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Company Directors Finally Get Privacy And Safety Win
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Laura Trask is welcoming the announcement that company directors will have the option to remove their home address from the Companies Register. More >>
RSE Changes Good For Growers, Could Go Further
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 6:17 am | ACT New Zealand
The RSE scheme is different to other kinds of migration because it is strictly temporary, and businesses apply for workers based on how many they actually need. We shouldn’t kneecap them with an arbitrary limit. More >>
New Zealand Turns The Corner On Three Year Old Cost Of Living Crisis
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Finally, New Zealand has turned the corner on the three year old cost-of-living crisis. With the new Government spending carefully, like business and households have had to, pressure has come off inflation and interest rates. More >>
Finally, Rural Kiwis’ Banking Concerns Will Be Heard
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Mr Cameron chairs the Primary Production committee which guided the formulation of the rural banking segment of the inquiry’s terms of reference, announced today. More >>
Hipkins Must Respond To Holdom
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Energy and Resources spokesman Simon Court is welcoming the mayor of New Plymouth’s support for cross-party action to deliver confidence to the natural gas sector and avoid an energy crisis. More >>
Labour/Greens Promoting Misery Industrial Complex
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 12:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Greens should borrow the values of working New Zealanders, rather than stealing their money”, says ACT Leader David Seymour, responding to the overreaction to the Government’s proposed welfare reforms. More >>
Liberalised GE Laws Set To Bring NZ Into The 21st Century
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 9:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT is celebrating the liberalisation of genetic engineering laws, a commitment secured in the Party’s coalition agreement and formally announced today. More >>
Electronic Money Management Welcome, Could Go Further
Monday, 12 August 2024, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT campaigned on electronic money management to discourage long-term benefit dependency and to ensure benefits get to the children of welfare recipients. Today’s announcement delivers on an ACT coalition commitment, and we hope it will eventually be expanded. More >>
New Bill To Put Hunters At The Centre Of Conservation
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:03 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Conservation spokesperson Cameron Luxton has introduced a member’s bill to the ballot that would give hunters a seat at the table with the Conservation Authority. More >>
Labour Needs To Get Real, Charters Are Here To Stay
Sunday, 11 August 2024, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
There is nothing Labour can do to shut down the simple idea that children need more options to engage them in learning. That idea is more powerful and more enduring than any political party. More >>
Media Misinformation On S7AA A Disservice
Saturday, 10 August 2024, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Journalists have a responsibility to accurately report the facts, not a version of the world they would prefer existed.” More >>
Farmers Under Real Pressure On NPS-FM
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 3:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Farmers are under real pressure from Labour’s National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management 2020 and ACT continues to argue for its full repeal”, says Ruawai dairy farmer and ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. More >>
Police Graduates Deserve Religious Choice In Oaths
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 9:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Ethnic Communities spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar is proposing to give graduates of the Royal New Zealand Police College greater choice in religious texts when taking their oaths. More >>
Kaipara’s Māori Ward Vote A Milestone For Local Democracy
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
We’re all neighbours in Kaipara, and our challenges of rates and infrastructure are not race-based. We ought to have faith in common humanity and our ability to solve problems together. More >>
ACT Calls On Parties To Condemn Attack On Councillor
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 10:51 am | ACT New Zealand
“The attack on New Plymouth councillor Murray Chong is totally unacceptable and it has to be condemned by all political parties today”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Greens: Gangs Doing ‘Good Things’
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 6:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Green Party has praised criminal gangs and decried the Government’s attempts to stop criminals from gathering”, says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Todd Stephenson. More >>
Councils Increasing Debt To Fund Raised Crossings Are Out Of Touch
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
Raised table’ pedestrian crossings are a gold-plated option that slow down commuters and emergency services alike, and often cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. More >>
Cross-party Stance On Natural Gas Needed As Energy Prices Spike
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is seriously alarmed at spiking wholesale energy prices and we’re calling on all political parties to come to the table for a cross-party accord supporting the use of local natural gas deposits,” says ACT Energy and Resources spokesman ... More >>
White Privilege Courses: Bureaucracy Needs A Cultural Reset
Sunday, 4 August 2024, 1:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ Reports that white privilege courses are still being taught in the public service show that senior bureaucrats need to wake up, get with the programme, and start focusing on the things that matter to New Zealand taxpayers”, says ACT’s Public Service ... More >>
Police National Headquarters Must Explain 'Hate Speech' Training
Friday, 2 August 2024, 3:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has a great deal of respect for the men and women of the New Zealand Police. We want to see them supported to protect New Zealanders from serious crime. More >>
