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Queensland Submissions on Euthanasia Open
Friday, 15 February 2019, 9:18 am | ACT New Zealand
For the first time Queensland Parliament is seeking public views on assisted dying after launching a landmark parliamentary inquiry into legalisation last September. Yesterday, Parliament called on all Queenslanders and international experts to share ... More >>
ACT calls on Peters to drop legal action
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 8:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT calls on Peters to drop legal action ACT Party Leader David Seymour is calling on Winston Peters to drop his legal action over the alleged leaking of the details of his superannuation overpayments. More >>
RBNZ: KiwiBuild won’t contribute to housing stock in 2019
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 9:58 am | ACT New Zealand
The Reserve Bank has landed another blow on KiwiBuild, predicting it won’t add to the housing stock this year and will reduce private sector building over the coming years, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Greens’ BRR review signals more debt
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 9:08 am | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party’s review of its commitment to so-called Budget Responsibility Rules is a sign the Government will soon start to backtrack on its promise to keep debt under control, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
RBNZ bets against Labour’s economy
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Despite employment hovering near its maximum sustainable level, the Reserve Bank has kept the Official Cash Rate at 1.75 per cent in a strong signal that Adrian Orr believes the economy is in trouble, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Govt should privatise vocational education
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 12:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government should see the failure of the polytechnics to compete with the private sector as an opportunity to privatise them, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Sallies admit welfare state has failed
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 7:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Salvation Army has unintentionally highlighted the complete failure of our tax and welfare systems to address poverty and inequality, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press, 12 February 2019 - How Wages Grow
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 7:32 am | ACT New Zealand
Parliament is back after giving the country a glorious break. All bets are off as the Government resumes its experiment of torturing a free market economy with policies they used to dream about in the student union lunch room. ACT will continue to stand ... More >>
Exporters anxious about labour law changes, minimum wage
Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 10:31 am | ACT New Zealand
Small and medium-sized exporters are deeply concerned about the Government’s approach to labour law and this will lead to fewer New Zealanders in employment, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Govt's credibility gap on the economy
Friday, 8 February 2019, 9:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Even as both the global economy and New Zealand’s economy slow, the Prime Minister continues to push terrible economic policies, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
As NZ’s allies reject Maduro, Ardern is silent
Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 8:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
As NZ’s allies reject Maduro, Ardern is silent While New Zealand’s major allies line up against the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro, Jacinda Ardern remains eerily silent on the crisis in Venezuela, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour to host Tomorrow’s Schools Review authors
Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 4:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
Seymour to host Tomorrow’s Schools Review authors at Central Auckland meeting More >>
Law professor obfuscates on use of false name
Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 12:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
An Auckland University law professor who wrote fraudulent letters to newspapers against the End of Life Choice Bill is now obfuscating on the reasons behind his campaign, claims ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press, 4 February 2019 - How to Create a Recession
Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 8:45 am | ACT New Zealand
Late last year, the Reserve Bank released its Capital Review , which basically proposes large banks will have to hold twice as much capital as they currently do to remain registered. People from all walks of life have approached Free Press about the implications ... More >>
New handouts a band-aid for bad policies
Monday, 4 February 2019, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s new handouts for Northland are simply a band-aid covering up the consequences of its bad economic policies, according to ACT Leader David Seymour More >>
Shchetkova petition tops Parliament website
Monday, 4 February 2019, 9:14 am | ACT New Zealand
A petition urging the Associate Minister of Immigration to intervene in the case of the Shchetkova family is now the most-signed petition on the Parliament website after gathering more than 9,100 signatures in just one weekend. More >>
Govt shouldn’t play bank with taxpayer money
Sunday, 3 February 2019, 2:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
Govt shouldn’t play bank with taxpayer money The Government’s new $100 million fund for Māori landowners is yet another example of the Bank of Shane Jones risking taxpayer money, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Phil the Builder wants your land
Friday, 1 February 2019, 8:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Despite his massive KiwiBuild failure, Phil Twyford is pressing ahead with a new housing initiative and he will be forcibly taking private property along the way. More >>
UN migration pact should be debated by Parliament
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 8:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
UN migration pact should be debated by Parliament ACT’s Human Rights Spokesman Stephen Berry is calling on the Government to allow the UN Global Compact for Migration to be debated by Parliament. More >>
Fair Pay Agreements: ‘Labour Won’t Work’
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
So-called 'Fair Pay Agreements' are an attack on freedom of association and will hurt the economy to the point that ‘Labour Won’t Work’, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
