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Want More Kids? Make Housing Affordable
Monday, 12 June 2023, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“If politicians want to see a growing New Zealand population, don’t tell us to have more kids, make housing affordable,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “I’ve been told numerous times by young New Zealanders ... More >>
‘Red Radio’ Issues Russian Propaganda
Monday, 12 June 2023, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is demanding answers tonight after Radio New Zealand republished Reuters articles on its website that appear to have been altered with Kremlin-friendly framing. “This is a deeply concerning development," says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Ukrainians ... More >>
Farmers Shouldn’t Pay For Methane If Competitors Aren't
Monday, 12 June 2023, 2:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is welcoming National’s adoption of our positions around agricultural emissions, but farmers shouldn’t pay a price for their methane emissions if farmers in countries who are our biggest trading partners are not, says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson ... More >>
How The Greens Will Tax Your Hairdresser $12,000 Extra
Monday, 12 June 2023, 12:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Greens are trying to stoke the politics of envy, but in reality their tax hikes will hurt the hairdressers, farmers, tradies and many other New Zealanders who work hard and save to provide for their families and future,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
Address The Racial Lottery In Healthcare As Well
Monday, 12 June 2023, 10:34 am | ACT New Zealand
“If Labour wants to end unfair differences in access to healthcare, it should start with the racial lottery it is deliberately creating,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Health Minister says a group of experts will examine the ‘postcode ... More >>
Greens’ Solution For Poverty – Make Everyone Equally Poor
Sunday, 11 June 2023, 8:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Greens’ solution to poverty is to make everybody equally poor. That may remove the feeling of envy, but it won’t actually raise New Zealanders’ living standards,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Their envy-fuelled series of tax ... More >>
ACT is welcoming National’s support for our longstanding position on liberalising New Zealand’s archaic GE laws
Sunday, 11 June 2023, 7:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This is another example of ACT leading the policy conversation and National adopting good ideas – an ACT-National Government can be a Government of real change,” says ACT candidate and scientist Dr Parmjeet Parmar. “ACT has long said that if ... More >>
Real Issue Is No Focus On Attendance At All
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Education Minister Jan Tinetti has been focussed on all the wrong things. While her office was massaging the release of attendance data, she should have been focussed on fixing the truancy crisis so evident in the data,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson ... More >>
Epsom MP Releases Post-flood Survey
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 11:44 am | ACT New Zealand
“My survey of Epsom Electorate residents post flood shows why the Council should be getting out of the aviation business and back into drainage,” says MP for Epsom David Seymour. “The results of my Epsom Electorate survey show two thirds of respondents ... More >>
More Convenient Mistakes From Prime Minister’s Office
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 10:50 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister needs to answer for his own office’s negligence in the Michael Wood airport shares debacle, his lack of knowledge of Michael Wood’s repeated failures is either another convenient mistake or serious wilful ignorance,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
Every Single MP Unites Against Labour For An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 9:52 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has been surrounded from every angle by a wall of common sense tonight, but they managed to hold off good policy by a three vote majority,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “My bill, the Housing Infrastructure ... More >>
Wood Needs To Go
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 8:28 am | ACT New Zealand
“Michael Wood can’t carry on as a Minister after declining airport authority status to North Shore Aerodrome, despite owning shares in a competing airport,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The question of Wood being a Minister is no longer ... More >>
Shocking Retail Crime Figures Show Government Must Go
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 8:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“North Island Retail Crime retail crime figures released by Foodstuffs today show that the Labour government has totally lost control of crime and must go,” said ACT Leader David Seymour. “Foodstuffs has said that they have never seen retail ... More >>
ACT Welcomes National U-turn On HWEN
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 12:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is welcoming National’s decision to finally oppose He Waka Eke Noa – now it needs to join ACT in pledging to dump the entire Zero Carbon Act, says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron and ACT candidate Andrew Hoggard. “ACT’s ... More >>
Permanent Left-wing Govt Would Result From Electoral Review
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 9:56 am | ACT New Zealand
“If the totally politicised and partial chair of the latest electoral review wants to change the system, she should get elected first”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Deborah Hart says New Zealanders are sick of smoke and mirrors and want transparency. ... More >>
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 >>
