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Are Labour Financially Illiterate, Or Dishonest?
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s claim that taxpayers would be worse off under ACT’s alternative budget is either financially illiterate or dishonest, because they ignored ACT’s generous tax cuts for working families,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If Chris ... More >>
ACT Would Scrap $79m Agency Responsible For ‘showerganda’
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The condescending taxpayer-funded campaign for five-minute showers highlights why the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority is unnecessary – and ACT’s alternative budget, released last week, proposed to scrap it”, says ACT’s Climate ... More >>
National Finally Admits They Got Housing Density Policy Wrong
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 5:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden welcomed National Party Leader Christopher Luxon’s admission that National ’got MDRS (housing density) wrong’. Ms van Velden said, “These comments, made at a meeting in Birkenhead today, are ... More >>
Change The Govt, Not The Length Of Your Shower
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 5:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour is launching a nationwide campaign to lecture people to have shorter showers on the same day its reckless economic policies have added $2,500 to a half million dollar mortgage over the next two years”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour’s ... More >>
Reckless And Irresponsible Robertson Just Cost You Big Time
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Reckless and irresponsible Robertson just cost a family with a half-million mortgage $2,500 over the next two years,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As the Reserve Bank says, fiscal pressure will drop away eventually but not now. In the meantime, ... More >>
Bad, Terrible Or Disastrous? How Bad Are Interest Rates Going To Get?
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 12:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The country is waiting nervously for today’s OCR announcement, which is going to be bad, terrible or disastrous,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Because this Government can’t control its spending, it’s not a question of “if” we’re ... More >>
Assaults On Police Triple Under Labour
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand
In response to a question from ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie, the Government has been forced to reveal that assaults on police have more than tripled since Labour was elected. Assaults (excluding spitting) have gone from 307 a year in 2017 to 1001 ... More >>
Thank Grant Robertson For Your Next Interest Rate Rise
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 12:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Following last week’s blowout budget, the question around tomorrow’s OCR decision is whether Adrian Orr hikes it by 25 points or 50. If Grant Robertson had shown the slightest degree of fiscal competency and reigned in his spending there ... More >>
Colourblind State Care Petition Hits 10k Signatures
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand
A campaign to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act has hit 10,000 signatures. “Children are being taken out of safe, loving foster homes because their foster parents are the ‘wrong’ race”, says ACT Spokesperson for Children Karen Chhour. ... More >>
PM Needs To Back Struggling Kiwis, Not Wealthy Aussies
Monday, 22 May 2023, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Prime Minister Chris Hipkins appears to be confused about which country he’s leading,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. In recent weeks his government has spent $10,000 advertising in Australia to promote the benefits of living there and given ... More >>
Kiwis Pay An Extra Two Days’ Worth Of Taxes Than In 2022
Monday, 22 May 2023, 12:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Every year Labour is in Government, Kiwis have to work longer just to hand over every cent they’ve earned to Grant Robertson,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today is ‘Tax Freedom Day’ according to accounting firm Baker Tilly Staples ... More >>
Time To Take Youth Crime Seriously
Monday, 22 May 2023, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand
“The epidemic of youth crime has gotten to the point where New Zealand’s news headlines could be straight out of the L.A. Times – ram raids, stabbing threats, brazen robberies. It’s past time for youth offenders to start facing real consequences,” ... More >>
First Gamers, Now Global Manufacturers Receive Corporate Welfare
Sunday, 21 May 2023, 5:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s $140 million handout to Bluescope Group to build an electric arc furnace is more corporate welfare from a Government who thinks the answer to everything is spending your money,” says ACT Party Leader David Seymour. “Emissions ... More >>
Police Minister All Excuses, No Solutions
Sunday, 21 May 2023, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“When confronted with specific evidence of how out of control crime is on Q+A this morning, all that Police Minister Ginny Anderson could come up with was excuse after excuse,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “When asked about ... More >>
Labour’s Hidden Defence Cuts
Sunday, 21 May 2023, 5:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour bragged about increasing Defence spending in their pre-budget announcements but forgot to mention that Defence spending won’t keep up with inflation in the last three years of the budget,” says ACT’s Defence spokesperson James McDowall. ... More >>
ACT Launches Petition To Speed Up The Clean-up Of Auckland’s Beaches
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has launched a petition which urges the Government to adopt ACT’s three-point plan to speed up the clean-up of Auckland’s beaches,” says ACT’s Environment spokesperson Simon Court. “Aucklanders often can’t go in the sea because of raw ... More >>
Splurges For Some, Inflation For All With $10b Blow Out
Friday, 19 May 2023, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
“While the Government wants to focus on a few specific spending initiatives, the overall picture of inflationary spending, and its effect on inflation and interest rates, is the story most relevant to all New Zealanders,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Corporates Cream It While Kiwis Feel The Squeeze
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s Build Back Broke Budget is more interested in improving the wellbeing of corporates than New Zealanders who are doing it tough,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Not content just giving billions of taxpayer dollars to Hollywood elites ... More >>
Build Back Broke Budget Delivers A Blowout
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s Build Back Broke Budget will mean a blowout for the government’s books as it tries to buy the election”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government promised to be back in surplus after five years. Now they’re delivering six years ... More >>
Govt Acknowledges Building Problems, ACT Has The Solutions
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 7:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has taken the best part of the year to come to the obvious conclusion – there’s not enough competition in the building materials market. Unlike ACT, they can’t come up with a solution,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson ... More >>
