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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 >>
Hapless Hipkins Tell Kiwis Life Is Better Across The Ditch
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 3:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Hapless Chris Hipkins is spending taxpayer money to advertise to New Zealanders living in Australia that life is better there now they can get citizenship – rather than trying to persuade them to come home”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “What ... More >>
Russia Overtakes New Zealand In Reading
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“The latest Progress in International Literacy Study (PIRLS) report should be a wake up call for New Zealand. It is time to end our country’s decline, and there is no place better to start than in teaching kids to read,” says ACT Education ... More >>
FPOs Another Firearms Failure From Labour
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“Firearms Prohibition Orders were one of the few laws Labour has enacted that is meant to reduce crime, but it hasn’t made New Zealand any safer because they don’t bother using it,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Newstalk ... More >>
Labour/National Offer Different Shades Of Beige On Spending
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour and National are offering different shades of beige when it comes to government spending with only ACT promising real change”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour’s budget will spend more money than any government in the history of New Zealand, but ... More >>
Nash Incompetent, Hipkins Just Wrong
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 5:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Stuart Nash was the only Labour Minister listening to the people of Hawke’s Bay about crime. But sadly he was hapless and incapable of convincing Chris Hipkins who repeatedly denied there was a problem,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As ... More >>
