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Funding policy to blame for Corelli school liquidation
Friday, 22 April 2016, 11:01 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has criticised the unfair playing field for private schools in response to the liquidation of Corelli International Academic School of the Arts. More >>
Free Press : ACT’s regular bulletin
Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Trudeau I As a conviction politician, Pierre Trudeau changed Canada. Mostly for the worse, but he did have some good convictions such as declaring that the ‘state has no place in the bedroom.’ More >>
Pay-as-you-go provisional tax a win for businesses
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 12:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
The move from provisional tax to a pay-as-you-go system is a significant forward step for New Zealand’s tax policy, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Kermadec Bill must respect all groups' fishing rights
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 12:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour is calling on National to respect property rights under the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill. More >>
National’s $2 billion tax theft shame
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 2:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
National will have taken an extra $2.1 billion from the taxpayer’s back pocket by the next election as inflation pushes Kiwis into higher tax brackets, according to new figures released by ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 9:07 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, Free Press reviews Labour and the teacher unions’ reflexive and self-interested opposition to Partnership Schools Kura Hourua. More >>
Partnership School debate welcomed
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 1:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour welcomes a debate on abolishing partnership schools, but has some questions for bill sponsor Chris Hipkins. “Has Chris Hipkins ever visited a partnership school?” asks Mr Seymour. More >>
Prudish alcohol laws must be revisited
Wednesday, 6 April 2016, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour today congratulated Paul Foster-Bell on the passage of his Private Member’s bill, with regret that it was necessary. More >>
National Party needs to get some guts on Kiwibank
Wednesday, 6 April 2016, 11:08 am | ACT New Zealand
“This odd in-house partial privatisation is just reshuffling deck chairs,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The New Zealand taxpayer will still bear all the risks of investing in a bank. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Monday, 4 April 2016, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party is all over the map this week, threatening to sabotage capitalism while capitalists are saving the planet. More >>
Parental leave changes a big win for pre-term parents
Friday, 1 April 2016, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand
Today changes to paid parental leave negotiated by ACT come into effect. Parents of pre-term babies will receive additional weekly payments for each week the baby is born before the end of the 37-week gestation period. More >>
Virgin Australia costing the NZ taxpayer $18 million
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour says reports that Virgin Australia is in dire financial straits are a concern for all New Zealand taxpayers. More >>
New rules will hurt more than they will help
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
Earthquake-prone buildings legislation will hurt regional New Zealand unless changes are made, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
Do you Want $200 or Not? Labour won the 1957 election with the promise of a hand out. The newspaper headlines asked “Do you want £100 or not?” Now the promise is adjusted for inflation at $200 every week. More >>
Free Press - March 22 2016
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Our Greatest Tragedy The Canterbury Earthquakes were New Zealand’s greatest natural disaster. 185 people died, thousands were injured, and the $40 billion repair bill made it the country’s most damaging natural disaster ever in dollar terms. More >>
Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill could be better - Seymour
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 1:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour says the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill must be reformed at future readings to make it fair and effective. More >>
Free Press: March 14th
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand
Free Press ACT’s regular bulletin A Thought Experiment Rest assured, general raconteuring will be back. But this week Free Press ponders a parallel world where MMP was introduced straight after the Muldoon Government and before the free market reforms of the '80s ... More >>
Free Press: March 7th
Monday, 7 March 2016, 5:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
Poor Taxpayer It seems like another age when political debate last gave the taxpayer a look in. We’re supposed to be grateful we got through the Great Financial Crisis and the Canterbury Earthquakes, but the economic logic of lower flatter taxes hasn’t ... More >>
Seymour calls on Government to remove iwi tax exemption
Monday, 7 March 2016, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has congratulated Go Bus for their significant contract win, picking up four South Auckland public transport contracts. More >>
Seymour assists Collins with reading the law
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has written to the office of Judith Collins reminding her that she is not above the law. More >>
