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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 >>
Not Letting Lawlessness Get In The Way Of Recovery
Friday, 3 March 2023, 11:17 am | ACT New Zealand
“The first duty of any government is to keep its people safe, and this is especially true in a time of emergency. ACT has a plan to address the lawlessness that has occurred in cyclone-affected areas so people can have the sense of security they need to get ... More >>
Declaring A Special Economic Zone
Friday, 3 March 2023, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti can’t afford to get caught up in Wellington’s web of painfully slow bureaucratic processes. ACT would declare a Special Economic Zone to lift the regulatory barriers that make it so difficult to get anything done,” ... More >>
15 Urgent Solutions For The Cyclone Rebuild
Friday, 3 March 2023, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is today proposing 15 practical solutions that are necessary to rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle and create a more resilient future,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Recovery is going to be costly, and the Government’s response must be wary of ... More >>
Consumers Don’t Believe Hipkins
Friday, 3 March 2023, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
“For all of Chris Hipkins’ talk of a policy reset and ‘bread and butter’ issues, the latest ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence survey shows that people just aren’t buying it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The document states: “Perceptions ... More >>
Campbell Deservedly Gone, Two Days Later
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“David Parker can always be relied upon to make the right choice. Once every other choice has already been exhausted,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “No one knows why it took Parker so long to fire Rob Campbell, that’s just one of life’s mysteries. ... More >>
