David Seymour David Seymour is leader of the ACT Party and Associate Minister of Education (Partnership Schools). bassettbrashandhide.com The so-called School Strike for Climate isn’t just a problem for attendance, it is bad for mental health and fixing the climate, too. Monday and Tuesday were days off school
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Associate Minister of Health Medsafe has approved eleven cold and flu medicines containing pseudoephedrine. Pharmaceutical suppliers have indicated they may be able to supply the first products in June. This is much earlier than the original expectation of medicines being available by 2025. The Government
Hon David Seymour Associate Minister of Health Pharmac is changing its process so it can assess a funding application at the same time Medsafe is assessing the application for regulatory approval. This means that medicines will be able to be considered for funding sooner in New Zealand. Access to medicines
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Good morning, fellow New Zealanders. Today I’d like to talk about the state of our nation, as our new government establishes itself at the start of 2024. It’s a story about the challenges outside our borders, how we can prepare inside them, and
David Seymour ACT Party Leader I have to be honest with you. The new Government has opened up Labour’s books and discovered a fiscal mess. Prior to the election, Labour was proudly claiming a $2.1 billion surplus in 2027. But Wednesday’s Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update
David Seymour ACT Party Leader ACT welcomes the end of the ironically named Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM). The left-wing fantasy project was a drain on taxpayers and ratepayers, and would have achieved the exact opposite of what it says on the tin. ACT’s coalition agreement with National
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The coalition agreement ACT has negotiated with National and NZ First and announced on Friday will deliver the real change so many New Zealanders voted for. The three parties have committed to a policy programme that will make life more affordable, ensure proper consequences for
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Green MP Chloe Swarbrick must explain why she is repeating statements from the terrorist organisation Hamas’ charter. Chloe Swarbrick was videoed leading a chant of ”From the river to the sea” at the same rally where Labour MP Phil Twyford was forced off the stage
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Landlords have been scapegoated and blamed by Labour for the housing crisis when the real cause is a lack of housing supply. ACT will end Labour’s war on landlords, including by immediately reinstating mortgage interest deductibility from April 2024. We will also protect the
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Chris Hipkins’ $1 billion PHARMAC announcement is nothing but a cynical election season bribe. New Zealanders know the government books are in terrible shape and they want fiscally responsible policies, not promises of big spending and more debt six weeks out from an election. Labour’
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Chrises squabbled about who gets how much of the pie, without articulating a vision for growing it. The Chrises went back and forth over issues which are very real to hardworking New Zealanders, without spelling out what real change would look like. That is
David Seymour ACT Party Leader New Zealand is at a constitutional crossroad. In one direction is liberal democracy. In the other is co-government; power-sharing between one ethnic group and all others. ACT will end co-government and restore universal human rights in New Zealand. The current government is presenting New Zealanders
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Abandoning people to a life on welfare is a waste of human potential – but that’s what Labour is doing to thousands of New Zealanders right now. ACT will provide hope and opportunity by helping sick and drug-addicted beneficiaries who can get off the benefit
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was dancing on the head of a pin yesterday trying to explain to media how the Government can afford pay increases for teachers without increasing taxes or borrowing more. If he wants a lesson on cutting waste, he should grab a
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Green Party’s Treaty plan is a recipe for endless chaos and division all over New Zealand, just like we saw at Ihumatao. The Greens have called for: * ‘the ability for the Waitangi Tribunal to make recommendations in relation to privately owned land, as
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Fresh from the news that Labour wasted $531 million on expiring Rapid Antigen Tests, the interim financial statements for May show a Government in serious fiscal trouble. Previously damning forecasts can’t keep up with Grant Robertson’s fiscal incompetence. Looking at today’s interim
