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Govt Prioritises New RNZ Website Over Cost Of Living
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 11:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“While Kiwis grapple with the cost of living crisis and a shock increase to the OCR yesterday, the Government has announced it is spending an extra $25m every year on RNZ. This is Labour’s priorities in action,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
GST Sharing Bill’s Time Has Come
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 4:52 am | ACT New Zealand
05 April “Parliament has the ability tonight to support a practical solution to free up infrastructure funding and get houses built for the next generation,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “My bill, the Housing ... More >>
RNZ Should Release Kiri Allan Recording
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 6:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Kiri Allan has the opportunity to clear up any lingering doubts about what she actually said at an RNZ function,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Allan has apologised for comments she made at an RNZ function. “She now has an opportunity ... More >>
Cancelled Media Merger Shows Contempt For Taxpayers
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Contempt is the only way to describe burning $20 million of taxpayer money during a cost of living crisis on a project that had no purpose,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Neither Clare Curran, nor Kris Faafoi, nor Willie Jackson could explain ... More >>
Ideological Maths Teaching A Cruel Distraction
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 2:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government giving students a heavy helping of ideology with their maths lessons is a good example of why New Zealand is falling behind. We have a Government that indulges in ideological experiments while failing the basics”, says ACT’s Education ... More >>
NZ Getting Smashed In Trans-tasman Mortgage Battle
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s increase to the Official Cash Rate (OCR) is business as usual, the only problem is that business is much better across the Tasman,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Australia’s reserve bank this week decided to halt increases ... More >>
Government Needs To Back Off Rural Sector
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 10:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“With today’s significant drop in Global Dairy Trade (GDT), the Government needs to back off farmers and consider the impact and additional costs its reforms are having on New Zealand’s economic powerhouse,” says ACT’s Primary Industries ... More >>
Should’ve And Could’ve, If Only He Wood’ve Listened To ACT
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 3:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today in Parliament I asked the Minister of Transport just how much money he had wasted on the now-cancelled transport policies which ACT has always opposed,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “Minister Wood claimed that $4.04 ... More >>
Yes Or No? Hipkins Evasive Over OIA Reform
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has tied himself up in knots over whether he will support changes to the Official Information Act,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today I wrote to Chris Hipkins and other party leaders seeking a cross-party commitment ... More >>
World First Virtual Reality Tech Set To Boost NZ’s Entertainment Tourism Sector
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With today’s New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZEIR) quarterly survey showing the building sector is down in the dumps, Parliament should do the right thing and support my GST-sharing Member’s Bill when it is read for the first time ... More >>
Lobbying ‘crackdown’ Is A Distraction From OIA Sins
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 10:24 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister’s ‘lobbying crackdown’ is purely symbolic and a distraction from the real issue – the Official Information Act. There can be no accountability if there are no penalties for suppressing and covering up information,” says ACT ... More >>
More Consequences For Youth Offenders
Monday, 3 April 2023, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand
“Recent retail crime data shows it is past time for a change in attitude on youth crime, there needs to be real consequences like instant fines and ankle bracelets to deter youth offenders from terrorising small business owners who deserve better,” ... More >>
Living Wage Shows How Much Less Workers Earning
Monday, 3 April 2023, 10:29 am | ACT New Zealand
“The latest living wage calculations show just how far working Kiwis’ wages are falling behind, but the Government is looking out for everyone except workers,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The living wage is increasing to $26 per hour in ... More >>
ACT Welcomes National Backing Off Three By Three Housing Law
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The next Government will have to fix the housing mess that ACT predicted, and has solutions to,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Speaking to Q+A this morning, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris ... More >>
LGWM - a lot of staff but not much progress
Sunday, 2 April 2023, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Lets Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) has spent $84m and increased its staffing levels by 50 per cent in the past year, but all they’ve managed to deliver is one pedestrian crossing,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “ Written Parliamentary ... More >>
Working Kiwis Being Played For Fools Today
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today the joke is on the approximately 2.8 million Kiwis who rely on working, saving, or investing to get by. The Government has forgotten about you,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today’s tax changes mean the Government is going to give ... More >>
5,100 Jobs Killed By Minimum Wage Hike
Friday, 31 March 2023, 12:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment told Labour to go slower in raising the minimum wage and estimates 5,100 jobs will be killed off as a result of the hike ,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The move to force businesses to ... More >>
Consumer Outlook Gloomy As Govt Forgets Workers
Friday, 31 March 2023, 11:21 am | ACT New Zealand
“Consumers can see that inflation isn’t going anywhere yet the Government refuses to do anything to reward workers,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today’s ANZ-Roy Morgan NZ Consumer Confidence survey shows inflation expectations have increased ... More >>
Te Whatu Ora Bureaucracy Cuts Should Just Be The Start
Friday, 31 March 2023, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
“Te Whatu Ora’s move to reduce the number of back-office bureaucrats should be welcomed. If only Labour could apply that approach to the entire public sector,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Our public sector ... More >>
Kiwis Unable To Access Mental Health Teleservice
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 8:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A third of Kiwis who call the Government’s 1737 mental health teleservice are hanging up before getting the chance to speak to anyone, it isn’t good enough,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Written parliamentary ... More >>
