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“Watershed Moment” A Greenwashing PR Stunt
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 6:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins’ self-proclaimed “watershed moment” has turned out to instead be him being outsmarted by a global corporation’s greenwashing PR strategy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stuff reports that the fund manager who launched ... More >>
ACT Will Bring Once In A Generation Change To RMA
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 5:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour is wasting Kiwis’ time and taxes urgently trying to pass RMA legislation that ACT will repeal as soon as the Government changes,” says ACT’s Environment spokesperson Simon Court. “ Labour’s RMA re-tread commits all the same mistakes ... More >>
OCR Flat But Mortgagees Suffering
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Adrian Orr’s announcement that the OCR remains stable offers little relief to first home buyers. New Zealand has the fifth highest mortgage rates in the OECD and the average first home buyer in Auckland repricing a 2-year fixed rate is facing ... More >>
Public Service Disappointment Shows Real Change Needed
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 11:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s Taxpayers Union poll reported in The Post reveals that even Labour’s own supporters think government services have got worse during their time in office,” says ACT leader David Seymour. “The poll shows that 70% of voters think the health ... More >>
GDT Drop Adds To Farmers’ Labour Pains
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government might not control the Chinese economy and global milk price, but it can control the regulations and red tape it is imposing on farmers. ACT says it is now more urgent than ever to remove these needless costs,” says ACT’s Primary ... More >>
Stopping The Slide – Reinstating Partnership Schools
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 9:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour promised to put kindness back at the heart of government. But they scrapped an innovative education model that was engaging disadvantaged children underserved by the state system to appease middle-class unionists in Wellington. ACT will reinstate ... More >>
PM Says Asking About Racial Division Is Racist
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Somehow, according to Chris Hipkins it is racist to even ask questions about government policy that divides public services by race. He should ask himself: Is raising questions about healthcare divided by race the problem, or is the policy?” ... More >>
ACT Supports The Flexible And Responsible Option For Paid Parental Leave
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 12:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s paid parental leave policy is a clear downgrade from the flexible and responsible option of letting parents share the existing 26 weeks. Predictably enough, Labour wants to give you more tax and less choice,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Stopping The Slide – Building Health Infrastructure
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 12:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The running down of New Zealand’s health infrastructure has been decades in the making. The next Government will need to bring Real Change to how we build hospitals to ensure New Zealand is equipped to serve a growing population,” says ACT Deputy ... More >>
Labour Finally Catches Up With Rest Of World
Monday, 14 August 2023, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Exactly two months before Election Day, the Prime Minister has decided New Zealanders can leave the giant creche for adults where his Government had been treating us all like children,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s now a full 10 months since ... More >>
What Is “processed”? The Boondoggle Robertson Warned About
Monday, 14 August 2023, 12:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Working out what counts as ‘processed’ fruit and vegetables for the purposes of GST exemptions is the boondoggle Grant Robertson warned us about – but the policy will be a boon for the bureaucrats who administer it and the lawyers who argue about ... More >>
57 Cents A Week – How Much You’ll Benefit From GST Cut
Monday, 14 August 2023, 12:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s own Tax Working Group led by former Finance Minister Michael Cullen showed that only 30 per cent of the benefit from removing GST from fruit and vegetables will be passed through to consumers in the form of lower prices, with supermarkets ... More >>
Stopping The Slide – Ending Truancy
Monday, 14 August 2023, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“Every day this week ACT will highlight how to stop the slide and raise standards in health and education. Beginning with a range of solutions to deal with New Zealand’s truancy crisis, including consequences for parents and schools,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
Labour Announces Waste Will Continue
Sunday, 13 August 2023, 8:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Over six Budgets, Labour has increased the Government’s annual tax take by $43 billion, annual spending by $50 billion, and borrowed a net $121 billion. Today they confirmed that disastrous trajectory will continue with a so-called tax policy ... More >>
Hipkins Massive Own Goal On GST
Sunday, 13 August 2023, 8:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“In criticising income tax cuts today, Chris Hipkins has taken down his own GST policy with a huge own goal”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Hipkins said today of income tax cuts: ‘If I’m going to target support, I’d rather give it to ... More >>
Labour’s Visionless, Poll Driven Gimmick Policy Sets Election Tone
Sunday, 13 August 2023, 6:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour going all in on GST meddling sets up an election between parties with serious ideas to improve economic policy, and parties with vote buying gimmicks who are also the ones that got us into this mess,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s ... More >>
HRC Doesn't Need Two CEOs, It Needs To Go
Saturday, 12 August 2023, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“A vote for ACT is a vote to abolish self-serving, taxpayer-funded bureaucracies that don’t deliver for New Zealanders. The latest example? The Human Rights Commission offering $286,900 so they can have a second Chief Executive for the sake of ethnicity,” ... More >>
Let’s Close The Australia Pay Gap
Friday, 11 August 2023, 9:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“If Labour was serious about pay gaps it would set its sights on the massive gap between New Zealand and Australian workers – it won’t because it’s focused on dividing the economic pie, not growing it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Compared ... More >>
Farmer Confidence Buried In Red Tape
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 12:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Is it any wonder farmer confidence is so low? Labour has layered the red tape and costs on so thick farmers now must hire outside consultants to explain how they’re incorporating the treaty into their farming practice. ACT says let farmers do what ... More >>
Ensuring Sentences Fit The Crime
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 6:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“Being nice to criminals hasn’t worked. New Zealand’s justice system needs to start putting victims first, which means ensuring appropriate sentences for offenders that will keep communities safe,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “People are ... More >>
