David Seymour ACT Leader Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson’s excuse that a man with COVID-19 crossing the border to the Waikato was “a decision for the courts” simply doesn’t wash. Most of us thought if you crossed the border illegally, you’d get arrested. Who knew that if
David Seymour ACT Leader New Zealanders deserve to have clarity on what the vaccination target is and when we can get back to living our lives. When Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the target should be 90 per cent, he directly contradicted the COVID-19 Minister and the Prime Minister,
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government needs to seriously upgrade its COVID data transparency, so we can all understand the situation and the response. Throughout the COVID epidemic, the Government has selectively released data that the taxpayer owns to suit its political agenda. Citizens have been forced to sit through
David Seymour ACT Leader If the Government really wants to get on top of the Auckland outbreak it needs to come up with new and innovative ways of testing the affected communities. Only around five thousand tests are being done a day. To know whether ‘mystery cases’ are just bad
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has issued 4.3 million doses of Pfizer vaccine and, as is this Government’s way, forgot to issue any kind of proof. I first asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about the passports allowing New Zealanders to travel internationally in March, and again in
David Seymour ACT Leader Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has shown staggering arrogance towards councils on Q+A this morning on the Government’s Three Waters policy. Many councils want nothing to do with Three Waters. Whangarei, for instance, has shown the Government’s cost-benefit analysis for its Three Waters
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party has today heard about the devastating impacts the lockdown and Delta Level 2 is having on our hospitality industry. The Government didn’t want the Epidemic Response Committee to continue because it didn’t want to hear real stories from real people about
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party has today responded to overwhelming demand for the return of the Epidemic Response Committee (ERC) with a special unofficial committee being held at midday. When the ERC was held during the first lockdown it gave scrutiny to the Government’s response. Not only
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party supports the Remuera butcher who’s shown the chops to challenge the ridiculous rules that stop butchers from operating. The Police have visited the Victoria St Butcher for providing a click and collect service, while the dairy next door is operating. It’s
David Seymour ACT Leader Just last week Greens co-leader James Shaw said Parliament sitting was “putting lives at risk” by sitting in Level 4, and yet this week he’s prepared to fly to the COVID hot spot of Glasgow for climate talks. “James Shaw jumped on his moral high
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister yesterday told Parliament that an extended Resurgence Payment is “under consideration,” showing how removed she is from small business. The ACT Party strongly supports an extended Resurgence Payment, but again the Government is totally out of touch, having the issue “under consideration.” Here’
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party yesterday called on the Government to apologise for the mistake that most likely caused the current lockdown – cancelling pre-departure testing from COVID hotspot New South Wales. The Government was always wrong and now by reinstating pre-departure testing from New South Wales, it has
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s decision to drop pre-departure testing from Sydney has likely cost the entire country weeks of lockdowns. The Government dropped the requirement for pre-departure testing for Kiwis coming home from New South Wales, while practically every other location on earth requires pre-departure testing and
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party is calling on the Government to have a fair approach to vaccinations after it was revealed “priority access codes for Maori” are being handed out that do not require a booking. The virus doesn’t discriminate on race, so neither should the rollout.
David Seymour ACT Leader The 91-year-old left for hours in a room with a COVID-19 positive patient has today reached out to me, furious at the risks he was exposed to. The elderly man with underlying health conditions, and two other patients were in a ward when a fourth patient
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party is today proposing three law changes in response to the Lynnmall terror attack. ACT stands with all New Zealanders in condemning what happened in Auckland. We now need a careful and considered response to balance preventing attacks like this on the one hand,
