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Control Freak Govt Should Apologise, Drop Mandates
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 5:15 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders were illegally punished by a control freak Government for no public health benefit at all”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ In finding that the decision by Chris Hipkins to extend vaccine mandates to family carers was illegal ... More >>
Race Relations Commissioner Needs To Go
Friday, 10 March 2023, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Meng Foon is consistent only in his ability to ignore everything that doesn’t fit his narrow left wing worldview. He’s not upholding human rights for all New Zealanders, just those who fit his personal political views and he needs to go,” ... More >>
Labour Drives Up Building Costs In A Cost Of Living Crisis
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is stubbornly proceeding with new building regulations that will make the rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle cost even more. If people are going to have any chance to rebuild there needs to be an assurance that bureaucracy and red tape ... More >>
Wood Needs To Drop Ute Tax On Struggling Families
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 12:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With up to ten thousand vehicles expected to be written off in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government’s ute tax needs to go. Flood-affected families trying to rebuild their lives shouldn’t be taxed more to help pay for someone’s new ... More >>
Donald Trumps Of The Left Need To Cut Out Populist Attacks On Foreign Bankers
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 11:15 am | ACT New Zealand
“Bashing the banks because they’re Australian and obsessing over profit-making panders to the worst prejudices and won’t improve the cost of living for New Zealanders”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The number one priority of any government right ... More >>
DOC Huts Still Being Powered By Coal
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 9:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“Despite declaring coal would be gone from all DOC huts two years ago, it is still being burned on a regular basis to warm Department of Conservation huts with no plan to stop,” says ACT’s Conservation spokesperson Nicole McKee. “This is yet another ... More >>
Robertson Says MPs Aren’t Up To It
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 9:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Grant Robertson’s assertion that the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee isn’t capable of conducting an inquiry into the banking sector shows he doesn’t trust Parliament, and by extension the people who elect it,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Jobs For Nature Paying $167 An Hour
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
“While private businesses are having to tighten their belts amid a cost of living crisis, the Government is spending more than a billion dollars on a make-work scheme in which the Minister can’t even explain how the money is being spent,” says ... More >>
Bill Drafted To Bring Back $500m Export Industry
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today I have put my Member’s Bill into the ballot to repeal the ban on live animal exports,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “Latest forecasts show that live animal exports are expected to generate $500 million for ... More >>
Labour Dominated Finance Committee Must Back Consumers
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 11:28 am | ACT New Zealand
“It would be shameful for the Labour-dominated Finance and Expenditure Committee to block an inquiry into the Labour Government’s regulation of the banking sector,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Government regulation has a major influence on ... More >>
A Society Committing Slow Suicide
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 11:03 am | ACT New Zealand
“Lost in the debate about the truancy crisis is the fact that neither parents nor Ministry of Education bureaucrats are being held accountable for their poor behaviour,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealand is facing a slow moving train wreck ... More >>
Road To Zero Needs A U-turn
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s Road to Zero programme is underdelivering on safety improvements and overdelivering on speed restrictions that no one wants. The Government needs to sort out its priorities for road safety,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon ... More >>
Bureaucrats Creaming It In A Cost Of Living Crisis
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 8:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“While Kiwi battlers tighten their belts, and businesses cut costs left, right and centre, Wellington bureaucrats are creaming it. It’s time to zero base government and ask whether some departments need to exist,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Bureaucrats Creaming It In A Cost Of Living Crisis
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 8:21 am | ACT New Zealand
“While Kiwi battlers tighten their belts, and businesses cut costs left, right and centre, Wellington bureaucrats are creaming it. It’s time to zero base government and ask whether some departments need to exist,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Transport Minister Gaslights That Roads Aren’t Falling Apart
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 3:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Transport Minister Michael Wood today has proved himself to be totally out of touch with everyday Kiwis, he is governing for left-wing activists and not real people,” says ACT’s Transport Spokesperson Simon Court. “Today in the House I questioned ... More >>
Govt Boots Anti-democratic Rotorua Bill To Touch
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 2:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has quietly withdrawn the Rotorua District Council (Representation Arrangements) Bill from Parliament. This is a win for ACT and democracy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT has consistently said that democracy means one person, one vote. ... More >>
Ministry Of Education Setting Kids Up To Fail
Monday, 6 March 2023, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand
“Calls from the Ministry of Education to make NZQA tests easier and to let kids use spellcheck shows how far education standards have fallen under Labour,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Instead of requiring higher standards, ... More >>
Michael Wood Isn’t Governing For Real People
Monday, 6 March 2023, 10:43 am | ACT New Zealand
“Michael Wood needs to scrap his proposed Land Transport Government Policy Statement (GPS) and start again. Instead of governing for the needs of New Zealanders as he was elected to do, he is trying to force them to change their own behaviour to fit ... More >>
National's Childcare Credit Too Easy For Labour To Steal
Sunday, 5 March 2023, 1:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
“National’s policy announced today is a good start to addressing the cost of living, but is too easy for Labour to steal. The best way to address the cost of living crisis for all Kiwis is a tax cut for every earner,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Govt Spending Focussed On What Matters
Friday, 3 March 2023, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
“The cost of the recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle is going to be enormous, the only way New Zealand can afford it without heaping more pressure onto households is if the Government reprioritises to reign in its spending,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
