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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 >>
Sharples Lost for Words
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
Maori Party co-leader and Minister of Maori Affairs Dr Pita Sharples is still unable to state a case for preferential treatment for Maori, notes ACT New Zealand’s Parliamentary Leader Hon John Boscawen. More >>
Key Grossly Irresponsible on Super, Says Brash
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister John Key is being grossly irresponsible in rejecting out of hand the sage advice of the Retirement Commissioner regarding the age of eligibility for New Zealand Super, according to ACT New Zealand Leader Dr Don Brash. More >>
High Minimum Wage Supersizes Unemployment
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
Reports today on wage negotiations between McDonald’s and the Unite Union show yet again that legislating to increase the minimum wage leads to fewer jobs being created, ACT New Zealand Employment Spokesman Hon Heather Roy said today. More >>
Politicians’ Heads In Sand Over Retirement Age
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 9:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today welcomed Retirement Commissioner Diane Crossan’s comments on superannuation and called on the Government to heed her advice and raise the age of eligibility to 67. More >>
Farming Leader Announced As ACT Candidate
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
MEDIA RELEASE Farming Leader Announced As ACT Candidate ACT New Zealand leader Don Brash today said that he was delighted to announce former Federated Farmers President Don Nicolson would be standing as an ACT candidate in the 2011 general election. More >>
Brash Challenges Sharples To TV Debate
Monday, 11 July 2011, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand's weekend advertisement, "Fed up with pandering to Maori radicals?" has been vindicated by the Maori and Mana Parties' responses to it, says ACT leader Dr Don Brash. More >>
It’s Time to Tell the Truth
Friday, 8 July 2011, 9:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
It’s Time to Tell the Truth ACT New Zealand leader Don Brash says he’s proud of the content of his Party’s advertisement published in this morning’s New Zealand Herald. More >>
Lynch Mobs A Menace To Free Speech
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 5:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
It’s a sad day for free speech when people can be hounded from their jobs simply for expressing controversial views, says ACT New Zealand MP Sir Roger Douglas in the wake of the sacking of EMA Chairman Alasdair Thompson. More >>
Little Endorses Voluntary Membership
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 12:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Tertiary Education Spokesman Hon Heather Roy today welcomed the comments made by Andrew Little, in his final speech as National Secretary to the Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union, that voluntary unionism strengthened ... More >>
Boscawen Welcomes Police Findings in Garrett Case
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Leader Hon John Boscawen is welcoming news that the Police investigation into allegations of possible fraud by former Act MP Mr David Garrett has ended with a finding that there was no criminal behaviour on Mr Garrett's ... More >>
Australia Shows Sanity At The Petrol Pump – When Will We?
Monday, 4 July 2011, 4:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government should immediately take the lead of Australian Prime Minister Hon Julia Gillard and exclude petrol, diesel and all other motor fuels from the Emissions Trading Scheme following Ms Gillard’s announcement that petrol would not be touched ... More >>
