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ACT will campaign to amend the Local Government Act to prohibit voting rights for unelected appointees on local council committees.

ACT MP Laura McClure says comments from the Broadcasting Minister that the Broadcasting Standards Authority may be scrapped show ACT’s campaign is working, but New Zealanders expect faster movement from Government on issues like this.

Now that we’ve got your attention… we’re serious. The Labour Party constitution contains a real gem. We doubt Willie ‘democracy has changed’ Jackson has read his party’s constitution, but here it is:

“New data on charter school enrolments confirms what many parents already knew, when you give families more choice, they take it,” says ACT Education spokesperson Laura McClure.

ACT is calling on local and regional councillors to push back against a proliferation of co-governance arrangements at the local level.

ACT’s Immigration spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar says while the Government is right to extend deportation liability, it should take it a step further and make it unlimited for serious offenders.