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More Evidence That Wasteful Spending Is The Problem
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows that the rest of the world is getting on top of inflation, while the New Zealand Government is still spending up large and fuelling the cost of living crisis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There ... More >>
Police Were Put On The Frontline Fighting Labour’s War
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 10:44 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Parliamentary riots reflect a sad chapter in New Zealand history, there were ugly acts on all sides of it which can’t be excused but its important to look at what caused the event – needlessly inflexible vaccination policy and an immature ... More >>
ACT Launches Ease The Squeeze Campaign
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 8:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is today launching the ‘ Ease the Squeeze ’ campaign to show how New Zealand can tackle the cost of living crisis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Later this morning inflation figures will be released and they will show that the Government ... More >>
Does Labour Think Kiwis Are Stupid?
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 3:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Education Minister Jan Tinetti’s claim that delaying changes to school curriculums and NCEA assessments will lift literacy and numeracy rates is some of Labour’s most ridiculous spin yet, and that’s saying something,” says ACT’s Education ... More >>
Nats Get A 6/10 For Ag Policy
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“National’s agriculture policy says the right things but has too much compromise and a glaring omission of policy on He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) and protecting property rights from Significant Natural Areas (SNAs). ACT has the policy that will bring ... More >>
Tall Poppy Tax Policy Built On Empty Rhetoric
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 11:43 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s report released by OliverShaw shows exactly why there’s no place for tall poppy syndrome in the tax code,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Revenue Minister David Parker has often repeated the fallacy that wealthy New Zealanders ... More >>
Treasury Report Backs Up ACT
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
“Treasury is saying what ACT has said all along. The rampant inflation that is making life impossible for Kiwis has been fuelled by Labour’s wasteful spending,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The report states “The surge in inflation from ... More >>
Corporate Gravy-train Needs To Stop
Monday, 17 April 2023, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Since 2019 Callaghan Innovation has wasted $5.2 million of taxpayer money by doling it out to failed organisations. The corporate welfare gravy train isn’t helping everyday Kiwis and needs to stop,” says ACT’s Research, Science and Innovation ... More >>
Class Sizes Already Smaller Because Of Truancy
Monday, 17 April 2023, 12:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s announcement that it is going to reduce class sizes ignores the fact that so many kids are truant they can’t get that many kids in the classroom anyway,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Labour has announced a drop ... More >>
Labour Cuts Police Holding Cells At Victims’ Expense
Monday, 17 April 2023, 11:46 am | ACT New Zealand
“There are 2,274 less prisoners than when Labour took office, yet Police are being encouraged to reconsider arrests when crime is out of control. Part of the problem is that Labour has scrapped police holding cells,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson ... More >>
Grant Robertson Is Feeling 17 Again
Monday, 17 April 2023, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
"Stats NZ is once more telling Kiwis what they already know – that life has never been more expensive than it is under Labour,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today Stats NZ hit New Zealanders with both barrels: Food prices and rental prices ... More >>
McAnulty Mixes Honesty, Naivete And Ignorance On Three Waters
Sunday, 16 April 2023, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Kieran McAnulty’s candid admission that Labour’s three waters reforms are not democratic shows a dangerous mixture of naivete and ignorance about the Treaty and democracy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Under questioning from Q+A’s ... More >>
Labour Puts Rights Of Criminals Over Victims
Sunday, 16 April 2023, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A leaked email shows Labour has its values all wrong. The Government has run out of room to put dangerous criminals because it doesn’t want to build more prisons or put people behind bars”, says ACT Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Kelvin ... More >>
Interest Deductibility Limitations Smashing Landlords
Sunday, 16 April 2023, 2:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Landlords are being hit with a double whammy of rising mortgage interest rates and increasing interest deductibility limitations to hit them hard during a cost of living crisis,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. ... More >>
Another Headstone In Labour’s Expensive Policy Graveyard
Saturday, 15 April 2023, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This week Three Waters joined a long list of Labour policies that have been re-branded, kicked for touch, or outright scrapped. Nothing sums up Labour’s incompetence more than all of their failed policies,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “No wonder ... More >>
‘Affordable’ Water Reforms To Cost Taxpayers More
Friday, 14 April 2023, 11:12 am | ACT New Zealand
“Taxpayers are going to have a big bill to pay for the Government’s shallow rebrand of Three Waters. The Government needs to be upfront with the costs, if it has even bothered to figure them out,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Yesterday’s ... More >>
Media Council: Racism Against White People Not Possible
Friday, 14 April 2023, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand
“The organisation that deals with complaints about media content says people don’t deserve protection from racism, ironically because of their race. It concluded that it’s not possible for white people to be victims of racism, seemingly unaware the ... More >>
Māori Health Authority Spends Millions Hiring Bureaucrats
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 11:44 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Māori Health Authority has been spending half a million dollars a month on recruiters to hire more bureaucrats,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Written Parliamentary Questions released to ACT show that the ... More >>
Three Waters Rebrand An Insult To Kiwis
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“If Chris Hipkins had any respect for Kiwis then this morning’s Three Waters announcement would be that he’s getting rid of it completely. Instead he is unveiling a hollow rebrand that Kiwis won’t fall for,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson ... More >>
Māori Caucus: 1, Chris Hipkins: 0
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
“There was only ever going to be one winner in a battle over co-government between the Prime Minister and the Māori Caucus,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Chris Hipkins has given the impression that he’s running as far from co-government as ... More >>
