Press Releases

Over the summer the left have have got themselves into a lather about the Regulatory Standards Bill. As hard left Auckland Law Professor Jane Kelsey helpfully explained, the Bill is “basically about the protection of private property and wealth” (she meant this as a criticism).

ACT has consistently argued that New Zealand's defence posture is overdue for a serious upgrade. We can no longer rely solely on goodwill and historic alliances, and it is time to strengthen our own defence capabilities.

“The ACT Party has made a submission to the Justice Select Committee in support of the Treaty Principles Bill, joined by tens of thousands of New Zealanders who shared their views through ACT’s submission tool,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

ACT MP Mark Cameron is calling on Parliament to thank farmers working through summer by reinstating provisions in the Resource Management Act that prevent regional councils from factoring climate change into their planning.

As New Zealanders enjoy time with friends and family this summer, ACT MP Todd Stephenson is calling for greater autonomy for terminally ill New Zealanders to choose when, and with whom, they spend their last moments.

As many New Zealanders enjoy time off work this summer exploring conservation land, ACT Conservation spokesperson Cameron Luxton is promoting legislation that would ensure hunters and fishers have representation on the Conservation Authority.

“Westies and Southlanders trying to buy alcohol for New Year's or going to the pub this summer deserve the same choice and freedom afforded to the rest of the country,” says West Auckland-based ACT MP Simon Court

ACT MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar is thanking the operators of liquor stores serving their communities during the summer period, and says these operators deserve a stronger voice in licensing decisions.

There’s been six Governments from the right since the first Labour Government finished its fourteen-year reign of tyranny in 1949. Each time, Holland, Holyoake, Muldoon, Bolger, and Key campaigned from the right, only to preserve whatever Labour policies they’d called lunacy until they took possession.

Just as we saw earlier this week in the government books, the full impact of Labour’s economic destruction wasn’t properly reported. But ACT was ringing alarm bells over Labour's spending binge throughout the previous term, and the resulting recession is a vindication of what we’ve aways said.

With Parliament scheduled to debate a bill to liberalise Easter Trading rules today, the bill’s sponsor is making an appeal to party leaders to allow their MPs a free vote rather than whipping against the bill.

I remember standing up as an Opposition MP in 2019 laying out a proposal that is effectively replicated in the bill now before Parliament today.