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Education Sector In Disarray As Kids Stop Turning Up
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 12:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Truancy is so out of control and our education culture is so poor principals are admitting to literally watching kids skateboard past school on their way to bunk off, we need real change to keep Kiwi kids in school,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson ... More >>
Labour Wakes Up To ACT’s Approach
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 12:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has tried coddling the gangs, they’ve tried giving them money, and they’ve tried pretending the issues don’t exist, now the problem of gang crime has gotten out of control and they’ve been forced to pinch ACT’s ideas,” says ACT’s ... More >>
Time To End The Pantomime Policies That Don’t Help Cost Of Living
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to move on from toothless stunt policies and start thinking practically to address the cost-of-living crisis Kiwis are battling,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Kiwi battlers are continuing to pay the price of the Government’s ... More >>
Labour Oversees Explosion Of Gang-related Gun Crime
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 10:21 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s soft on crime approach has seen gangs become emboldened and more violent gun crime on our streets,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Data released to ACT via written parliamentary questions shows that firearms offences ... More >>
Can You Hear The Giant Sucking Sound?
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 11:44 am | ACT New Zealand
“Immigration NZ needs to start thinking like a recruitment agency rather than a security guard, as we may be on track to lose 100,000 people in a year as the giant sucking sound gets louder” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Provisional figures ... More >>
SNA Process Eroding Landowners’ Privacy
Monday, 11 July 2022, 11:02 am | ACT New Zealand
“It is immensely disappointing to see that responsible landowners are going to be further punished thanks to the Government’s National Policy Statement (NPS) for Indigenous Biodiversity,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark ... More >>
Glasnost - ACT Will Kick-off Full Investigation Into Labour’s COVID Response In First 100 Days Of New Government
Monday, 11 July 2022, 6:21 am | ACT New Zealand
“Kiwis deserve better than another $80 billion debt from an experimental response the next time a pandemic arises. ACT would commission an independent investigation with local and foreign investigators into the Government’s COVID response and its ... More >>
100 Days Of Real Change
Sunday, 10 July 2022, 1:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party has today announced its plan for the first 100 days of Government. “Any new Government needs to say what it means, and mean what it says. There’s not point beating Labour just to babysit their policies, their bad ideas need to ... More >>
One Rule For Kiwis, Another Rule For Labour
Saturday, 9 July 2022, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ The Government seems to think the Healthy Home Standards they’ve imposed on Kiwi landlords don’t apply to them, with less than half of Kainga Ora homes compliant,” says ACT’s Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Written parliamentary questions ... More >>
Inland Revenue Should Focus On Gangs, Instead Of Success
Saturday, 9 July 2022, 1:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today announced it would use Inland Revenue’s new powers to investigate gang members income and tax paid,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Labour Government has given the Inland Revenue Commissioner power to ask for ... More >>
More Bureaucracy Won’t Address Cause Of Rising Food Prices
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s announcement of a ‘Grocery Commissioner’ misses the point of why Kiwis are paying too much for food – rampant domestic inflation fuelled by Government spending,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “The Commerce ... More >>
$26m On Consultants For Three Waters
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 6:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s wildly unpopular Three Waters programme has turned into a consultant’s banquet, with more than $26 million spent on consultants and contractors as at 31 May 2022,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “This is an ... More >>
Avatar Subsidies Leave Taxpayers Feeling Blue
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 9:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“Hollywood elites are taking New Zealand taxpayers for a ride, with film subsidies costing them hundreds of millions of dollars every year,” says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “Avatar sequels have been allocated $148,374,065 to date until ... More >>
Questions Raised By Oranga Tamariki Employment
Monday, 4 July 2022, 7:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Further revelations on 1News tonight show the poor process that has been followed at Oranga Tamariki in employing Matthew Tukaki, and raise questions about why the Government continues employing him,” says ACT’s Children spokesperson Karen Chhour. ... More >>
Labour Continues To Attack Small Businesses
Monday, 4 July 2022, 11:17 am | ACT New Zealand
“Michael Wood has launched yet another attack on New Zealand businesses, this time blaming hospitality businesses for chronic workforce shortages caused by his government,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Minister ... More >>
Govt Incompetence Laid Bare With Tukaki Appointment
Sunday, 3 July 2022, 7:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The incompetence of the Labour Government was clear for all to see this evening on 1News with the appointment of someone to a critical role without even checking his CV,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “There is nothing more ... More >>
Ihumātao Taking An Ardernity
Friday, 1 July 2022, 6:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
“After capitulating to squatters at Ihumātao, and stopping 480 houses from being built, Labour says it’ll take 6.5 years to figure out what to do with the land,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government ... More >>
$44k For Aussie Composed RNZ Tune
Friday, 1 July 2022, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Radio New Zealand has spent $43,677 of taxpayers money on Australian music for its new theme song,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Radio New Zealand National unveiled the new music in the final week of New Zealand music month with critics ... More >>
More Restrictions Than Trade
Friday, 1 July 2022, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“The EU Free Trade Deal will add more restrictions, rather than granting new access to trade,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Trade spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Free trade is always good but this deal appears to have as much regulation as trade. There ... More >>
Mallard’s Last Hack At Parliamentary Democracy
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 7:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has stood as the only party in favour of parliamentary democracy after all other parties supported the introduction of a new so called ‘Independent Parliamentary Commissioner for Conduct,’” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The new commissioner ... More >>
