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Police Minister All Excuses, No Solutions
Sunday, 21 May 2023, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“When confronted with specific evidence of how out of control crime is on Q+A this morning, all that Police Minister Ginny Anderson could come up with was excuse after excuse,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “When asked about ... More >>
Labour’s Hidden Defence Cuts
Sunday, 21 May 2023, 5:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour bragged about increasing Defence spending in their pre-budget announcements but forgot to mention that Defence spending won’t keep up with inflation in the last three years of the budget,” says ACT’s Defence spokesperson James McDowall. ... More >>
ACT Launches Petition To Speed Up The Clean-up Of Auckland’s Beaches
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has launched a petition which urges the Government to adopt ACT’s three-point plan to speed up the clean-up of Auckland’s beaches,” says ACT’s Environment spokesperson Simon Court. “Aucklanders often can’t go in the sea because of raw ... More >>
Splurges For Some, Inflation For All With $10b Blow Out
Friday, 19 May 2023, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
“While the Government wants to focus on a few specific spending initiatives, the overall picture of inflationary spending, and its effect on inflation and interest rates, is the story most relevant to all New Zealanders,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Corporates Cream It While Kiwis Feel The Squeeze
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s Build Back Broke Budget is more interested in improving the wellbeing of corporates than New Zealanders who are doing it tough,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Not content just giving billions of taxpayer dollars to Hollywood elites ... More >>
Build Back Broke Budget Delivers A Blowout
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s Build Back Broke Budget will mean a blowout for the government’s books as it tries to buy the election”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government promised to be back in surplus after five years. Now they’re delivering six years ... More >>
Govt Acknowledges Building Problems, ACT Has The Solutions
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 7:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has taken the best part of the year to come to the obvious conclusion – there’s not enough competition in the building materials market. Unlike ACT, they can’t come up with a solution,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson ... More >>
Hapless Hipkins Tell Kiwis Life Is Better Across The Ditch
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 3:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Hapless Chris Hipkins is spending taxpayer money to advertise to New Zealanders living in Australia that life is better there now they can get citizenship – rather than trying to persuade them to come home”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “What ... More >>
Russia Overtakes New Zealand In Reading
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“The latest Progress in International Literacy Study (PIRLS) report should be a wake up call for New Zealand. It is time to end our country’s decline, and there is no place better to start than in teaching kids to read,” says ACT Education ... More >>
FPOs Another Firearms Failure From Labour
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“Firearms Prohibition Orders were one of the few laws Labour has enacted that is meant to reduce crime, but it hasn’t made New Zealand any safer because they don’t bother using it,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Newstalk ... More >>
Labour/National Offer Different Shades Of Beige On Spending
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour and National are offering different shades of beige when it comes to government spending with only ACT promising real change”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour’s budget will spend more money than any government in the history of New Zealand, but ... More >>
Nash Incompetent, Hipkins Just Wrong
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 5:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Stuart Nash was the only Labour Minister listening to the people of Hawke’s Bay about crime. But sadly he was hapless and incapable of convincing Chris Hipkins who repeatedly denied there was a problem,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As ... More >>
David Seymour Speech - The Simple Truth
Monday, 15 May 2023, 4:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
A Fresh, Fearless Approach, or Carry On Regardless? Our country will face a real choice in five months’ time. And the choice isn’t Red Chris or Blue Chris. As many now see, that isn’t much of a choice at all. The choice New Zealanders face ... More >>
A Time For Truth Offers Real Change
Monday, 15 May 2023, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Our country will face a real choice in five months’ time, between parties offering more of the same and one promising real change. ACT’s Alternative Budget – A Time for Truth – faces the facts and offers a real alternative,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
Drip-feeding Announcements Doesn't Provide Certainty
Sunday, 14 May 2023, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Three months after Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government has finally announced a partial recovery package, timed to coincide with the Budget rather than the needs of people on the ground”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Frustrated locals have ... More >>
Schools Standing Up Against Ministry Curriculum
Friday, 12 May 2023, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT supports St Cuthbert’s for swimming against the tide and saying that the Government’s curriculum isn’t good enough for students. If it’s not good enough for St Cuthbert’s it isn’t good enough for other schools either,” says ACT’s ... More >>
ACT Will Repeal $208m Firearms Register
Friday, 12 May 2023, 11:10 am | ACT New Zealand
“The full registration of firearms will be a wasteful and dangerous exercise and ACT will repeal it”, says ACT’s Firearms spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Yesterday, Police confirmed that a firearms register would be in place from 24 June. This is ... More >>
Investing In General Practices That Kiwis Can Access
Friday, 12 May 2023, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand’s health system has been on a steady decline from first world status. ACT says it’s time to turn it around, starting by providing more funding for General Practices (GPs) through our upcoming alternative budget - A Time For Truth ,” says ... More >>
Stats Minister Doesn’t Know If Warriors Bribe Is Even Working
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s bribe of free Warriors tickets is costing taxpayers $150,000 but the Minister doesn’t know how many people have filled out their census as a result,” says ACT’s Statistics spokesperson Damien Smith. “When questioned ... More >>
Want To Pay More Tax? Here’s IRD’s Bank Account Number
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
“If a group of wealthy New Zealanders wants to pay more tax, ACT will share the IRD’s bank account number with them, so there’s no need for them to force their values on other New Zealanders”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The most tiresome ... More >>
