Press Releases

  • Free Press, 4 May 2021

    Posted by · May 04, 2021 12:31 PM

    Armed with only Parliament’s Standing Orders, Brooke van Velden has succeeded where nuclear powers have failed. She’s made Labour take a clear position on China. Either they will support her motion condemning genocide in Xinjian, or prevent it being debated,...

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  • Implementation unit an admission of failure

    Posted by · May 04, 2021 9:28 AM

    “It turns out the Government has been announcing policies for four years and had nobody to implement them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

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  • Cooks travel bubble almost a year too late

    Posted by · May 03, 2021 10:55 AM

    “The Prime Minister’s paternalism of the Cook Islands has caused economic and emotional harm to our Pacific neighbours that will take years to fix,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

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  • PHARMAC cancer decision shows why funding review needed

    Posted by · May 03, 2021 9:24 AM

    “Depriving children of cancer drugs shows exactly why we need a funding review into PHARMAC,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden....

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  • Carmel Sepuloni punishes future generations with benefit rise

    Posted by · May 02, 2021 9:28 AM

    “Carmel Sepuloni seems intent on punishing future generations with her plans to raise benefits by a further $57 a week by 2023,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour....

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  • Greens' co-leader coddles the Mob

    Posted by · May 02, 2021 9:03 AM

    “The Greens’ co-leader’s coddling of violent gang members is a kick in the guts for victims of the Mob,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee....

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  • Wellington bureaucrats could learn from soda and sammies

    Posted by · May 01, 2021 4:21 PM

    “Our Wellington bureaucrats could learn a thing or two from Amazon on how to avoid largess, especially when taxpayer money is at stake,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden....

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  • Won’t somebody please think of the children?

    Posted by · April 30, 2021 1:02 PM

    “The Waitangi Tribunal has completely missed the point with its review into Oranga Tamariki,” says ACT’s spokesperson for Children Karen Chhour....

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  • PHARMAC funding needs to be reviewed

    Posted by · April 29, 2021 7:24 PM

    “PHARMAC’s funding shortfall of $400 million proves the funding model needs to be reviewed,” says ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden....

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  • Housing loans will fuel crisis

    Posted by · April 29, 2021 12:21 PM

    “Labour’s changes to housing loan schemes ignore basic economics and will further fuel the housing crisis,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden....

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  • New taxes and compulsory land acquisition aren’t the answers

    Posted by · April 29, 2021 12:13 PM

    “A new ‘stamp duty’ proposed by Treasury is not the answer to the housing crisis” says ACT’s Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden....

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  • Labour’s Renter’s Tax confirmed

    Posted by · April 29, 2021 11:59 AM

    “The official advice the Government got on interest deductibility changes backs up the many stories ACT is hearing from landlords and the experts,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden....

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