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New Minister, Same Old Excuses
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 2:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“We need to be doing everything possible to get nurses into the country, but successive Immigration Ministers have failed to accept the problem or provide a solution,” says ACT’s Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall. “Severe workforce shortages, ... More >>
Climate Commission’s Virtue Signalling Costing Kiwis
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 12:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“James Shaw has once again shown that his Government is more focussed on platitudes than progress when it comes to climate policy,” says ACT’s Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “When asked in Parliament for examples of how the $82 million allocated ... More >>
MIA Kelvin Thinks It’s A Joke - Act Party
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 11:23 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Corrections Association (CANZ) has made pens with the phrase “Where’s Kelvin” printed on them and the response from Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis is that he wants one so he can frame it,” says ACT’s Corrections spokesperson ... More >>
Labour-National Coalition Trashing The Kiwi Dream
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“With housing affordability for first-home buyers the worst it’s been in six decades, New Zealand’s political duopoly has irreparably damaged the chances of young New Zealanders,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Commerce Commission ... More >>
Government In Action Or A Live Performance Of Monty Python?
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 6:46 am | ACT New Zealand
“Only this government could hire thousands of bureaucrats to take money from New Zealanders and then hundreds more to work out how to give the money back,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government was dragged kicking and screaming to ... More >>
FPAs Overwhelmingly Rejected By Businesses
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 1:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is supporting the hundreds of businesses across New Zealand who have had their voices heard in opposition to Labour’s backwards “Fair Pay” Agreements (FPAs),” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Over the last ... More >>
FPAs Overwhelmingly Rejected By Businesses
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is supporting the hundreds of businesses across New Zealand who have had their voices heard in opposition to Labour’s backwards “Fair Pay” Agreements (FPAs),” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Over the last ... More >>
Labour Promised To Tackle Gangs 407 Days Ago, They’ve Done Nothing
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 12:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“407 days ago Labour announced that they would amend the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act “to introduce new power enabling seizure of assets of those associated with organised crime.” But we’re yet to see any action,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson ... More >>
Hipkins Sets New Standard
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 10:03 am | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins’ apology to Charlotte Bellis at least tells us where the Government’s standards are: The Government will apologise if the Government leaks a pregnant woman’s private information,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A government minister spread ... More >>
Government Turning A Blind Eye To Benefit Fraud
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 6:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“Data from the Ministry for Social Development shows that they’ve all but given up on prosecuting people for benefit fraud,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “Every year that Labour has been in Government there have been significantly ... More >>
Violent Gang Members On Home Detention Treble Under Labour
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 6:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The number of gang members convicted of violence offences who have been allowed to carry out their sentence in the comfort of their own home has almost trebled under the soft on crime Labour government,” says ACT’s Corrections spokesperson Toni ... More >>
Taskforce Window Dressing For Not Having A Solution
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 3:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Megan Woods’ farcical ‘plasterboard task force’ is just window dressing for the fact she has no idea what to do about the building materials crisis. She should just adopt ACT’s policy for a Materials Equivalence Register,” says ACT ... More >>
Lift The Mandates, Get The Midwives
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Health Minister Andrew Little today told Parliament there are 64 additional vacancies for midwives than he previously stated – if he wants to fill those vacancies it’s time to lift the vaccine mandates,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Little had ... More >>
ACT’s Practical Solution To Fix Building Materials Crisis
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 1:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Excessive regulations are getting in the way of building houses and preventing competition in the market, which is why ACT proposes a Materials Equivalence Register to allow access to foreign approved substitute materials that can be used to build ... More >>
Kiwis Are Telling The Government To Wake Up
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 10:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index shows that New Zealand is heading towards a recession, with consumer confidence at its lowest level since 1988,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Dave Dobbyn had just released Loyal and ... More >>
Prime Minister Must Apologise To Grounded Kiwis
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern owes an apology to the New Zealanders she put through hell by not allowing them access to their own country,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. "The decision not to appeal the Grounded Kiwis case is an admission the Government ... More >>
Prime Minister Unwittingly Backs Treasury Advice Against Own Policy
Monday, 20 June 2022, 10:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister dropped a spectacular clanger this morning, unknowingly citing the Treasury’s advice against her own policy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda Ardern told Breakfast ‘If we’re not careful, and we’re not targeted, ... More >>
Time To Move On From Mandates
Sunday, 19 June 2022, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is calling on the new COVID-19 Minister to remove the broad vaccination mandates on health workers,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Workforce shortages are having a huge detrimental impact across the health sector and vaccination ... More >>
ACT Claims 10 Per Cent In Tauranga
Sunday, 19 June 2022, 5:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party keeps going from strength to strength with our Tauranga candidate taking 10 per cent of the vote in the Tauranga by-election,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Cameron has been an outstanding candidate. This result shows real change ... More >>
New Zealand Biggest Loser In World Competitiveness Rankings
Saturday, 18 June 2022, 1:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s various policy missteps are being noticed globally, according to the latest edition of the World Competitiveness Booklet. New Zealand is the biggest loser, falling 11 places to 31st out of 63 countries,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
