday, 30 September 2019, 8:52 am | ACT New Zealand
“Grant Robertson’s intervention sums up this Government: It is marketing-led policy failure,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Iain Lees Galloway Must Explain RSE Pseudo Announcement
Friday, 27 September 2019, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Immigration Minister's ham-fisted comments on the Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme show up everything wrong with the scheme," according to ACT Leader David Seymour More >>
RSE CAP Announcement: Too Little Too Late
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s announcement of the number of new RSE workers allowed today is too little, too late, and the concept of the cap needs to go. More >>
Peters says he hasn’t betrayed licensed firearm owners
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 3:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Winston Peters has today refused to accept that he betrayed or scapegoated licensed firearm owners by supporting the Government’s gun law changes and ‘buy-back’ scheme”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
‘Buy-back’ farce continues, just two gunsmiths for Auckland
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
“Police have named just two gunsmiths able to make firearms modifications before 20 December in a city of 1.6 million, showing what a farce the ‘buy-back’ has become”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Amateur hour as PM shoots mouth off about Spark coverage
Monday, 23 September 2019, 4:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Winston Peters’ performance as Acting Prime Minister shows why we’re lucky it’s only temporary”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Spark is a private company. There is nothing the Government can or should do to make its technology ... More >>
National pushes Labour-lite firearms changes
Monday, 23 September 2019, 3:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“National’s counterproposals to the Government’s Arms Legislation Bill are Labour-lite at best”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Labour's big government economic policies continue to fail
Thursday, 19 September 2019, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
“The economy continues to buckle under the pressure of Labour’s failed, big government economic policies”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
Dismissive Minister out of touch with reality
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Minister of Immigration showed himself to be completely out of touch with the practical reality faced by horticulturalists under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour Welcomes NZ First Referendum Question
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 3:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party Leader David Seymour has welcomed New Zealand First’s release of the question to be put to the public at a referendum on the End of Life Choice Bill. More >>
$375 million subsidy for world’s richest man
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 11:30 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has confirmed that its much-vaunted 'Wellbeing Budget' will improve the financial wellbeing of the world’s richest man”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
Government runs from election year firearms debate
Friday, 13 September 2019, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government is running scared from an election year debate about firearms law reform”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
