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Brash Delivers First Major Campaign Speech
Sunday, 14 August 2011, 12:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
In a major speech in Christchurch this afternoon, ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash said the issue confronting New Zealanders at the November election is not Left vs Right but Down vs Up. More >>
Speech - Brash: A Time For Choice
Sunday, 14 August 2011, 12:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Embargoed until 12.00pm Sunday 14 August 2011 A TIME FOR CHOICE An address to the ACT Upper South 2011 Regional Conference by Don Brash Leader of ACT New Zealand 14 August 2011 2 On November 26 this year, New Zealanders face a choice. That choice ... More >>
Government Defying Reality on Retirement Age
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Leader John Boscawen today condemned National’s refusal to raise the retirement age as a political gamble that would impoverish youth. In Question Time this afternoon, I asked Finance Minister Bill English whether the decision ... More >>
Bad Policy The Real Issue For Milk Industry
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Agriculture Spokesman Hilary Calvert today announced ACT’s support for a Select Committee inquiry into the price of milk but stressed that the priority should be getting rid of bad government policies that drive up costs. More >>
US Downgrade a Wake-Up Call for NZ Govt, Says Brash
Monday, 8 August 2011, 4:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
The only thing surprising about the US credit downgrade is that markets seem to be surprised by it, says ACT New Zealand leader Don Brash. New Zealand stocks have tumbled to an 11-month low today in the wake of the weekend downgrade of America's credit ... More >>
Government Ignoring Advice On Retirement Age
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 5:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Spokesman Hon Heather Roy today condemned Finance Minister Bill English for continuing his Government’s refusal to even consider raising the retirement age beyond 65 and ignoring, even ridiculing, the advice of several experts who are ... More >>
New Zealand Still Being Misled Over ETS
Monday, 1 August 2011, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Leader and Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today accused the Government of continuing to mislead the New Zealand public over the effects of the Emissions Trading Scheme as it released the scheme’s first annual report ... More >>
Bribing Politicians' Chickens Come Home to Roost
Sunday, 31 July 2011, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash says an article on today's Stuff.co.nz headed "Pre-teens dream of kids and dole" is an indictment of the entitlement mentality and generations of politicians who have created and pandered to it. More >>
Brain Drain a No-Brainer - Brash
Friday, 29 July 2011, 11:10 am | ACT New Zealand
A new poll showing one in eight New Zealanders is thinking of leaving the country permanently, including one in five 18-30-year-olds, is as unsurprising as it is saddening, says ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash. More >>
Greens Are Yellow Says Brash
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 1:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party's characteristic self-righteous certainty seems to have abandoned it in the face of a potentially devastating challenge from a formidable opponent, says ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash. He's referring to the Greens' refusal to ... More >>
ACT Supports Kohanga Reo Campaign
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 4:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman John Boscawen today offered ACT’s support to the Kohanga Reo Early Childhood Education campaign, stating that it is ridiculous to make cuts to their funding simply because Kohanga Reo teachers don’t have a ... More >>
More Taxi Regulation Not The Answer
Monday, 25 July 2011, 6:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The taxi industry compulsory safety measures – in force from August 1 2011 - are a prime example of the type of stupid, ill-thought out regulation that hurts our economy, driving up prices and forcing companies out of the market, ACT Transport ... More >>
Goff Wrong: Capital Gains Taxes Do Not Change House Prices
Thursday, 21 July 2011, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Phil Goff’s claims that a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) would prevent property speculation and fix housing affordability are wrong, ACT New Zealand Housing Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>
New Zealand Institute Fails Youth - Brash
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's offering from the New Zealand Institute, self-described as its "first discussion paper focused on social wellbeing," is a missed opportunity to tackle the real drivers of youth underachievement, according to ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash. More >>
Apirana And ACT: Real Solutions To Maori Problems
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 11:30 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash is bemused by suggestions that he has "stooped to an all-time low" in invoking the name of Sir Apirana Ngata as part of his campaign against Maori separatism. More >>
Impose More Tax: Lose More Votes
Monday, 18 July 2011, 4:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour’s dramatic drop in the polls as a result of its new tax announcement is no surprise; New Zealanders realise it’s yet another massive tax grab which will do nothing to help our economy or get us out of debt, ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman ... More >>
Time to Free Students from Cage of Compulsion
Monday, 18 July 2011, 4:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Tertiary Education Spokesman Hon Heather Roy today dismissed Otago University Students’ Association President Logan Edgar’s plan to lock himself in a cage to protest Voluntary Student Membership as a cheap and misguided stunt. More >>
Anti-Smoking Bill An Affront To Basic Rights
Saturday, 16 July 2011, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MPs Hon Heather Roy, Sir Roger Douglas and Hilary Calvert are taking the rare step of issuing this joint press release explaining why they voted against the Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill on Thursday. They do so because ... More >>
0.8 Percent Growth: Whoopee!
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 5:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
Whoopee, ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said in response to the Government’s announcement that there has been 0.8 percent growth in the March quarter. “If we are lucky, by this time next year we may be back to where we were ... More >>
CGT Reactionary, Ruinous, Retrograde and Wrong - Brash
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 3:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's a sad day when the Labour Party retrieves and brandishes rusty old bludgeons from nasty old socialist dungeons, says ACT New Zealand Leader Dr Don Brash. More >>
