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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 >>
GDP Figures Show Need For Real Change
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s GDP numbers show that New Zealand is halfway down the road to recession, as we forecast in March,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The figures show the economy contracted by 0.2 per cent in the March quarter of this year. ACT predicted ... More >>
GDP Figures Show Need For Real Change
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s GDP numbers show that New Zealand is halfway down the road to recession, as we forecast in March,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The figures show the economy contracted by 0.2 per cent in the March quarter of this year. ACT predicted ... More >>
Tell The Full PGF Story, Minister
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“Minister for Corporate Welfare Stuart Nash should tell New Zealanders the full story about what results $3,000,000,000 in taxpayers’ money funnelled through the Provincial Growth Fund has achieved” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Launching ... More >>
Australian Foreign Minister Setting The Standard For Mahuta
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT hopes that Australia’s new Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong can give Nanaia Mahuta some tips on foreign diplomacy when they meet later this week,” says ACT’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Minister Wong’s visit ... More >>
Verrall Takes ACT Advice, She Shouldn’t Stop There
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New COVID-19 Response Minister Ayesha Verrall’s expected announcement that pre-departure testing will be gone next week is the kind of common-sense practicality the role needs, more please,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Pre-departure testing ... More >>
Transmission Gully Opening Day Cost $337k
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 6:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“As the cost of living crisis bites, Government has once again shown contempt for taxpayers with Waka Kotahi spending $337,000 on an open day for Transmission Gully,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “Parliamentary Written ... More >>
Orr Gives Speech ‘why We Embraced Te Ao Māori’ While Inflation Slams Māori
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 5:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr is verging on self parody, giving a speech to the Central Banking Summer Meetings entitled ‘Why we embraced Te Ao Māori’ amidst a cost-of-living crisis that hits Māori hardest,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Government Fails To Control Inflation And Prices Skyrocket
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ramifications of the Government’s irresponsible spending are continuing to hit home with Kiwis paying more at the checkout,” says ACT’s Leader David Seymour. “Stats NZ’s Food Price Index shows that food prices rose 0.7 per cent ... More >>
What The New Ministers Need To Do
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has appointed six new Ministers and they’re all refusing interviews. They can’t afford to be new faces making the same mistakes as their predecessors. ACT, as always, has some helpful advice,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
