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Three Reasons Petrol Subsidy Is Dumb, Election Year Populism
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 9:38 am | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins’ dumb, election year populism shows he just doesn’t have the mettle to make hard choices. Reducing revenue while spending up large is Liz Truss-style economics”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There are at least three reasons ... More >>
Same Faces, Same Policies?
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Changing some of the faces in the Beehive will make no difference to the lives of New Zealanders if there aren’t new policies to go with them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Chris Hipkins has today announced the same top five Ministers as ... More >>
Friendly Advice For The Big Reshuffle
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 10:44 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has some big calls to make today when he reshuffles his Cabinet. Here are a litany of failures he needs to take into account ahead of allocating portfolios,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. Michael Wood in Transport: Wood has completely failed ... More >>
Hipkins Fails First Test
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 7:29 am | ACT New Zealand
“Former Education Minister and now Prime Minister Chris Hipkins must front up and explain the poorly communicated overkill decision to close every Auckland school,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Mayor Wayne Brown has been smashed for late decision ... More >>
ACT Proposes Auckland Inorganic Waste Collection Day
Monday, 30 January 2023, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is proposing that Auckland Council organises a special inorganic waste collection day this week, to help the many Aucklanders who are suffering with debris and waste that they can’t dispose of themselves,” says MP for Epsom and ACT Leader David ... More >>
Hit Pause On Minimum Wage For Three Years
Friday, 27 January 2023, 11:59 am | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins has a chance to show he understands the pain businesses are feeling by hitting pause on further minimum wage increases”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “While both Labour and National are now saying they would put the minimum wage ... More >>
If Only They’d Listened Earlier
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 10:48 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has consistently fought for all of the concerns business leaders will raise with Chris Hipkins today and yet Labour is only just waking up to the challenges facing this country,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Business leaders this morning ... More >>
A United Health System? We Hear Ya!
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 9:50 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s health reforms which came into effect this year has further divided New Zealand and made our health system divided by race,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “There’s no doubt our health system needed change, but there’s ... More >>
Green Party Writes To New Prime Minister
Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party has written to Prime Minister Chris Hipkins outlining a plan for a fairer Aotearoa. “Action to support families is needed now more than ever. “Too many families are struggling to make ends meet, wealth is out of balance, and our ... More >>
Robertson Admits Spending Causing Inflation
Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 12:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Finance Minister Grant Robertson has effectively admitted that out-of-control government spending is to blame for sky high inflation”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Reacting to today’s inflation numbers, Robertson said: ‘The Government ... More >>
Forget Hipkins’ Swearing In, Kiwis Swearing About Inflation
Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 11:25 am | ACT New Zealand
“The day Jacinda announced she was stepping down we learned of rising food inflation and increasing dependence on welfare. Today Chris Hipkins has a baptism of inflation with the consumer price index showing inflation is stubbornly frozen at 7.2 per cent ... More >>
Take Co-government Out Of Three Waters? We Hear Ya!
Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 10:30 am | ACT New Zealand
“Three Waters is a trojan horse for more co-government, ACT says all New Zealanders should have an equal say,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “When the legislation was being debated, ACT put forward a series of amendments ... More >>
An End To Custody Based On Race? We Hear Ya!
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 10:59 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party would ensure that the safety and wellbeing of a child is the paramount consideration of Oranga Tamariki, instead of making decisions based on race,” says ACT’s Children’s spokesperson Karen Chhour. “ACT has travelled the country ... More >>
Hope Fading Fast For Hipkins
Monday, 23 January 2023, 5:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Fresh from declaring inflation a pandemic without knowing inflation is 7.2 per cent, and saying co-Government is misunderstood without knowing what the Treaty says, Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins has made another gaffe, this time not knowing ... More >>
Let The People Decide On Co-Government? We Hear Ya!
Monday, 23 January 2023, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will be campaigning for a referendum on co-governance at the next election,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT proposes that the next Government pass legislation defining the Principles of the Treaty, in particularly their effect on democratic ... More >>
Over Co-governance Being Forced On You? We Hear Ya!
Sunday, 22 January 2023, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today launched the next phase of our ‘We hear ya’ campaign.’ ACT MPs travelled the country in 2022, carrying out 208 public meetings. One of the main concerns we heard was about co-government being forced on New Zealanders,” ... More >>
Want Polytechs To Stay Local? We Hear Ya!
Saturday, 21 January 2023, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s costly attempts at centralisation have not worked. The Government should get the centralised bureaucracy away from polytechnics and let them focus on what the community needs,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. ... More >>
New Prime Minister Needs Substance Over Spin
Saturday, 21 January 2023, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“For the sake of all Kiwis, incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins needs to show they’re prepared to deliver on substance instead of snowing New Zealand with spin,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda Ardern had the best intentions, but people ... More >>
Truancy Out Of Control? We Hear Ya!
Friday, 20 January 2023, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
“Almost every aspect of someone's adult life will be defined by the education they receive as a child. If we want better social outcomes, we can’t keep ignoring the truancy crisis,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “As a ... More >>
ACT Party Wishes Jacinda Ardern Well For The Future
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 2:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party sends our best wishes to Jacinda Ardern and her family as she announces that she is stepping down from her role as Prime Minister of New Zealand,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “I’ve known Jacinda for over a decade and while we ... More >>
