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14 June, 2022
Statement on Epsom Stabbings
Epsom MP David Seymour has expressed shock and sadness at news of a fatal stabbing incident in Epsom.
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14 June, 2022
Lift ban on Rapid Antigen Testing, Let returnees self isolate
“When Cabinet meets on Monday, it should lift the ban on importing Rapid Antigen Testing and allow double vaccinated returnees with a negative pre-departure test to skip the MIQ hunger games and home isolate,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....
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14 June, 2022
PHARMAC funding review needed
“The ACT Party today welcomes a $191 million boost to funding for PHARMAC - now we need a proper funding review,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden....
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14 June, 2022
Free Press, 10 May 2021
Honest Conversations is only two weeks away. Please get your tickets here. The Prime Minister has written to Trevor Mallard, asking him to convene a committee to improve Parliament’s conduct and culture. We are not making this up. Co-governance of...
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14 June, 2022
Nurse’s deal solves one equity problem, creates another
“The Government’s announcement on pay equity may have disappointed DHB nurses, but it'll create chaos in the aged-care sector,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....
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14 June, 2022
Jacinda has no solutions to cost of living crisis
“As New Zealanders continue to be squeezed from every direction, Jacinda has this morning shown she has no plan to ease the pressure they face,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....
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14 June, 2022
Ninety more violent offenders on the street by 2025
“The Government wants to put 90 of the worst criminals in New Zealand back on our streets over the next four years without a care for their victims,” says ACT Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee....
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14 June, 2022
Whaling a most unhelpful analogy
“Climate Commission chair Rod Carr’s suggestion that New Zealand farmers could go the way of the whalers is an extremely unhelpful start to the six week consultation of his draft carbon emissions budget,” says ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron....
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14 June, 2022
Greens the biggest barrier to better housing
“If Greens co-leader Marama Davidson wants to know why people are in emergency housing she should hold up a mirror,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour....
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14 June, 2022
Meddling Robbo needs to butt out
“Grant Robertson’s meddling in the demand side of housing won’t build a single extra home,” says ACT’s Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden....
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14 June, 2022
ACT sends best wishes to separated families
“The ACT Party is this week sending our thoughts to the families who have been cruelly separated by the Government’s rigid MIQ booking system,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....
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14 June, 2022
Get them here first, sort out the bureaucracy later
“If the Government wants to support Ukrainian families in New Zealand, the Immigration Minister needs to stop getting himself bogged down with hypothetical questions and bureaucracy,” says ACT’s Immigration spokesperson James McDowall....