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10 October, 2024
Another poll finds Treaty Principles Bill support 2:1
Even as opposition groups rally their supporters against the Bill, the promise of equal rights for all New Zealanders proves to be popular.
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10 October, 2024
Departure from reality: ACT slams backdown on Wellington airport share sale
Today’s decision is a complete departure from reality. Wellington’s infrastructure is failing, rates are through the roof, and the Council’s debt ceiling is about to burst, yet the council is stuck playing sharemarket games
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10 October, 2024
University rankings: Treaty obsession risks international irrelevance
New Zealand universities should be alarmed by new rankings that suggest they are becoming less internationally relevant
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09 October, 2024
Orr’s multi-billion dollar mea culpa
Today’s rate cut is great news. Lower interest rates mean real relief for Kiwis with mortgages, also relieving pressure on rents, and freeing up spending cash to quench thirsty local businesses.
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08 October, 2024
Capital Gains Tax... Again
ANZ CEO Antonia Watson revived the unending debate about a capital gains tax for New Zealand. Free Press welcomes business leaders talking about public policy.
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07 October, 2024
ACT marks a year since attack on Israel
Today we mark one year since the massacre of Israelis on October 7, 2023. ACT joins the families of those killed
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04 October, 2024
ACT's warning on Fair Digital News Bargaining comes to bear
The Government is now playing chicken with Google, and New Zealanders stand to lose. ACT has always said this Labour Government Bill wouldn’t work
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02 October, 2024
ACT statement on Iranian missile attack
Israel is under fire from three directions. The precarious position of Jewish people in the Middle East should have been clear before Hamas invaded Israel and massacred its civilians.
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02 October, 2024
The Mystery of Capital
Why does the Government own three competing power companies, a TV station, and a radio station?
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01 October, 2024
Property rights pointlessly threatened in Gore
As glorious and historic as Gore may be, it’s just not credible to say the entire district is a culturally sensitive site. The Council’s proposal looks more like a land grab.
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30 September, 2024
Yet again, ACT drives change in quarterly plan
ACT’s contribution to the Coalition Government’s fourth quarterly plan shows how we’re driving the real change Kiwis voted for
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30 September, 2024
Labour MP must withdraw October 7 post or stand down
Here we have a Labour Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson justifying the largest Jewish pogrom since the holocaust. There is no way Chris Hipkins can let this extreme and hateful statement stand.