Pages tagged "issue_Defence"
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Labour’s hidden defence cuts
Posted on Press Releases by James McDowall · May 21, 2023 4:21 PM“Labour bragged about increasing Defence spending in their pre-budget announcements but forgot to mention that Defence spending won’t keep up with inflation in the last three years of the budget,” says ACT’s Defence spokesperson James McDowall. “That’s a cut.”
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Coming to the defence of our Defence Force
Posted on Press Releases by James McDowall · September 14, 2022 3:07 PM“Numbers are dropping in the New Zealand Defence Force as personnel are faced with poor pay, poor dwellings, and poor leadership from the Minister,” says ACT’s Defence spokesperson Dr James McDowall.
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Mark Cameron
Posted on People by Mark Cameron · August 13, 2020 4:41 PMMark Cameron MP is the authentic voice of rural New Zealand. Mark has lived and farmed around the Northland region for 30-years, experiencing a slight change of pace when he was elected to Parliament as an ACT Party MP in 2020. He has a partner, and three children, and still enjoys getting his hands dirty on the farm when not fighting for rural New Zealand in Parliament.
He’s seen the calamity of rural mental health and understands what MPI inspectors coming on to your land means in practical terms. No party in recent times has had a professional farmer who actually milks cows every morning enter Parliament. While his family manages the farm, Mark speaks for all those who do.