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Regulation is the problem – not Uber
Tuesday, 9 August 2016, 1:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s standoff with Uber shows we need to simplify transport regulations, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Greens’ private healthcare ban is dangerous (and mad)
Tuesday, 9 August 2016, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party’s idea of abolishing private healthcare shows the Green Party is as kooky as ever, says ACT Leader David Seymour, the only MP to have lived in a country where private healthcare is banned. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Monday, 8 August 2016, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
David vs Jacinda In this week’s Sunday-Star Times shoot out, David argues that government as regulator moves too slow for people to take advantage of technological advances, citing Uber, e-cigarettes, and AirBnB as technologies that have caught ... More >>
Government must consider open-source software
Monday, 8 August 2016, 8:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour today called on the Government to take a new approach in its software procurement policies, allowing substantial savings to the taxpayer. More >>
E-cigs must not be used as a cash grab
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 10:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour welcomes moves toward legalising nicotine e-cigarettes, but says the government must pledge not to put excise taxes on the products. More >>
Free Press:ACT’s regular bulletin August 1 2016
Monday, 1 August 2016, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
Coming to Christchurch If you have been missing ACT events in Christchurch this year, fear not. David Seymour will address a gathering of ACT supporters and ACT-curious Cantabrians at Procope, 165 Victoria St, 7pm this Thursday August 4th . More >>
Councillors must approve 400,000 homes
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Auckland Councillors must approve the proposed Unitary Plan’s goal of allowing 422,000 dwellings in the next 30 years, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Auckland Council must step up or step aside
Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 4:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
All eyes will be on Auckland Council tomorrow as they respond to the Independent Hearings Panel’s proposed Unitary Plan, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT welcomes National adopting ACT policy
Monday, 25 July 2016, 4:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
While it is light on specifics, ACT is glad that John Key’s conservation proposal draws heavily on ACT’s Sanctuary Trust policy , launched in February, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press 25/7/16
Monday, 25 July 2016, 3:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
David vs Jacinda This week David Seymour takes aim at the teacher unions’ bullying tactics, and Jacinda Ardern is a pyromaniac in a field of strawmen. The full Sunday Star Column is here . The Labour Party need to show they are capable of criticising ... More >>
Cannabis debate must consider social impacts
Wednesday, 20 July 2016, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Research on cannabis law reform must measure social impacts, says ACT Leader David Seymour in response to a Treasury note estimating cannabis law enforcement plus lost tax revenue costs $550 million. More >>
Reserve Bank action an indictment of Govt
Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 3:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
New restrictions on lending announced by the Reserve Bank show how dysfunctional housing supply has become, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Monday, 18 July 2016, 1:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Jennings for PM Expat Kiwi billionaire Stephen Jennings made $5 billion as the only non-Russian oligarch in post-Soviet Russia. Now he has a more ambitious plan to transform Africa as an urban developer, creating modern satellite cities for 70,000 people ... More >>
Newmarket school building funds welcome –Seymour
Monday, 18 July 2016, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
Epsom MP David Seymour has welcomed Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye’s commitment to building eight new classrooms at Newmarket Primary. More >>
Free Press ACT’s regular bulletin
Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Tête-à-tête In the Sunday Star this weekend , David argued: "The message would be simple. If you want to have children while receiving a benefit that's fine, but the Government will give entitlements in a form that puts the needs of the children ... More >>
Free Press 5/7/16
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 3:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ‘Others’ In the cult television series Lost , the characters are tormented by the ‘others.’ Parliament recently has felt a bit like that with the Keep Kiwibank Bill, Foreign Homebuyer Bill, Panama Papers and even Tobacco Plain Packaging debates ... More >>
Government fails to build houses – and who’s surprised?
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 11:12 am | ACT New Zealand
Government home-building projects are running up against the same problems as private developments, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT calls on Greens to abandon outdated GMO policy
Monday, 4 July 2016, 10:38 am | ACT New Zealand
As over 100 Nobel Laureates call on Greenpeace to abandon its outdated position on genetic modification, ACT is calling on New Zealand Green MPs to do the same. More >>
National's paper tiger housing policy
Sunday, 3 July 2016, 8:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“National’s policy is designed to get the number $1 billion in the headlines, but it will not actually affect the housing market at all because councils still have to pay the money back,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour to host community meeting on crime
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 12:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“At residents' request, I am hosting a community meeting on what can be done about a series of violent incidents in and around Remuera and Greenlane interchange,” says Epsom MP David Seymour. More >>
