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ACT Stands Alone Against Expansion of Entitlement Culture
Thursday, 9 November 2017, 8:22 am | ACT New Zealand
Tonight the ACT Party stood alone in Parliament voting 1-119 against The Government's Paid Parental Leave and Employment Protection amendment Bill. The Bill would raise the entitlement to Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks by 2020. More >>
Speech: Seymour - Address in Reply Debate
Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 5:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
I rise on behalf of the ACT Party in reply to the Governor General’s Speech. More >>
Hipkins Causes More Charter School Confusion
Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 1:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Education Minister Chris Hipkins has caused more confusion to Partnership Schools and their students by reinstating the Education (Charter Schools for Public Good Not Profit) Bill," says ACT Leader David Seymour." More >>
Free Press ACT’s regular bulletin
Monday, 6 November 2017, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
They're at it Again Remember the Electoral Finance Act? This assault on democracy was the Clark Government's epitaph (ACT's John Boscawen helped it into its grave with enormous Queen St Marches for Democracy). Well, the Labour party are attacking ... More >>
Struggling Minister Can't Get Story Straight
Sunday, 5 November 2017, 1:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Education Minister needs to take a deep breath and consult with people affected by his decisions before making conflicting statements that affect children's learning," says ACT leader David Seymour. More >>
Victorian Upper House Shows the Way on Assisted Dying
Sunday, 5 November 2017, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT "The State of Victoria is showing the way on Assisted Dying legislation," says ACT Leader David Seymour. "On Friday the State's Upper House voted 22-18 in favour of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017, a critical step in legalising ... More >>
Education Minister in Over His Head
Sunday, 5 November 2017, 12:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Education Minister Chris Hipkins is already in over his head," says ACT Leader David Seymour after the Minister sort-of cancelled four Partnership Schools who have been contracted to open in 14 months' time. More >>
Andrew Little Gives 8,759 Strike Offences a Clean Slate
Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
"Andrew Little has just created the evilest clean slate law. He's told the criminals responsible for 8,759 violent and sexual offences scheduled in the Sentencing Act that they can commit more crimes without facing longer sentences," says ACT ... More >>
Free Press, ACT’s regular bulletin
Tuesday, 31 October 2017, 8:26 am | ACT New Zealand
Slosh Slosh The Government went into the election with an $18 billion dollar surplus (over four years). The new government will spend it all and then some. Their promises mean they mostly have already. Balancing a budget without tax increases after free ... More >>
$18.5 Billion Surplus to New Taxes on Day One
Thursday, 26 October 2017, 12:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
Aucklanders will be wondering why they’re facing a new tax today when Treasury forecast a four-year surplus of $18.5 billion in its Pre Election Fiscal Update. More >>
Bauble-scramble begins three years of Big Government
Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 1:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s Big Government from day one as Jacinda Ardern increases the number of plum executive positions from 28 to 31,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Paranoid Peters braces for waka jumpers
Tuesday, 24 October 2017, 5:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
An unexpected crackdown on ‘waka jumping’ suggests the new Government is bracing for instability, says ACT Leader David Seymour More >>
ACT Free Press Bulletin - 23/10/2017
Tuesday, 24 October 2017, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
The new Prime Minister says capitalism has failed because there are too many children in poverty. She’s not just a little bit wrong, she is stating the opposite of the truth. There are children in poverty because the poor can’t get the things that ... More >>
New Zealand now threatened by madman on the loose
Thursday, 19 October 2017, 7:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With no hints on policy, and vague attacks on ‘capitalism’, New Zealanders now face a weak left-wing coalition beholden to a madman on the loose,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press. ACT’s regular bulletin
Monday, 16 October 2017, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
Why the Delay? The coalition talks are taking longer than Winston Peters promised. The media have slavishly built up Peters as Kingmaker for over a year. We thought he had leverage, too. But something’s wrong. He is flustered. He wanted to be more ... More >>
11 per cent mortgage rates again?
Thursday, 12 October 2017, 12:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders may pay a much higher price than they imagined if the last two times New Zealand First held the balance of power are any indication. More >>
ACT Leader David Seymour Offers Helpful Advice on Baubles
Tuesday, 10 October 2017, 9:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour is offering other parties some helpful advice on baubles: slash them. More >>
Free Press. ACT’s regular bulletin
Monday, 9 October 2017, 2:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
A Big Thank You This fortnight we are touring the country. Our members, supporters, candidates and donors who put so much into ACT’s campaign deserve thanks. By the numbers, we stood 41 candidates, delivered 580,000 addressed direct mail letters ... More >>
Free Press 9/10/17
Monday, 9 October 2017, 2:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
A Big Thank You This fortnight we are touring the country. Our members, supporters, candidates and donors who put so much into ACT’s campaign deserve thanks. By the numbers, we stood 41 candidates, delivered 580,000 addressed direct mail letters ... More >>
NZ First admits ACT foiled its Kiwisaver theft plans
Friday, 22 September 2017, 1:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
NZ First candidate Richard Prosser has admitted today that he and Winston Peters planned to privatise the assets of New Zealander’s Kiwisaver schemes, until their scheme was called out by ACT leader David Seymour. More >>
