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Chickens Come Home To Roost With Rising Food Prices
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 11:29 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has done everything possible to push up the price of food and Kiwis continue to suffer with the largest annual increase in food prices in 32 years, ACT will reverse Labour’s changes,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “For the year ended December ... More >>
Better Pay For Good Teachers? We Hear Ya!
Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 10:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“Good teachers play a huge role in childrens’ upbringing and deserve to be appropriately remunerated. ACT has a plan to ensure the best teachers get paid more,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Teachers play a such an important role in ... More >>
Miss Having A World Class Education System? We Hear Ya!
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 12:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand’s proud history of educational achievement is in decline, as kids stop attending class and standards are being lowered across the board. ACT hears ya, we’ve got a plan to make New Zealand’s education system world class again,” ... More >>
Road Repairs Not Built To Last
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 12:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s little wonder Kiwis are finding their roads are falling apart. The Government has reduced the amount of structural asphalt resurfacings by more than half while greatly increasing the amount of thin asphalt coverings,” says ACT’s Transport ... More >>
Real Change Needed To Improve Lowest Ever Business Confidence
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 12:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research’s (NZIER) latest quarterly survey showing the lowest business confidence in the survey’s history, it’s clear that real change is necessary to make New Zealand a prosperous country that is open ... More >>
More Consequences For Youth Offenders? We Hear Ya!
Monday, 16 January 2023, 10:17 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has heard the cries from New Zealanders about of control crime, we would introduce ankle bracelets for serious youth offenders,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson and former Youth Aid Police officer Chris Baillie. “Tackling serious youth offending ... More >>
More Consequences For Gang Members? We Hear Ya!
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party would use Inland Revenue’s new powers to investigate gang members income and tax paid,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “The Labour Government has given the Inland Revenue Commissioner power to ask for any financial ... More >>
The Right People On Electronic Bail? We Hear Ya!
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 4:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
”The numbers of violent and sexual offenders being released on electronic bail has increased dramatically under Labour and it’s time we reviewed who is eligible,” says ACT’s Corrections spokesperson Toni Severin. “There are some instances where ... More >>
More Consequences For Youth Offenders? We Hear Ya!
Saturday, 14 January 2023, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT would introduce instant, practical penalties for young people caught shoplifting, stopping rookie offenders before they escalate to more serious offending,” says former Youth Aid Police officer and ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “ACT ... More >>
More Rehab For Prisoners? We Hear Ya!
Saturday, 14 January 2023, 3:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Prisoners will have a better chance of reintegrating into society and building a better life as a result of a law proposed by ACT,” says ACT’s Corrections spokesperson Toni Severin. “The Parole Amendment Bill will require prisoners to complete skills ... More >>
Bring Back Three Strikes? We Hear Ya!
Friday, 13 January 2023, 10:29 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Labour Government turned its back on victims of serious crime when it repealed the Three Strikes legislation and ACT will bring it back,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Crime is out of control. As ACT has travelled up and ... More >>
Sick Of Crime? We Hear Ya!
Thursday, 12 January 2023, 10:41 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today launched the next phase of our ‘We hear ya’ campaign.’ Crime is out of control, whether it’s smash and grabs, ram raids or carjackings, Kiwis have had enough,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As ACT MPs travelled ... More >>
Reserve Bank On Holiday When Inflation Is Out Of Control? We Hear Ya!
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 1:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Kiwis are probably wondering why Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr insists that taking three months off is a good idea while inflation is spiralling out of control, ACT hears ya,” says ACT’s Associate Finance spokesperson Damien Smith. “In ... More >>
More Money For Infrastructure? We Hear Ya!
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 9:15 am | ACT New Zealand
“To get more houses there needs to be more infrastructure, the problem is that even when the council hikes your rates they can’t afford infrastructure. ACT has the solution in the form of my GST Sharing Member’s Bill,” says ACT’s Housing ... More >>
Who’d Want To Be The Boss With Labour’s Policies? We Hear Ya!
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 1:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has made it so difficult to be an employer many Kiwis just won’t bother. ACT hears ya,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Since Labour came to power it has been added expense after added expense for small business ... More >>
Working Instead Of Welfare? We Hear Ya!
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 9:32 am | ACT New Zealand
“There are 170,037 New Zealanders on Jobseeker Support, with 98,934 of them classified as work-ready when businesses are crying out for labour. There should be no excuse for them to turn down suitable work,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson ... More >>
Building Costs Out Of Control? We Hear Ya!
Monday, 9 January 2023, 11:45 am | ACT New Zealand
“Anyone who has tried to build a house recently will have realised the costs are out of control. We hear ya,” says ACT’s Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. Housing is too expensive because it is too hard to gain consents, council can’t ... More >>
Can’t Find Workers? We Hear Ya!
Sunday, 8 January 2023, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Businesses can’t access the staff they need to succeed in New Zealand because the immigration tap has been turned off. ACT hears ya, we have a plan for real change in immigration,” says ACT’s Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall. “Immigration ... More >>
Getting Tougher To Do Business? We Hear Ya!
Saturday, 7 January 2023, 2:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today launched the next part 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 that red tape and regulations keep making it harder to ... More >>
Not Enough Health Workers? We Hear Ya!
Friday, 6 January 2023, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“As emergency departments overflow and waiting times increase, it’s obvious New Zealand needs more health professionals. We hear ya,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Recently a Ministerial Briefing was ... More >>
