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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 >>
Kiwi Businesses Succeed In Spite Of Labour
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 12:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s growth in GDP is a testament to the hard work of Kiwi businesspeople, who through sheer will and determination have managed a positive result in spite of Labour’s policies that have restricted production and starved them of workers,” ... More >>
Super Fund Needs To Explain Shift In Portfolio
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The NZ Super Fund needs to front up with the workings behind moving $25 billion to climate-related investment and prove to Kiwis it is managing their money well” says ACT’s Associate Finance spokesperson Damien Smith. “Any good fund manager ... More >>
Reshaping Streets Is Anti-car, Anti-business, Undemocratic, One-way Traffic
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 12:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Hot on the heels of the government's unannounced KiwiSaver changes, Transport Minister Michael Woods ‘Reshaping Streets’ proposal looks set to drastically change streetscapes up and down the country despite few people knowing about it,” ... More >>
Firearms Licencing Amendment On The Way
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 6:33 am | ACT New Zealand
“Relentless pressure from the ACT Party on behalf of law-abiding firearms owners has led to the Government taking action on licencing delays,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “There are thousands of people who have been ... More >>
Christchurch City Council Decision Shows Housing Law Won’t Work
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Councils up and down the country are lashing out at the Labour/National housing deal, with the Christchurch City Council the latest to stand up to the law,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Christchurch ... More >>
Day Of Recognition Without The Costs Is The Answer
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 12:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Creating a new public holiday on a whim is causing chaos amongst businesses, our health system and schools. We need a way to recognise the Queen’s passing without making life harder for Kiwis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The simple question ... More >>
Labour Oversees Biggest Food Price Increase Since GFC
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 11:43 am | ACT New Zealand
“Kiwi battlers are continuing to pay the price of Labour’s economic mismanagement, with the past year seeing the biggest increase in prices at the checkout since the Global Financial Crisis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There is no sign of ... More >>
COVID-19 Inquiry Must Be Comprehensive And Independent Of Government
Monday, 12 September 2022, 4:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT welcomes the end of Covid restrictions the Government has clung on to for far too long, but in order to fully understand the damage they have done we need a full and independent investigation into the Government’s Covid response, and ... More >>
COVID Changes Too Slow For Uni Staff Facing Chop
Monday, 12 September 2022, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The number of international students coming to New Zealand is just 4.5 per cent of pre-COVID levels, versus 38 per cent in Australia. No wonder Kiwi Universities are planning to dump staff by the hundred,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Covid ... More >>
Covid Isolation Periods Need To Be Considered Today
Monday, 12 September 2022, 10:46 am | ACT New Zealand
“While the writing is rightly on the wall for masks and mandates today – Cabinet should also consider changing our isolation rules that are amongst the strictest in the world,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The isolation periods are unworkable, ... More >>
Don’t Make Small Business Pay For Pageantry
Monday, 12 September 2022, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
“In a cost of living crisis, the ACT Party cannot support yet another public holiday. It would amount to the Government making small business pay for pageantry,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealanders are feeling the loss of the Queen, she ... More >>
ACT Welcomes King Charles III As Head Of State
Sunday, 11 September 2022, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party welcomes the formal accession of His Majesty King Charles III as head of state,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We acknowledge His Majesty for his fortitude and solidarity in what is a time of profound sorrow. “I met His Majesty ... More >>
