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Banks Backs Convention Centre For Auckland
Monday, 13 May 2013, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Sky City Convention Centre proposal is a good deal for taxpayers and Auckland ratepayers and has my support, ACT Leader John Banks said today. More >>
Ellie Bishop Chosen as the Epsom Youth MP
Friday, 3 May 2013, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader and MP for Epsom, John Banks, today announced Ellie Bishop as his Epsom Youth MP for the 2013 Youth Parliament. Ellie, 17, is a student at Epsom Girls Grammar. Mr Banks says he chose Ellie for her get-up-and-go attitude and her drive to succeed. More >>
ACT Pays Tribute To Parekura Horomia
Monday, 29 April 2013, 6:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Pays Tribute To Parekura Horomia Press Release by ACT Leader John Banks Monday, April 29 2013 More >>
ACT’s Three Strikes Legislation Working Exactly As Intended
Monday, 29 April 2013, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party President John Boscawen says ACT’s Three Strikes legislation is working exactly as intended and he is pleased that Justice Minister Judith Collins agrees. More >>
ETS Admission Piles Contradiction on Contradiction
Monday, 22 April 2013, 5:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour Finance Spokesman David Parker’s neat and succinct criticism of Labour's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) piles contradiction on contradiction, ACT Party President & ETS Spokesman John Boscawen said today. More >>
Labour and Greens hypocritical over power prices
Sunday, 21 April 2013, 3:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour/Green’s scheme to nationalise the electricity sector because they ‘care’ about power prices is hypocritical when they were responsible for introducing an Emissions Trading Scheme which pushed up the price of power. More >>
$670m black hole in the Labour/Green’s electricitity plan
Friday, 19 April 2013, 1:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader John Banks today called on the Labour and Green parties to ‘please explain’ the $670 black hole in their plan to nationalise the electricity sector. “These parties claim their plan will reduce household electricity bills by up to $750 million ... More >>
Labour and Greens Return to Muldoonism
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 3:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour and the Green’s power policy, announced today, is nothing more than a return to the failed Muldoon price-control policies of the past and shows they are bereft of ideas, ACT Leader John Banks said today. More >>
Speech: John Banks on Voting For Marriage Amendment Bill
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 8:41 am | ACT New Zealand
Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill - Third Reading Speech by ACT Leader John Banks Wednesday, April 17 2013 More >>
Parker’s ignorance of Labour’s economic record remarkable
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 6:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour’s David Parker has shown remarkable ignorance of his own Government’s poor economic record with his claim today that a current account deficit of 7% puts New Zealand’s economy in a ‘danger zone’, ACT Leader John Banks said today More >>
Taxes are what we pay for an impoverished society
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 10:11 am | ACT New Zealand
Seminar by the Ludwig von Mises Institute's Joseph Salerno 6pm, Friday, April 19 2013 More >>
Introduce a 20 per cent tax for everyone, not just exporters
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand First’s policy to offer a lower tax rate of 20 per cent to exporters only is a half-baked idea best fed to the dog, ACT Leader John Banks said today. More >>
Govt should not play Rio Tinto’s bidding game
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 12:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party is fundamentally opposed to corporate welfare and does not want any subsidies given to Rio Tinto to keep the Bluff smelter operating, ACT Leader John Banks said today. More >>
Landcorp Should Be Included In Govt Asset Sales Program
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Primary Industry Spokesman Robin Grieve today called on the Government to include state farming company Landcorp in its assets sales program amid concerns the State Owned Enterprise received special treatment by the Government ... More >>
More Questions Raised About Zespri's Operations
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 10:03 am | ACT New Zealand
More Questions Raised About Zespri's Operations Press Release by ACT New Zealand Primary Industries Spokesman Don Nicolson Tuesday, April 2 2013 More >>
Civilian Hits The Big Time; Confuses Journalist
Thursday, 28 March 2013, 8:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT President John Boscawen today welcomed the establishment of the satirical online newspaper The Civilian, New Zealand’s answer to The Onion. More >>
ACT Calls For An End To Zespri Export Monopoly
Monday, 25 March 2013, 12:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Calls For An End To Zespri Export Monopoly Press Release by ACT New Zealand Primary Industries Spokesman Don Nicolson Monday, March 25 2013 More >>
Personal tax reductions most effective option: IRD, Treasury
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 4:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader John Banks today welcomed the release today of an IRD and Treasury paper that found that personal income tax reductions would be the most effective tax measure for boosting economic welfare. More >>
Could David Shearer Really Be This Financially Incompetent?
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 1:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour Leader David Shearer’s memory lapse has not only revealed his double standards but also his poor financial skills, ACT Leader John Banks said today. “Mr Shearer remembered to declare his more than $50,000 to the IRD but ‘forgot’ to declare ... More >>
Shearer’s Hypocrisy Staggering
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
Shearer’s Hypocrisy Staggering Press Release by ACT Leader John Banks Tuesday, March 19 2013 More >>
