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Race-based Waitlists Indefensible
Monday, 19 June 2023, 8:54 am | ACT New Zealand
“Using ethnicity to prioritise healthcare waitlists is lazy and divisive and it’s not who we are as a country”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Te Whatu Ora’s new ‘waitlist equity adjuster tool’ uses five criteria to prioritise patients ... More >>
Time To Cancel The Corporate Welfare Gravy Train
Sunday, 18 June 2023, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“While Kiwis are tightening their belts and making tough choices, the Government is spending more and more taxpayer money to keep the corporate welfare gravy train chugging along,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This week there have been at ... More >>
Foon Strewn On A June Afternoon
Friday, 16 June 2023, 6:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Meng Foon’s tenure as a Race Relations Commissioner who was never able to put his own views aside has today ended fittingly with an undisclosed conflict of interest,” says ACT Party Leader David Seymour. “Meng Foon’s resignation is welcome,” ... More >>
Nash Report Highlights Govt Skills Shortage
Friday, 16 June 2023, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“It’s not just the private sector struggling to find talent. The Government’s Cabinet is facing a severe skills shortage as well, and the only solution is to fire them all,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stuart Nash, Michael Wood, and Jan ... More >>
ACT Is Standing Up For Rural New Zealand
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 12:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Farmers in countries who are our biggest trading partners are not paying a price for their methane emissions, and under ACT neither would New Zealand farmers,” say ACT MP Mark Cameron and ACT candidate Andrew Hoggard. “ACT would also do away ... More >>
Afterpay Economy Goes Into Recession
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand
“A recession is when your neighbour loses their job. A recovery is when Chris Hipkins loses his,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today’s GDP figures mean that even with Grant Robertson irresponsibly putting the economy on Afterpay with ... More >>
ACT To Slash Rural Red Tape
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 8:55 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will rein in the bloated bureaucratic beast that the Ministry for Primary Industries has become and get it back to basics and focused on supporting farmers to do what they do best”, says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron ... More >>
ACT Driving GE Debate From Opposition
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is driving the GE debate from opposition – just imagine what we can achieve in Government”, says ACT candidate and scientist Dr Parmjeet Parmar. “With ACT consistently polling above 10 per cent, and leading the policy conversation on our ... More >>
Unaffordable Food Part Of Labour’s Legacy
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 12:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“One of this Labour Government’s legacies will be how it let food prices get so out of control that putting a healthy dinner on the table became too hard for many Kiwi families,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The last time Kiwis saw ... More >>
Primary Sector Keeps Paying The Way
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 12:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The latest import-export data from Stats NZ has reinforced how important pastoral farming is to New Zealand’s wellbeing, even though Labour and the Greens are intent on taxing the life out of it,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark ... More >>
Current Account Deficit Shows Robertson's Afterpay Economy
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 11:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“The most irresponsible Finance Minister in modern history is happy to preside over an Afterpay economy. It’s buy-now-pay later under Grant Robertson, whose just presided over the four worst quarters of trade deficit on record,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
ACT Kills Fertiliser Tax
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is once again standing up for farmers by killing off any attempt to introduce a new fertiliser tax ”, says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “This morning the Prime Minister confirmed that no new fertiliser tax would be ... More >>
Infrastructure Report Says It Time To Embrace Private Enterprise
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand
“A new report highlights the need for New Zealand to adopt ACT’s policy of using private enterprise and local knowledge to get its infrastructure up to speed,” says ACT’s Infrastructure spokesperson Simon Court. “The New Zealand Initiative’s ... More >>
Palestine, China Stories Also Edited – Independent Inquiry Needed
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 1:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson needs to commission an independent inquiry into RNZ after new revelations that stories about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and China’s treatment of Uighurs were also edited to provide Palestinian and Chinese-friendly ... More >>
Only One Anti-social Kāinga Ora Tenant Removed From State House
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is protecting and promoting anti-social behaviour by Kāinga Ora tenants under the Labour-National sustaining tenancies policy”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Fourteen months after Labour promised to crackdown on disruptive ... More >>
OAG Releases Damning Review Of PGF
Monday, 12 June 2023, 8:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The PGF was never about regional economic development. It was about NZ First trying (and failing) to buy votes in the provinces,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today the Auditor-General released their review into the PGF’s reset. It showed ... More >>
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 >>
