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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 >>
What Happened To A Whip-around And A Morning Tea?
Wednesday, 23 August 2023, 1:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The public service needs a reality check. Taxpayers aren’t an ATM for welcoming and farewelling bureaucrats and ACT would pull them into line,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Post reports that the Department of Internal Affairs spent ... More >>
ACT Will Increase The Prison Population
Wednesday, 23 August 2023, 9:17 am | ACT New Zealand
“Until we accept reality and start locking up more criminals, Kiwis will remain unsafe in their communities, their workplaces and even their homes. ACT is proposing tougher sentences for serious crimes and increased capacity to lock more criminals ... More >>
Māori Seats On Auckland Council “morally Repugnant”, ACT Will Abolish Them
Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 11:54 am | ACT New Zealand
“The idea that Auckland Council should have seats reserved just for Māori – or any ethnic group – is abhorrent, and must be stopped,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT in government will repeal the relevant sections of the Local Electoral ... More >>
ACT Will Give Striking Doctors A Tax Cut
Monday, 21 August 2023, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
“People like to think New Zealand is a first world country, but a health system under immense pressure and now doctors going on strike certainly doesn’t back that impression up,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT would support our health ... More >>
Billion Dollar Deficit Demolishes NZ Economy
Monday, 21 August 2023, 3:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand’s economy is on the ropes, with imports and exports declining and a monthly trade deficit of more than $1 billion dollars in today’s overseas merchandise trade statistics, New Zealand needs Real Change more than ever,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
Election Year Politics With Curriculum A Disgrace
Monday, 21 August 2023, 2:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s decision to play politics with the curriculum six weeks before an election after stuffing it with ideological garbage for six years is disgraceful,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour has been stripping knowledge out of the ... More >>
