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Everybody take a deep breath
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 12:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has opened the door to adding the Red Peak flag to the options for the flag referendum,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Andrew Little intends to table a Bill adding Red Peak to the list of options, but wants to change the structure ... More >>
Free Thoughts - The Flag Referendum and Red Peak
Monday, 14 September 2015, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
The first round of the flag referendum is almost upon us, and at last there is some genuine interest in the process. But the flag generating all the interest is not on the shortlist. More >>
Successful talks bring fairer PPL to pre-term babies
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Successful talks between ACT Leader David Seymour and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse have yielded extended paid parental leave for parents of pre-term babies. More >>
Free Press ACT’s regular bulletin
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
As reported last week, Maori electorate Labour MPs Kelvin Davis and Peeni Henare broke ranks to attend a Partnership School fundraiser. We call them real Labour MPs because they side with former Education Minister and Prime Minister Peter Fraser’s ... More >>
Free Press: Popular Measure Passes
Monday, 31 August 2015, 4:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
Popular Measure Passes ACT’s Bill to extend pub and club licensing hours has passed into law in time for the Rugby World Cup. Parliament voted for the Bill five-votes-to-one so that people will be able to watch the rugby when games (held in the UK) fall outside ... More >>
Auckland Council must stop coveting neighbours’ assets
Friday, 28 August 2015, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It is incredibly arrogant, even by their standards, for Auckland Council to include the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust in its asset review as a ‘potential’ asset,” says Epsom MP David Seymour. More >>
Nanny state retreats
Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 12:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour will bring his Rugby World Cup Bill back to Parliament this afternoon, and expects it to pass into law today. More >>
Free Press 24/8/15
Monday, 24 August 2015, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party have jumped all over suggestions that Destiny Church will make a third application to operate a Partnership School after two failed attempts. The Greens have always been the most authoritarian party, knowing a right way to live ... More >>
Avoid another Solid Energy – sell Landcorp farms now
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
Landcorp’s dismal performance shows that the government should wind down the company’s asset base, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press - August 18 2015
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
Last week the Government announced a new round of Partnership School applications. Interested parties who would like to run a Partnership School have until October 30 to submit their proposal for running a new school. They should have an innovative ... More >>
Solid Energy – lessons unlearnt
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand should learn from the Solid Energy fiasco, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT successfully introduces RWC Bill
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has welcomed the Green Party’s swift turnaround on his Rugby World Cup opening hours Bill. More >>
Greens urged to let Parliament decide on RWC Bill
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 12:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Greens have been given a second chance to allow Parliament to consider a Bill relaxing venue opening restrictions during Rugby World Cup games. ACT Leader David Seymour will reintroduce his Bill to the House today. More >>
Green Party poopers
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 2:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour’s Bill allowing bars to open at extended hours for 2015 Rugby World Cup games has been undermined by the Green Party, before the chance for any debate. More >>
Free Thoughts - Celebrating the communal
Monday, 10 August 2015, 2:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is known for its celebration of free markets and the freedom of individuals, both economically and socially. More >>
PPTA doesn’t understand who employs teachers
Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 12:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
The case of the trainee teacher caught in the political campaigning of the PPTA is a national disgrace, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Teachers with a conscience should leave PPTA
Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 11:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“The PPTA’s blacklisting of a student teacher because he taught briefly at a Whangarei Partnership School is a shameful abuse of union power and teachers with a conscience should leave the union,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT welcomes NZ First to Superannuation debate
Monday, 3 August 2015, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour is delighted to read of MP Denis O’Rourke’s concern over ‘the demographic realities of an increasingly ageing and mobile New Zealand population’. More >>
World Cup audiences shouldn’t be stuck at home
Friday, 31 July 2015, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour intends to introduce a Bill to let people watch the 2015 Rugby World Cup in bars and function rooms. More >>
New catchphrase won’t soothe rate pain
Thursday, 30 July 2015, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader and Epsom MP David Seymour does not share Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development’s enthusiasm for a revamp of Auckland’s “global brand”. More >>
