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Does Simon Bridges believe in anything?
Monday, 11 June 2018, 9:09 am | ACT New Zealand
Another flip-flop from National on tax shows it can’t be trusted to stick up for Kiwi taxpayers, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Transparency needed on Zero Carbon Act costs
Thursday, 7 June 2018, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Government must be open and transparent with New Zealanders about the additional costs they will face under its proposed Zero Carbon Act, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Does Govt Know Cost of Zero Carbon Act?
Thursday, 7 June 2018, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government may have repeated its oil and gas debacle by signing up to a radical target without considering the consequences, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour supports Councillor's call
Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 5:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
Epsom MP David Seymour is backing local Councillor Desley’s Simpson’s call for a stop work on the replacement of railings on the Hobson Bay walkway. More >>
Kiwis Can’t Trust Nats on Stealth Tax Hikes
Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 3:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
National’s apparent u-turn on 'bracket creep' shows it can’t be trusted to stick up for taxpayers, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. Amy Adams tried to catch Grant Robertson out today when he appeared before the Finance and Expenditure Committee. ... More >>
Bolger appointment shows Labour and Nats indistinguishable
Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
The appointment of a former National Prime Minister to a Labour-led Government’s working group shows the parties have become virtually indistinguishable, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour defends vegan freedom
Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand
The idea that an organisation that wishes to hire a person with similar ethical beliefs could be ‘discriminatory’ is a nonsense, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Did Greens veto original oil and gas plan?
Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 1:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Emails released today by the Government show James Shaw may have vetoed the Government’s original plan for a moratorium on offshore oil and gas exploration, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Former student politicians ignore Cabinet rules
Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
The former student politicians running the Government have simply ignored the important principle that significant decisions should be decided collectively by Cabinet, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT the only principled party on Super
Monday, 4 June 2018, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf’s comments to Interest.co.nz that our superannuation age must rise vindicates ACT’s position on the issue, says Leader David Seymour. More >>
Auckland’s poor hit hardest by new tax
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 1:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Auckland’s poor hit hardest by new tax The poorest Aucklanders will be hurt the most by Phil Twyford’s new fuel tax, says ACT Leader David Seymour. Auckland Council today voted in favour of a regional fuel tax. “The Finance Minister doled out $40 ... More >>
Repeal of three strikes sends wrong message
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 11:44 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s decision to repeal the three strikes law sends the wrong message to the worst recidivist offenders, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “It is critical that our law sends a strong signal that serious repeat offending will not be tolerated. More >>
Head of welfare group makes basic factual errors
Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
The head of Labour's 'expert' group set up to review the welfare system needs to get up to speed quickly, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Partisan health review a joke
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s announcement that a review of the health system will be run by an advisor to the Prime Minister shows it is a completely partisan affair, says David Seymour. More >>
Millions in handouts for well-off Kiwis
Thursday, 24 May 2018, 8:22 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government is set to give away tens of millions in 'winter energy payments' to well-off older New Zealanders, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Almost 9 per cent of superannuitants earn over $60,000 a year – more than New Zealand’s median ... More >>
Seymour challenges Twyford to front up to residents
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 12:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Epsom MP David Seymour has today called on Housing Minister Phil Twyford to front up to Banff Avenue residents to discuss their concerns about a proposed five-storey housing development. More >>
ACT’s Free Press May 21
Monday, 21 May 2018, 8:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Politicians have a tendency to accuse others of their own worst faults. Finance Minister Grant Robertson in the Budget quoted Albert Einstein: " No problem can be solved by the same kind of thinking that created it." That is exactly ... More >>
No transformation in pillaging the taxpayer
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Grant Robertson’s first Budget uses 'transformation' as a buzzword but offers only to spend more of taxpayers’ money, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
How would a Bridges-led Govt be different?
Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 10:38 am | ACT New Zealand
"Simon Bridges has failed to make clear how a Government he leads would be different to the current occupants of the Beehive", ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
An offer charter schools couldn’t refuse
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 3:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Education Minister has made charter schools an offer they couldn’t refuse: ‘conform or be closed’. More >>
