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Only ACT says ‘NO’ to Winston
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 10:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT was the only party to oppose Winston Peters’ appointment to the Security and Intelligence Committee this morning. More >>
ACT pays tribute to Sir Douglas Myers
Monday, 10 April 2017, 12:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Sir Douglas championed a New Zealand that engages and competes with the rest of the world, and becomes richer for it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Steven Joyce calls your tax bill a ‘dividend’
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Steven Joyce has today boasted of taking a $3.5 billion more tax in the first eight months of this year compared to last,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
We need 500,000 houses, Nick Smith’s reforms aren’t helping
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 12:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
RMA reforms set to pass today will do nothing to address New Zealand’s housing shortfall of 500,000, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 3:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
National Disappointment This week, National is working with the Māori Party to pass weak reforms to the Resource Management Act, adding bureaucracy and pandering to iwi interests. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
National Disappointment This week, National is working with the Māori Party to pass weak reforms to the Resource Management Act, adding bureaucracy and pandering to iwi interests. More >>
RMA reform gets worse… again!
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 5:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Just as ACT warned last month , the National-Maori Party RMA deal has got even worse, reaching a botched compromise on genetic modification. More >>
Ayaan Hirsi Ali should feel welcome in New Zealand
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour is deeply saddened that Ayaan Hirsi Ali feels unable to come to New Zealand and Australia due to threats of violence, as reported this afternoon in Australian media. More >>
Government adopts ACT vape policy
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has welcomed the Government’s decision to legalise nicotine e-liquid without excise tax. More >>
Productivity Commission endorses ACT’s plan to build houses
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 12:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Productivity Commission has endorsed housing affordability policies ACT outlined in January , says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Productivity Commission endorses ACT’s plan for housing
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 11:12 am | ACT New Zealand
The Productivity Commission has endorsed housing affordability policies ACT outlined in January , says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 9:56 am | ACT New Zealand
David Seymour spoke at ACT’s Lower North Island conference in Palmerston North this weekend. His message? Intergenerational politics is not about proving one generation is more thrifty/hard done by/has a better work ethic than the other, but a question ... More >>
Free Press:ACT’s regular bulletin
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
David Seymour spoke at ACT’s Lower North Island conference in Palmerston North this weekend. His message? Intergenerational politics is not about proving one generation is more thrifty/hard done by/has a better work ethic than the other, but a question ... More >>
Why is National increasing taxes?
Monday, 27 March 2017, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
Forget Bill English’s tax cut tease: National continues to raise tax by stealth using bracket creep, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
National betrays supporters by letting Māori Party rewrite RMA
Friday, 24 March 2017, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
National Party supporters will be incensed to see how Nick Smith’s deal with the Māori Party grants iwi new rights to interfere with resource consent applications. More >>
National says ‘NO’ to effective RMA reform
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 3:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Just hours after ACT and UnitedFuture offered the government a way out of the Māori Party’s chokehold, National has rushed into ill-advised and unpopular changes to the RMA. More >>
Green Party practical joke on millennials voted down
Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 5:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is glad to see a stunt bill by the Green Party rejected by parliament,” says ACT Leader David Seymour, “Perhaps now we can focus on the real issues that have put housing out of reach for young New Zealanders.” More >>
ACT pays tribute to John Key
Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has paid tribute to former Prime Minister John Key on the day he is set to deliver his valedictory speech. More >>
National, NZ First crush FinTech innovation
Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
National is suffocating the emergence of a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry in New Zealand, says ACT Leader David Seymour. National last night voted to continue treating P2P lending platforms as though they are traditional lenders. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Tuesday, 21 March 2017, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand
RMA Schemozzle Continues The Resource Management Legislation has hit the wall, with the Māori Party severely overplaying their hand. More >>
