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StuffME decision highlights out-of-touch bureaucracy
Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 10:06 am | ACT New Zealand
The rejection of the NZME/Fairfax merger is a denial of modern media realities, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Winston Peters’ Pike River conduct is disgraceful
Tuesday, 2 May 2017, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Winston Peters is exploiting New Zealanders’ grief,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Monday, 1 May 2017, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Stands Alone on Tax ACT understands the real reason for the delay in Labour’s list announcement: they’re trying to make room for Steven Joyce. Joyce has joined the socialists by ruling out tax cuts. He is not even sure about bracket adjustments, ... More >>
Building consents should mean local infrastructure funding
Friday, 28 April 2017, 12:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT would allow local councils to collect an extra $150 million for infrastructure based on March’s consenting figures, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Government debt targets ignore private debt
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
New public debt targets should be balanced with tax cuts to address private debt, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Trump tax cuts a wake-up call for NZ
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 12:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
Steven Joyce ought to be paying close attention to President Trump’s proposed tax cuts, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Winston Peters is an old-fashioned racist
Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has responded to Winston Peters’ decision to bring journalists’ race into the immigration debate: More >>
Immigration tinkering is hopeless – focus on building
Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
New immigration figures show that politicians should focus on actually getting houses and infrastructure built, instead of making farcical immigration promises, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
Lest we Forget Free Press salutes those who fought and died far from home to secure our freedom this week. They will not be forgotten. More >>
Woodhouse Buying Time in Akbari Case Not Good Enough
Monday, 24 April 2017, 8:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
David Seymour welcomes Michael Woodhouse’s suspending Immigration New Zealand’s discretion to protect those with residence visas who commit criminal offences from deportation. More >>
Break the impasse on Auckland Infrastructure
Monday, 24 April 2017, 11:21 am | ACT New Zealand
“Aucklanders cannot afford to keep losing years of infrastructure development to fights between Steven Joyce and Phil Goff,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government and the Council need to do a funding for focus deal where the Council ... More >>
Public interest outweighs privacy in Ali Akbari case
Monday, 24 April 2017, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
“The non deportation of twice-convicted sex offender Sultan Ali Abdul Ali Akbari must be explained to maintain public confidence in our immigration system,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Surplus-drunk National are spending like sailors
Sunday, 23 April 2017, 6:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
A centre-right Government shouldn't boast about throwing $53 million at a Spanish business expo, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour responds to aided suicide case
Friday, 21 April 2017, 4:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
End of Life Choice Bill sponsor David Seymour has responded to reports of a woman charged with aiding a suicide . More >>
Anti-immigration arguments keep getting more farcical
Friday, 21 April 2017, 12:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“By attempting to get tough on immigration, National has sparked a populist bidding war in which facts are completely ignored,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Bolger should apologise for RMA, not neo-liberalism
Friday, 21 April 2017, 10:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“It is with great sorrow that we hear former Prime Minister Jim Bolger is now parroting online social justice warriors, complaining about ‘neo-liberalism’,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Rising CPI means we need houses more than ever
Thursday, 20 April 2017, 1:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
Stats NZ’s report today that consumer price index inflation is at 2.2 per cent should worry first home buyers, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Immigration restrictions miss the point, twice
Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 12:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour says new immigration restrictions target the wrong people and show the government is getting desperate about housing. More >>
Ignore the OECD – New Zealanders are overtaxed
Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 2:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand needs to do better than compete with OECD countries on tax rates, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour welcomes credit union reforms
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 1:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has welcomed Stuart Smith’s Friendly Societies and Credit Unions (Regulatory Improvements) Amendment Bill, drawn from the members’ ballot today. More >>
