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Kelvin Davis Resorts To Personal Attacks While OT Fails Most Vulnerable
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 3:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It is no wonder that Oranga Tamariki is being threatened with strikes and has contractors under investigation when Minister for Children Kelvin Davis has to resort to race-based name-calling when questioned about the issues,” says ACT’s Children ... More >>
Racial Discrimination By Te Pāti Māori Must Stop
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 3:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Te Pāti Māori has been engaging in racial discrimination on its website with claims of genetic superiority, but when notified, New Zealand’s Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon refused to publicly stand up to it,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
RSE Change: Too Little, Too Late, Just Remove The Cap Completely
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 4:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s change to Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) numbers is too little too late, the sensible policy change would have been to remove the cap on the number of RSEs completely, like Australia’s scheme,” says ACT’s Immigration ... More >>
Business Surveys Show Immigration Action Needed Asap
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Two recent surveys, NZ Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom and BusinessNZ’s Survey of Business Opinion, show that the biggest issue facing New Zealand businesses is skill shortages and immigration. The Government should adopt ACT’s proposals to ... More >>
Better Off On Welfare Than Income Insurance Scheme
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s income insurance scheme would provide no more income to a family dependant on a median wage as benefits would, the only difference is the same family would have to pay for the income insurance scheme with a tax on their income,” says ACT ... More >>
Labour Need To Stand Up For Innocent Shoppers
Sunday, 25 September 2022, 6:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A brazen broad daylight smash-and-grab is the latest example of why Labour need to start sticking up for innocent shoppers’ right to move freely around their community,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Criminals are escalating their attacks on innocent ... More >>
ACT Claims FFP Extension Is Unavoidable
Friday, 23 September 2022, 10:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“Figures collected by ACT show the avalanche of consents David Parker is going to inflict on councils to meet Freshwater Farm Plan requirements, his only option is to extend the deadline,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. ... More >>
ACT Reiterates Call To Expel Russian Ambassador
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 5:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister should back up her words about Russia with actions and expel the Russian Ambassador from New Zealand,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “New Zealand is an anti-nuclear country, ... More >>
ACT Meets Christchurch Residents Fed Up With Density Laws
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 5:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is tonight holding a public meeting in Christchurch to discuss a better way of building housing infrastructure than Labour/National’s housing deal, which Christchurch City Council has rejected,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Christchurch ... More >>
Putting Children At The Centre Of Oranga Tamariki
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 12:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“My Member’s Bill which was drawn from the Ballot today seeks to ensure that the wellbeing of the child is the paramount consideration of Oranga Tamariki," says ACT MP Karen Chhour. “As someone who grew up in state care, I have deep appreciation ... More >>
Government Keeps Up Barriers To Investment
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 8:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has this evening rejected a policy that would have reduced barriers to investment from people and businesses in like-minded countries and meant greater prosperity for Kiwis,” says ACT’s Associate Finance spokesperson Damien Smith. ... More >>
New Zealand Can’t Afford To Not Allow Foreign Investment
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 12:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today Parliament has the opportunity to support my member’s bill to allow reduced barriers to investment from overseas and improve the quality of life enjoyed by all New Zealanders,” says ACT’s Associate Finance spokesperson Damien Smith. “The ... More >>
Public Holiday Shouldn’t Cost Kiwis
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 1:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Creating a new public holiday on a whim is causing chaos amongst businesses, our health system and schools, what’s worse, we’re behind the world again after waiting two weeks for Jacinda Ardern to get home from New York,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
How Labour And National Let Zealots Experiment With Kids
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 1:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The expensive and dangerous experiment on children using “Modern Learning Environments” has now been exposed for what it is, it’s time to dump this policy and put schools in charge of their property choices,” says ACT's Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. ... More >>
Grant Robertson’s Drops The H-bomb Of Hypocrisy
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 6:08 am | ACT New Zealand
“Acting Prime Minister Grant Robertson admonishing the National Party for the cynical timing of an announcement is the h-bomb of hypocrisy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Last week Labour did the exact same thing on a far larger scale. ... More >>
Undemocratic Reshaping Streets Quietly Closes For Consultation
Monday, 19 September 2022, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Despite not many people knowing about it, Transport Minister Michael Wood’s ‘Reshaping Streets’ proposal could drastically change streetscapes up and down the country and closes for submissions at midnight,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Clean Car Scheme Adding Bureaucracy, Not Reducing Emissions
Monday, 19 September 2022, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Motorcycle importers are being forced to undergo more red tape and bureaucracy because Labour’s Clean Car Standard is so poorly designed,” says ACT’s Transport and Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “Since motorcycles are covered by ... More >>
ACT Would Remove Cultural Background Reports For Sentencing
Monday, 19 September 2022, 11:56 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is proposing to remove Section 26(2)(a) and Section 27 of the Sentencing Act 2002, which allows criminals to gain shortened sentences by undergoing cultural background reports,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “These reports are leading ... More >>
Labour Still Clinging On To Covid Travel Bureaucracy
Sunday, 18 September 2022, 12:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour still won’t properly move on from Covid, as it continues to make people fill out the pointless Traveller Declaration Form to travel to New Zealand,” says ACT’s Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall. “The form doesn’t serve a ... More >>
Three New Gang Members A Day Under Labour
Saturday, 17 September 2022, 1:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New figures reveal that gangs are continuing to grow in New Zealand, recruiting three new members a day over the past two months,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Written Parliamentary Questions released to ACT show the Gang Intelligence ... More >>
