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Surplus shows no excuse for stealth tax hikes
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 12:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government’s return to surplus means it can no longer justify relying on bracket creep to inflate revenue, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Seymour lodges assisted dying Bill
Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
David Seymour, MP for Epsom, has lodged a Bill on assisted dying in Parliament’s Members’ ballot today. More >>
Free Press October 12 2015
Monday, 12 October 2015, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
We Picked It Dakang have pulled out of an Overseas Investment Office application to buy $42 million of dairy farms in Northland. The most capital-starved region in the country just lost $42 million. No amount of government programs in Northland ... More >>
ACT welcomes important progress for our trading nation
Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour welcomed New Zealand’s signing of the TPP agreement, freeing up trade amongst the twelve signatory countries across Asia and the Pacific. More >>
Free Press 5/10/15
Monday, 5 October 2015, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Google vs the PPTA The PPTA teachers’ union has held its annual conference with the usual combative ‘70s trade union style rhetoric. We needn’t repeat it here because it is predictable enough: life and death struggle, good and evil, et cetera. ... More >>
New ocean sanctuary welcome, but compensation important
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 1:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader David Seymour has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of an Ocean Sanctuary in the Kermadec region, but says the government must consider the costs imposed on private businesses. More >>
Free Press
Monday, 28 September 2015, 12:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Stating Our Values Serial migrator Oliver Hartwich of the New Zealand Initiative has lived in Germany, England, Australia and New Zealand. He observes that all countries put migrants through the wringer with endless forms before they can become residents ... More >>
Red Peak inclusion may help rescue referendum
Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 4:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
Red Peak’s inclusion in the flag referendum may help save the referendum process, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Free Press 21/9/15
Monday, 21 September 2015, 4:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders Watch Rugby at Pub – World Keeps Turning The first few games have been watched in pubs across the country. It turns out New Zealanders are not a nation of irresponsible orangutans after all. We’re thoroughly decent people who know ... More >>
Come on Labour, step up to the plate
Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 5:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Prime Minister has given Labour the chance to have the Red Peak flag added to the flag shortlist, which over 50,000 people want," says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
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 >>
