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Yes Or No? Hipkins Evasive Over OIA Reform
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has tied himself up in knots over whether he will support changes to the Official Information Act,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today I wrote to Chris Hipkins and other party leaders seeking a cross-party commitment ... More >>
World First Virtual Reality Tech Set To Boost NZ’s Entertainment Tourism Sector
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With today’s New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZEIR) quarterly survey showing the building sector is down in the dumps, Parliament should do the right thing and support my GST-sharing Member’s Bill when it is read for the first time ... More >>
Lobbying ‘crackdown’ Is A Distraction From OIA Sins
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 10:24 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister’s ‘lobbying crackdown’ is purely symbolic and a distraction from the real issue – the Official Information Act. There can be no accountability if there are no penalties for suppressing and covering up information,” says ACT ... More >>
More Consequences For Youth Offenders
Monday, 3 April 2023, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand
“Recent retail crime data shows it is past time for a change in attitude on youth crime, there needs to be real consequences like instant fines and ankle bracelets to deter youth offenders from terrorising small business owners who deserve better,” ... More >>
Living Wage Shows How Much Less Workers Earning
Monday, 3 April 2023, 10:29 am | ACT New Zealand
“The latest living wage calculations show just how far working Kiwis’ wages are falling behind, but the Government is looking out for everyone except workers,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The living wage is increasing to $26 per hour in ... More >>
ACT Welcomes National Backing Off Three By Three Housing Law
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The next Government will have to fix the housing mess that ACT predicted, and has solutions to,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Speaking to Q+A this morning, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris ... More >>
LGWM - a lot of staff but not much progress
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Lets Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) has spent $84m and increased its staffing levels by 50 per cent in the past year, but all they’ve managed to deliver is one pedestrian crossing,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “ Written Parliamentary ... More >>
Working Kiwis Being Played For Fools Today
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today the joke is on the approximately 2.8 million Kiwis who rely on working, saving, or investing to get by. The Government has forgotten about you,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today’s tax changes mean the Government is going to give ... More >>
5,100 Jobs Killed By Minimum Wage Hike
Friday, 31 March 2023, 12:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment told Labour to go slower in raising the minimum wage and estimates 5,100 jobs will be killed off as a result of the hike ,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The move to force businesses to ... More >>
Consumer Outlook Gloomy As Govt Forgets Workers
Friday, 31 March 2023, 11:21 am | ACT New Zealand
“Consumers can see that inflation isn’t going anywhere yet the Government refuses to do anything to reward workers,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today’s ANZ-Roy Morgan NZ Consumer Confidence survey shows inflation expectations have increased ... More >>
Te Whatu Ora Bureaucracy Cuts Should Just Be The Start
Friday, 31 March 2023, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
“Te Whatu Ora’s move to reduce the number of back-office bureaucrats should be welcomed. If only Labour could apply that approach to the entire public sector,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Our public sector ... More >>
Kiwis Unable To Access Mental Health Teleservice
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 8:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A third of Kiwis who call the Government’s 1737 mental health teleservice are hanging up before getting the chance to speak to anyone, it isn’t good enough,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Written parliamentary ... More >>
Most Convenient Mistake In History Of NZ Politics
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to release all of the communications between Stuart Nash’s office and the Prime Minister’s office relating to the email that got him sacked right now, otherwise they expect people to believe it’s the most convenient mistake ... More >>
Kainga Ora Building Bureaucracy And Not Much Else
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Kainga Ora has grown its staff by 74 per cent in three years while only managing an extra seven per cent of homes. According to the Minister this is just the tip of the wasteful spending iceberg though,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson. ... More >>
A Bridge Away From Government’s Failures
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 9:43 am | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins needs to show what has changed to make the fast-tracking of a new Auckland harbour crossing a realistic proposal, otherwise it will just seem like an opportunistic distraction from the many issues within his Government,” says ... More >>
Productivity Crisis The Root Of New Zealand’s Problems
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 11:44 am | ACT New Zealand
“The value of work and getting ahead in life is being eroded by Labour’s policies, new statistics show that productivity is anaemic,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Over the past three years labour productivity growth continues at a woeful 1.1 ... More >>
Real Solutions For Disruptive Teacher Strikes
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 10:17 am | ACT New Zealand
“If New Zealand is ever going to tackle the productivity challenges it faces there needs to be real solutions for the ongoing teacher strikes,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “ACT’s combination of tax cuts and a new Teaching ... More >>
Labour Can’t Use Crisis To Inflate Its Powers
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 9:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT cannot support the Government’s Severe Weather Emergency Response Bill through first reading. In its current form it is Henry VIII legislation that gives Ministers enormous powers unrelated to cyclone recovery,” says ACT’s Environment ... More >>
Hipkins Pays Price For Low Standards
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 7:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister will now pay the price for having low ministerial standards and being unable to sack Ministers, just like Jacinda Ardern”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT called for Stuart Nash to be sacked on Day 1. He interfered ... More >>
Labour Not Working For Workers
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today in Parliament the Prime Minister showed he doesn’t know or doesn’t care that workers’ after tax incomes are falling behind inflation,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “He said wages are growing, but he couldn’t accept the ... More >>
