Reports of the Government’s proposed new hate speech laws go a step too far and risk sacrificing the freedoms New Zealanders enjoy, National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “The reforms are supposedly including protections to every ground listed in Section 21 of the Human Rights Act. That includes
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “Introducing hate speech laws, as described in a Cabinet Paper reported by Newsroom, would take human rights and our ability to problem solve as a country backwards,” says ACT Leader David Seymour After saying the laws are not currently a priority on Tuesday, the
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister should take some personal responsibility when things go wrong, instead of throwing members of the public under a bus.” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government has extreme powers to keep us safe from COVID, but the Prime Minister is not
Today’s revelation by the Government that there are 17 schools where fewer than 20 per cent of students are attending school regularly is just another illustration of the magnitude of New Zealand’s attendance crisis, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Four schools have fewer than 10 per
The Government must support a sensible law change that would allow lines companies to use flashing lights so traffic can give them priority when responding to electrical emergencies, National MP for Pakuranga Simeon Brown says. “Congestion in Auckland and across New Zealand is making it more difficult for lines companies
The Government’s admission that it’s considering forcing councils to open up more land for housing in the near future is the right idea, but New Zealanders need a Government that will take action rather than just think about it, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “It’s
The latest figures from the Ministry of Social Development show the Government must urgently tackle long-term benefit dependency, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “While the number of people on benefits has decreased slightly, the figures show more than 200,000 New Zealanders are still without
Labour’s refusal to back a select committee inquiry into the issues migrants face is a further blow to those desperate to be reunited with their partners and children, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. Labour members of Parliament’s Education and Workforce Committee voted against Ms Stanford’s
The Housing Minister’s lack of answers about how the Government will allocate housing infrastructure funding shows why Labour needs to support National’s plan, National’s Infrastructure spokesperson Andrew Bayly says. “The National Party introduced a policy to deal with the housing supply shortage. Our plan is comprehensive, easily
Green Party Green Party spokesperson for Social Development & Employment Ricardo Menéndez March The Green Party is putting a Member’s Bill into the ballot today which will be a significant step towards overhauling the Social Security Act. Green Party spokesperson for Social Development & Employment Ricardo Menéndez March will
ACT Party ACT Social Development and Children spokesperson Karen Chhour. “New Zealand smokers will who can least afford it will spend more on their habit and in turn do harm to those around them if the Government mandates lower nicotine in tobacco,” says ACT Social Development and Children spokesperson Karen
Labour is failing New Zealanders struggling with mental illness, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “This isn’t a matter of the Government failing in just one area of mental health management and services. There are failures and incompetency across the board. “Wait times have ballooned under Labour
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour ACT Leader David Seymour has welcomed the Government’s decision to trial Datamine’s ëlarm with border workers. “We’ve been urging the Government to adopt ëlarm for 314 days now,” says Mr Seymour. “It shouldn’t have taken ten months for the Government
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “Parliament is quite rightly this afternoon urgently debating a letter from Finance Minister Grant Robertson to the chair of Air New Zealand that has more than the whiff of Rob Muldoon about it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “I requested this debate because Grant
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. ACT is calling on the Prime Minister to publicly reject the recommendations of a Cabinet-commissioned report which aims to give effect to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “He Puapua represents a significant and serious departure from the idea that all
Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee must return to allow proper scrutiny of the Government’s Covid-19 Response, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop say. “The Government-controlled Health Select Committee has proven itself ill-equipped and ill-suited to the task of properly examining the
