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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 >>
Seymour challenges writer to visit a Partnership School
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour is challenging the author of the Dominion Post ’s editorial Unfair bias to charter schools to identify themselves and actually visit Partnership Schools Kura Hourua. More >>
