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Labour’s policy of free cervical screening repeats the error of promising universal entitlements without considering whether they are the best use of limited health funding, says ACT Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson.

New Zealand’s universities risk becoming internationally irrelevant if they don’t change their offerings, says ACT Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar.

“New Zealand is taking back control of its climate policy, and ACT is proud to be supporting that change in Government,” says ACT Climate spokesman Simon Court.

What a great day to talk about energy. Guy Fawkes celebrations release it spectacularly. Unfortunately when it comes to the energy sector, people are far from double happy with skyrocketing bills. They say the market is a fizzer and it can’t hold a roman candle to past glories. What are we to make of all this?

As reported this morning, the Education and Training Act will be amended so that School Boards will no longer be required to ‘give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including by working to ensure that its plans, policies, and local curriculum reflect local tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori, and te ao Māori…’

Parliament is back with a big week of legislation to come. The Regulatory Standards Bill will take another step, so will the law change to allow any medicine approved in two other developed countries to be used here, and changes to education law to promote attendance. Meanwhile, Labour’s capital gains tax threat and Te Pāti Māori’s civil war will take valuable attention from these efforts to fix what matters to New Zealanders.