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ACT welcomes rejection of daft firearm proposals
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 12:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s a relief to see the Police Minister reject 12 of the Law and Order select committee’s daft firearm proposals,” says Mr Seymour. “The full list of proposals went far beyond targeting illegal gun possession, and would have punished responsible ... More >>
ACT unveils rural platform at Fieldays
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 9:51 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour will present ACT’s rural platform for the 2017 election at Fieldays today. More >>
Mayoral Housing Taskforce adopts three ACT policies
Tuesday, 13 June 2017, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Phil Goff’s Mayoral Housing Taskforce has adopted three of the ideas ACT laid out in our January State of the Nation address,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Ignore the mythmakers – silent majority backs assisted dying
Friday, 9 June 2017, 12:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Assisted dying has the clear support of a strong majority of New Zealanders. And it will also have the support of the majority of MPs – so long as the silent majority speaks up,” says End of Life Choice Bill sponsor David Seymour. More >>
Campaign to legalise assisted dying begins now
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 12:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
The End of Life Choice Bill has been drawn from Parliament’s ballot More >>
People living illegally in office buildings: No surprise
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
Sadly, it’s no surprise that people are choosing to live in illegally converted office blocks – it’s the inevitable result of a housing shortage, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Homebuilding shortfall overshadows election
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
A Property Institute survey released today shows the consequences of our dire homebuilding rate, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Government must not turn motorists into cash cows
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 10:38 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT welcomes the Government’s commitment to revenue-neutral road pricing in Auckland, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT's Free Press
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 9:52 am | ACT New Zealand
A Well Deserved Honour Michael “Iceman” Jones was an outstanding flanker and World Cup winning All Black. More recently he’s thrown his weight behind Partnership Schools, specifically the Pacific Advance Senior School in South Auckland. PASS is ... More >>
Coleman must commit on IORT
Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Health Minister Jonathan Coleman must say what international studies he is waiting on and what he’d need to see from them before introducing Intraoperative Radiotherapy Treatment to New Zealand’s public healthcare system,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 4:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Michael “Iceman” Jones was an outstanding flanker and World Cup winning All Black. More recently he’s thrown his weight behind Partnership Schools, specifically the Pacific Advance Senior School in South Auckland. PASS is innovative and making fantastic ... More >>
Let’s make traffic jams extinct
Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 12:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
Proposed road pricing should be world-leading, revenue neutral, and implemented soon, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Paula and Nicky need to have a chat about tobacco crime
Friday, 2 June 2017, 1:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
It’s not too late for the Government to restore its credibility on tobacco crime, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
National nabs ACT’s dairy security proposal
Wednesday, 31 May 2017, 9:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
National’s adoption of ACT’s proposal to allocate tobacco tax revenue toward shop security is welcome but goes nowhere near far enough, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT will bring back the birdsong
Wednesday, 31 May 2017, 5:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has joined the Environment Commissioner’s call to save our native birds, and has proposed a policy to do just that. More >>
Students’ borrowing limit must catch up
Wednesday, 31 May 2017, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
A short term measure to take pressure off desperate students would be to simply increase their weekly borrowing limit, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
We’re in a tax war, Bill
Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 11:59 am | ACT New Zealand
The fact that company tax cuts are not a ‘panacea’ is no excuse to abandon the idea, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press Budget Special
Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 9:00 am | ACT New Zealand
Red and blue mix to make purple, and this budget is a mixture of Labour and National policy, mainly Labour. Nikita Khrushchev said ‘your grandchildren will live under communism.’ Michael Cullen didn’t have to wait two generations, only three terms ... More >>
Free Press - Budget Special
Monday, 29 May 2017, 4:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT’s regular bulletin A Purple Budget Red and blue mix to make purple, and this budget is a mixture of Labour and National policy, mainly Labour. Nikita Khrushchev said ‘your grandchildren will live under communism.’ Michael Cullen didn’t ... More >>
$360 million better spent on fidget spinners
Monday, 29 May 2017, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government shouldn’t require advice from officials to realise pumping $360 million of taxpayer money a year into the rental market will drive up prices, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
