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State monopoly delivers rampant education inequality
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 2:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
A government monopoly has created one of the most unequal education systems in the world, according to a new report. More >>
Tax cuts sweep through UK, US and Oz – what about NZ?
Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand
Taxes are being slashed by New Zealand’s competitors, while Kiwis are set to be burdened by $860 million more in taxes in 2022, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press, 29 October 2018
Monday, 29 October 2018, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Francis Fukuyama wrote in 1989 that we’d reached the ‘End of History.’ The communists had lost, we won, and a mutually reinforcing combination of free markets and liberal democracy would end the intrigue, conflict, and sheer barbarism that ... More >>
NZ drifts towards European-style socialism
Monday, 29 October 2018, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand is now on a path towards tax and spend, European-style socialism, with interest.co.nz ’s analysis that Kiwis will be paying $860 million more in taxes each year in 2022. More >>
One Year On – Sexy PR, Ugly Policies
Friday, 26 October 2018, 12:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
12 months in, the Labour-led government has delivered a combination of slick marketing and some genuinely appalling policies. Here’s the bad, the ugly, and what ACT would do differently, writes ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Teacher crisis fixed by performance pay
Friday, 26 October 2018, 9:02 am | ACT New Zealand
The mounting teacher crisis could be fixed by performance pay, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
More corporate welfare for the big end of town
Thursday, 25 October 2018, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Government is funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars into New Zealand’s largest businesses and ignoring the engine room of our economy", says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press, 23 October 2018
Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 8:21 am | ACT New Zealand
As pornography has distorted a generation’s expectations of sex, a generation of politicians have grown up thinking that political dramas House of Cards, West Wing, In the Thick of It, and Yes, Minister are real. We could say a lot more about National’s ... More >>
Labour sends Māori to the back of the charter school bus
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 12:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Party has sent Māori to the back by bus by forcing through legislation that makes charter school contracts illegal while Māori educators seek to have their Waitangi Tribunal claim heard urgently, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Govt Abolishing Charters Which Would Solve Teacher Shortage
Tuesday, 16 October 2018, 5:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Tonight the Government is eradicating the Charter School model right when Charter Schools would solve their most urgent problem - teacher shortages,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour Challenges MPs to Put Kids First
Tuesday, 16 October 2018, 12:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has today challenged the Government to put kids and families before the Teachers Union. More >>
Govt's Commerce Amendment Bill an Invitation to Corruption
Tuesday, 16 October 2018, 12:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s Introduction of Market Studies via the Commerce Amendment Bill is a sad day for both the Government and the National Party,” according to ACT leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press Monday 15 October 2015
Tuesday, 16 October 2018, 8:44 am | ACT New Zealand
Noisy Neighbours We have no idea what is going on with our friends in the National Party but just some days we are glad not to have too big a caucus in ACT. We know lawyers and accountants charge like wounded bulls. Free Press hopes that investigating ... More >>
Valentyn Santhara Elected as Youth MP for Epsom
Sunday, 14 October 2018, 6:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader and MP for Epsom David Seymour congratulates Valentyn Santhara on being elected Youth MP for Epsom 2019. More >>
Speech: ACT - Raising the Quality of Political Debate
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 7:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
You only have to look at the recent issue of fuel prices to see how low quality our political debate is in New Zealand. Any politician who is vaguely in touch with the community will know that people are hurting. I spoke to a taxi driver this morning ... More >>
National Party Hypocrisy on Frivolous Waste
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The National Party’s support for today’s Taxpayers’ Union’s Inaugural Jonesie Awards smacks of hypocrisy at its finest," says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today’s awards hosted in Parliament by National Party MP Chris Penk saw three ... More >>
Nats Sell Out Substance for a Little Stardust
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 7:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
"ACT will continue to oppose the Child Poverty Reduction Bill despite National's change of heart becuase it is still the same bill," says ACT leader David Seymour More >>
Why Free Speech Matters
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 11:10 am | ACT New Zealand
Thank you to the Massey Politics Society for inviting me here today. You folks have weathered a storm for a very important cause, the right to be a thinking and valuing individual who can express their thoughts without intimidation by thugs and bullies. More >>
ACT Would Abolish Role of Human Rights Commissioner
Wednesday, 3 October 2018, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The announcement of Paul Hunt as Chief Human Rights Commissioner is the latest appointment to an unnecessary, overpaid, taxpayer-funded job,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Scrap First Year Fees-Free To Pay Teachers More
Wednesday, 3 October 2018, 10:50 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government could provide a decent pay rise for teachers by cutting the first year fees-free tertiary education policy and using it to pay teachers more,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
