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New Report Shows Cost Of Oil And Gas Ban
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 5:57 am | ACT New Zealand
“A new report from Castalia shows that Labour’s “nuclear free moment” is going to cost Kiwis big time,” says ACT’s Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “New Zealand can’t afford this Labour Government. The report states that the ... More >>
Auckland 6th Least Affordable Major Housing Market In World
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour got elected five and a half years ago on a bold promise to fix housing, the annual Demographia International Housing Affordability report shows they’ve only made things worse,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke ... More >>
‘Moana’ Caregivers Bullied By Bureaucrats Into Giving Up
Monday, 20 March 2023, 3:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ Today’s sad news that ‘Moana’ will be returning to state care shows just how broken the system is. Her caregivers have been bullied by bureaucrats into giving up the child they loved and cared for because of their race,” says ACT’s Children ... More >>
ACT Holds Another Fundraiser For Freedom
Monday, 20 March 2023, 2:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is proud to help our friends in Ukraine with their fight for freedom by hosting another fundraiser tomorrow evening,” says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “Our guest speakers have unparalleled insight into what is going on ... More >>
Govt Needs To Brush Up On Dentistry Workforce Woes
Monday, 20 March 2023, 11:01 am | ACT New Zealand
“On World Oral Health Day, ACT is asking the Government to brush up on the state of Kiwi kids’ teeth,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “On TVNZ Breakfast this morning I revealed information released through ... More >>
Ineffective Greens Frustrated By Own Failure
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 2:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
“If there’s one thing the Greens have succeeded at over the past five years it is proving how ineffective they are, even with real responsibility they’ve been unable to achieve anything,” says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “Green ... More >>
Double The Managers And Double The Salaries While Kiwis Keep Battling
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has doubled the amount of managers it employs and the taxpayer-funded salaries that come with them since Labour took office,” says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “Trimming consultants ... More >>
Greens Pitch For Role They’re Already Failing At
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Green Party Deputy Leader Marama Davidson has appeared on Newshub Nation’s ‘The Pitch’ this morning pleading for the Green Party to have more sway over climate policy, does she realise her co-leader has been the Climate Change Minister ... More >>
ACT delivers hospo solution for RWC, again
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With the 2023 Rugby World Cup taking place in the northern hemisphere pubs are having to plead their case to prudish licensing committees just so they can open. ACT has the solution once again in the form of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby ... More >>
Weak PM Won’t Hold Nash Accountable
Friday, 17 March 2023, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“If Stuart Nash meets the standards required of a Cabinet Minister, the rest of Labour’s MPs must be even worse. It’s time for the voters to do what Hipkins won’t and turf them all out”, says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “Even ... More >>
Can Hipkins Do What Ardern Couldn’t?
Friday, 17 March 2023, 10:45 am | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern was hopeless at holding her Ministers accountable and if Chris Hipkins wants New Zealanders to believe that his Government is different he needs to show that he will be decisive in sacking unethical and poorly-performing Ministers,” ... More >>
Infrastructure Commission Report Says Cut The Red Tape
Friday, 17 March 2023, 9:19 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Infrastructure Commission has today released a damning report explicitly stating that the Government will fail to meet its emissions reductions targets if it does not radically reform the consenting process, which not only causes massive ... More >>
Nash A Recidivist Offender, Must Go
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 7:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It has now been revealed that Stuart Nash is a recidivist offender when it comes to breaching the Cabinet Manual, Chris Hipkins has no choice but to sack him entirely,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Newstalk ZB has revealed that this isn’t the ... More >>
Cyclone Legislation Doesn’t Do Enough
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 4:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Severe Weather Legislation being rushed through Parliament today is better than nothing, but disappointing for all the things it doesn’t do,” says ACT’s Environment spokesperson Simon Court. “ACT will support the bill because sure, ... More >>
Labour Admits Failure On Post Code Lottery
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 2:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has admitted that their health reforms haven’t just failed to address the post-code lottery, new data around waiting times shows that they’ve made it worse,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “I ... More >>
Did Ardern Know?
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Police Commissioner Andrew Coster should have known that Stuart Nash was acting in a way that was inconsistent with section 16 of the Policing Act. The question is, who then received that information and what did they do with it?” Asks ACT ... More >>
GDP Shows What Kiwis Already Know
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 12:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With New Zealand almost certainly headed for a recession, Labour needs to wake up and unleash the ingenuity of New Zealanders by reducing wasteful spending, giving it back in tax cuts, and ditching the stifling red tape,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Is Nash A One-off, Or Is This Just Labour’s Standard?
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 10:29 am | ACT New Zealand
“New acting Police Minister Megan Woods has an immediate task of confirming whether Stuart Nash’s indiscretion was a one-off, or whether other Labour Ministers have tried to interfere in Police matters,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. ... More >>
Good Teachers Deserve More Money, ACT Would Give It To Them
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s strike is what happens when you have a rigid, centrally-planned wage structure. ACT would pay good teachers more with the Teachers Excellence Reward Fund,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Good teachers deserve to be ... More >>
3 Strikes And Nash Should Be Gone
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“He interfered, he boasted about it, and then he doubled down on it. That’s three strikes and Stuart Nash should be out,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Under Chris Hipkins’ watch a Minister can show complete disregard for the Cabinet Manual, ... More >>
