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Speech: David Seymour, A Time For Truth
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 4:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Real Change Now, SkyCity Theatre, 4 June 2023 Introduction Thank you, and what a show! Is it too late to call it ‘ACT’s got talent?’ It’s just as well, ACT’s talent is as real as the problems New Zealand faces. Simon Court is a civil engineer. ... More >>
ACT To Police Red Tape And Regulation In Government
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Minister and Ministry of Regulation to police red tape and hold Ministers and departments accountable Regulatory Standards Bill to require regulation meets good lawmaking principles Strong enforcement mechanisms to police new and existing regulations ... More >>
Record Crowd Demands Real Change
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 4:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
Over 600 people crammed into the SkyCity Theatre today to demand real change as ACT MPs and candidates outlined a fresh vision for New Zealand. “The size of this crowd, and the enthusiasm they showed for ACT’s people and policies, shows that ... More >>
Government Disrespect For Doctors A Sign Of A Deeper Problem
Friday, 2 June 2023, 1:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT can reveal that Te Whatu Ora turned up to negotiations with the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists unable to make a pay offer because they had not been told how much they could afford to pay,” said ACT Deputy Leader and Health Spokesperson ... More >>
Hate Speech Laws 2.0 Will Be Defeated As Well
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT defeated the Government’s first attempt to introduce hate speech laws and we’ll kill off hate speech laws 2.0. “This afternoon, the Department of Internal Affairs began to do Labour’s bidding for new hate speech laws after Andrew Little, ... More >>
Unionisation By Stealth: Butchers Now Hospo Workers
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 11:18 am | ACT New Zealand
“Without any notice at all, butchers have been designated hospitality workers and will be unionised by stealth under the latest ‘Fair Pay’ Agreement”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “At a time when New Zealanders are already doing it tough, ... More >>
ACT Kills New Tax
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 2:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today in Parliament, ACT flushed out Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor’s plans for a new tax on farmers and managed to kill it”, says ACT MP Mark Cameron. “O’Connor confirmed he’d been working on a new tax on nitrogenous fertiliser ... More >>
Cut The Crap! Visionless Government Leading Country Down The Road To Ruin.
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Labour Government is floundering, unable to tackle any of the issues facing New Zealand," said ACT Leader David Seymour. "The country needs a fresh new approach and the Real Change that only ACT can deliver." "Crime, cost ... More >>
Parmjeet Parmer To Stand For ACT
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 12:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Scientist, businesswoman and former MP Parmjeet Parmer will stand for ACT at the 2023 General Election. “ACT is always on the lookout for great talent to take New Zealand forward, so we’re delighted that Parmjeet is joining us for this election”, ... More >>
Fertiliser Tax Will Mean More Expensive Food
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 11:44 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT would repeal the fertiliser tax Labour and the Greens are said to be considering for farmers, say ACT MP Mark Cameron and ACT candidate Andrew Hoggard. There have been numerous reports that the Government is considering the new tax as an alternative ... More >>
1 In 5 Schools Haven’t Reported Attendance Data
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 10:25 am | ACT New Zealand
“The 439 schools that haven’t bothered to report their attendance data to the Ministry of Education should lose their funding until they do”, says ACT Education Spokesperson Chris Baillie. “The slow-motion catastrophe that is our education ... More >>
ACT Agrees With The Wellington Six – Scrap ‘Let’s Get Wellington Moving”
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 5:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT’s Infrastructure Spokesperson Simon Court is right behind the six Wellington Councillors calling for the scrapping of Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM). “Monthly spending on LGWM shot up from $280k in 2017 to $7.4 million in March 23 – and what ... More >>
Finally, Labour Admits Crime Is A Problem
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 4:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
While Chris Hipkins wriggled and squirmed and would only call crime a ‘challenge’ this morning on RNZ, his Police Minister Ginny Anderson finally admitted that crime was a problem in Parliament today. “That’s progress”, says ACT’s Police Spokesperson ... More >>
We’re The Coalition Of Cuts, Labour’s The ‘Coalition Of Klutz’
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“After six years of big spending with little to show for it, Labour and the Greens should be called the ‘Coalition of Klutz’”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government thinks all its spending is useful, but that position is completely ... More >>
Hipkins, We Have A Problem
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 10:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister’s refusal to call crime a ‘problem’ on Morning Report shows he spends too long in the back of a Crown limo and not enough time out on the streets”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Just because the Prime Minister and ... More >>
ACT: National’s Conscience
Monday, 29 May 2023, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT welcomes National housing spokesperson Chris Bishop getting back on the right side of housing policy. Chris broke ranks from the Labour-National housing deal just six weeks after he said he wouldn’t on the same show, and it’s a welcome reversal,” ... More >>
‘Coalition Of Chaos’ Strikes Again: Refusal To Define Mātauranga Māori Will Create Red Tape And Delay
Monday, 29 May 2023, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
At today’s Environment Select Committee, Labour and Green Party members voted down a proposal from ACT MP Simon Court to include a definition of mātauranga Māori in the Natural and Built Environment Bill (NBE Bill), one of the two Bills which ... More >>
Yes, We Are The Coalition Of Cuts
Monday, 29 May 2023, 1:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
“More than half of Kiwis want to pay less tax according to a recent 1News poll, and ACT will give them what they want,” said ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour calls us the ‘coalition of cuts’, thinking it’s an insult, but it just shows ... More >>
Labour Unarmed In Contest Of Ideas
Sunday, 28 May 2023, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders watching for Labour’s vision for a wealthier, safer, more united country this weekend saw a political party enter a contest of ideas completely unarmed,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour’s first two policy announcements of this ... More >>
Where Is Labour’s Vision?
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders watching for Labour’s vision of a wealthier, safer, more united country will be bitterly disappointed to see its opening gambit this election: a promise to keep everything the same,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Promising ... More >>
