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Time To Question University Affirmative Action Schemes
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
“Affirmative action schemes have been running in New Zealand universities for a generation and no one seems able to prove any demonstrable benefits to disadvantaged communities. We shouldn’t accept any form of discrimination if it isn’t delivering ... More >>
Less Waste, More Ambition Needed On Tax
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 10:53 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand cannot return to economic health with Labour levels of government waste staying in place. An economic recovery, and eventual economic strength for New Zealand, will require real change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Nothing ... More >>
Kelvin Davis Says ‘Not My Problem’
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 3:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Children’s Minister Kelvin Davis has no timeline for when the Oranga Tamariki review into the organisation’s youth justice facilities will be completed, and he can’t even be bothered asking,” says ACT’s Children’s spokesperson Karen ... More >>
ACT Sees Red With National's Tax Policy
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 12:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“National’s tax policy confirms there won't be any real change without ACT. Their tax cuts promise about half as much as Labour’s Michael Cullen promised 15 years ago, this policy could easily have been announced by Labour,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
National Adopts ACT’s Carbon Tax Refund
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 12:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The next ACT/National Government will implement ACT’s policy of a Carbon Tax Refund for all Kiwis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT first proposed this policy in our 2022 alternative budget as a practical way to return carbon tax revenue ... More >>
Landlords And Tenants Need Tax Relief Now, Not In 2026
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 11:49 am | ACT New Zealand
“National’s proposal to restore interest deductibility for landlords is welcome, but it can and should be done immediately, not be phased in over three years,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Under ACT’s fully costed Alternative Budget, ... More >>
Nats Tax Plan Shows Why ACT Needed For Real Change
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
“National’s tax policy shows beyond doubt why ACT is needed to make a change of government a government of real change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealanders need real change, but National’s plan is loose change. It could have ... More >>
New Zealand Public Service Needs To Be Colourblind
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 9:32 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will demand that the public service is colourblind, but highly focused on eliminating inequity. ACT is opposed to racial discrimination because it’s a lazy and divisive way of treating people,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT would ... More >>
Bringing Back 90-day Trials A Good Start, But ACT Will Bring Real Change
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 7:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has made running a successful business and creating jobs harder than it should be, with its onslaught of changes to workplace relations. Bringing back 90-day trials is a positive step for New Zealand employers, but we shouldn’t stop there,” ... More >>
Statement From Mark Cameron MP
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 12:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Mark Cameron has responded to media questions about comments he made before he entered Parliament. “It’s sad that the media are dredging up comments I made before I became an MP, six weeks before an election, which have already been reported, ... More >>
Charities Tax Loophole Should Be Closed
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 10:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“Taxpaying businesses are at a competitive disadvantage due to certain companies’ tax-free status and this destroys the principle of a competitive marketplace. As I have been calling for since 2016, it’s time to close the ‘charitable tax’ ... More >>
Too Little, Too Late For Robertson's Last Post-cab As Finance Minister
Monday, 28 August 2023, 6:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“After binging on taxpayer money for six years, Grant Robertson spent his last ever post-cab trying to finally project some financial responsibility. It's too little, too late. He’s had a chance to manage the books responsibly. But all he’s done ... More >>
UNDRIP Non-binding, He Puapua Gone Under ACT
Monday, 28 August 2023, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“The next Government must commit to a modern, multiethnic liberal democracy and universal human rights. It must ignore the non-binding United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and stop any and all work on He Puapua”, says ... More >>
ACT Will Repeal Undemocratic Māori Wards
Sunday, 27 August 2023, 1:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will restore one person, one vote to local government by scrapping race-based representation altogether”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour has been unapologetically undemocratic about local Māori representation. It has established iwi appointees ... More >>
Hipkins Launches Campaign Of Fear
Sunday, 27 August 2023, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins and Labour have no record or achievements to run on, so they’re launching a campaign of fear – but New Zealanders deserve better”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Government spending has increased by 70 percent over six years ... More >>
ACT Has Today Launched A Consultation Document On Proposed Changes To New Zealand’s Firearms Laws
Saturday, 26 August 2023, 12:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s knee-jerk response to our nation’s tragedy in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 punished licenced firearms owners (LFOs) and at the same time failed to make New Zealand safer. ACT will put that right,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform ... More >>
Fees-Free Unfair, Unprincipled, Unaffordable
Friday, 25 August 2023, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Fees-Free is unfair, unprincipled and unaffordable, and the next Government has a responsibility to dump it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Fees-Free is unfair because young New Zealanders, many of whom will not benefit from it, will be paying ... More >>
People Can’t Live In Kainga Ora’s Ghost Flats
Friday, 25 August 2023, 9:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“Kainga Ora is spending quarter of a million dollars of taxpayer money every month to lease an apartment building, only to leave half the flats completely unfilled. They’re burning taxpayer money without even doing their job,” says ACT Deputy ... More >>
Tough On Crime Is The Best Policy For Māori
Friday, 25 August 2023, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand
“The biggest victims of crime in New Zealand are Māori women, failing to be tough on crime only does a disservice to the most disadvantaged communities that Labour claims to care about the most,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The New Zealand ... More >>
Transmission Gully Should Be 110km/h
Thursday, 24 August 2023, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Motorists on Transmission Gully should be able to travel at the speed the road was engineered for,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “Written Parliamentary Questions answered by the Minister of Transport confirm that Transmission ... More >>
