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3,000 words of nothing from Hipkins
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 7:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins pre-budget speech today was 3,000 words without substance. It was like an old Jacinda Ardern speech, just without her flair,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The only thing Hipkins managed to set out today were the things his Government ... More >>
Parker Can’t Defend Dodgy Study
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“David Parker’s only way of defending the dodgy methodology in his tax system fishing expedition is to create a new definition for what ‘income’ means,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “When questioned by the AM Show about the report’s ... More >>
MOE Needs Stop Micromanaging And Start Measuring
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand is facing a slow-moving train wreck as students just disengage from school. A lack of accountability from a bloated education ministry means New Zealand kids won’t receive the opportunities in life they used to,” says ACT’s Education ... More >>
Consequences Of Zero Carbon Act Keep On Coming
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 6:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Climate Change Commission’s latest batch of recommendations will cost the country immensely without reducing emissions one bit. This is what ACT warned about when we were the only party to vote against the Zero Carbon Bill,” says ACT’s ... More >>
Parker Pitches To Rob Peter To Pay Paul
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“David Parker is defining unrealised capital gains as income so he can create a better case for his beloved CGT. His fishing expedition wasn’t about gathering information, it was about creating a narrative that he can ride to more taxes on ... More >>
You Can’t Tax Your Way To Prosperity
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government will try and leverage whatever comes out of the IRD’s tax study into a reason to take more money from Kiwis. No one has ever taxed their way to prosperity though, the Government needs to cut its own waste before it looks for more revenue, ... More >>
Five Times More Spent On Cycleways Than At Risk Roads
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 8:37 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s transport priorities are clear for all to see. Despite highlighting hundreds of resilience risks in New Zealand’s roading network almost three years ago they have only started to address ten of them, meanwhile they’ve spent five ... More >>
Aussies Played Hipkins Like A Didgeridoo
Monday, 24 April 2023, 11:28 am | ACT New Zealand
“Instead of getting played like a didgeridoo by the Australian Government raiding New Zealand’s talent, Chris Hipkins should be telling New Zealanders how his Government will boost productivity and make New Zealand a greater place to live. Problem is ... More >>
Waka Kotahi’s Lacklustre Contribution To Auckland Flooding Response
Sunday, 23 April 2023, 12:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Waka Kotahi’s response to the events of January 27th in Auckland have been revealed to have been slow off the mark and totally underwhelming,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “Much has been made of the Auckland Mayor’s ... More >>
One In Five Kids In Benefit Dependent Households
Saturday, 22 April 2023, 12:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This year’s Salvation Army State of the Nation report shows that there are 208,900 kids living in benefit-dependent households, 30,000 more than when Labour took office,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “Almost ... More >>
Meng Foon’s True Colours Revealed – Labour Red
Friday, 21 April 2023, 12:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has said right from the start that Meng Foon isn’t fit for his role because he is unable to remain politically neutral, today’s revelations bring new weight to our claims and he needs to go immediately,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “After ... More >>
Grant Robertson Is Directing The Country Towards Disaster
Friday, 21 April 2023, 11:25 am | ACT New Zealand
“Grant Robertson told Newstalk ZB this morning that he is focussed on ‘the direction of travel’ for inflation, what direction? Everything he has any influence over is getting worse,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Non-tradeable inflation, the ... More >>
Massive Benefit Numbers The New Normal Under Labour
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 4:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“What was once sold as a COVID-19 increase to beneficiary numbers has become the new normal,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “Here are some of the real stats that show where New Zealand is at in terms of welfare ... More >>
More Evidence That Wasteful Spending Is The Problem
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows that the rest of the world is getting on top of inflation, while the New Zealand Government is still spending up large and fuelling the cost of living crisis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There ... More >>
Police Were Put On The Frontline Fighting Labour’s War
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 10:44 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Parliamentary riots reflect a sad chapter in New Zealand history, there were ugly acts on all sides of it which can’t be excused but its important to look at what caused the event – needlessly inflexible vaccination policy and an immature ... More >>
ACT Launches Ease The Squeeze Campaign
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 8:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is today launching the ‘ Ease the Squeeze ’ campaign to show how New Zealand can tackle the cost of living crisis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Later this morning inflation figures will be released and they will show that the Government ... More >>
Does Labour Think Kiwis Are Stupid?
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 3:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Education Minister Jan Tinetti’s claim that delaying changes to school curriculums and NCEA assessments will lift literacy and numeracy rates is some of Labour’s most ridiculous spin yet, and that’s saying something,” says ACT’s Education ... More >>
Nats Get A 6/10 For Ag Policy
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“National’s agriculture policy says the right things but has too much compromise and a glaring omission of policy on He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) and protecting property rights from Significant Natural Areas (SNAs). ACT has the policy that will bring ... More >>
Tall Poppy Tax Policy Built On Empty Rhetoric
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 11:43 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s report released by OliverShaw shows exactly why there’s no place for tall poppy syndrome in the tax code,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Revenue Minister David Parker has often repeated the fallacy that wealthy New Zealanders ... More >>
Treasury Report Backs Up ACT
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
“Treasury is saying what ACT has said all along. The rampant inflation that is making life impossible for Kiwis has been fuelled by Labour’s wasteful spending,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The report states “The surge in inflation from ... More >>
