ACT Party ACT Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “One of New Zealand’s most eminent economists has busted open the sketchy basis for many of the Climate Commission’s draft recommendations to the Government, concluding they regularly misrepresented evidence to support their positions,” says ACT Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court.
Environment Minister David Parker has had no choice but to defer the implementation of the intensive winter grazing in Southland for one year, National’s Agriculture spokesperson David Bennett says. “This is the third time there’s been changes to this set of regulations. Minister Parker clearly rushed the process,
National has written to the Auditor-General, requesting that he investigate the apparent misuse of millions in taxpayer dollars used to settle the Ihumatao land dispute. National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says he was alarmed to learn that Treasury warned the Government against using Land for Housing funds in this
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “Jacinda Ardern’s Government has been caught red-handed, saying one thing about potential Treaty of Waitangi implications of spending $30 million of taxpayers’ money to buy its way out of Ihumatao and trying to cover up the truth,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “When
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “There is no rhyme nor reason to who gets into the country under the critical worker category and New Zealanders here and overseas have plenty of reasons to be unhappy about it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “First it was special treatment for the
The National Party has launched a petition calling on the Government to get a move on with the trans-Tasman travel bubble, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “There’s no good reason why we can’t have quarantine-free travel with Australia right now. Australia did it for New Zealanders
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “New Zealanders will be demanding answers after learning that the Government’s chief economic adviser opposed its efforts to solve the dispute at Ihumatao”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government purchased the land at Ihumatao for $29.9 million through the Land for
ACT Party ACT Party Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee “A concerted effort involving law changes and far greater resources is needed to turn soaring levels of gun crime around,” says ACT Party Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Some of the unintended consequences of the Government’s two pieces of rushed
The number of prisoner assaults on corrections officers has skyrocketed in recent years with more than 2000 incidents taking place on the Labour Government’s watch, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. Figures released to National show the year to June 2020 was a stand-out with 889 assaults. This
No Jail Time for Serious Offences The Government’s restorative justice programme Te Pae Oranga is taking preventing imprisonment to a new level with more serious offences sent to the Iwi Community Panel, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “I don’t think many New Zealanders would consider the
The Government’s lack of urgency with a second harbour crossing for Auckland shows how misguided it is when it comes to the needs of the city and New Zealand’s economy. “Auckland desperately needs investment in a second harbour crossing but the Government has its priorities all wrong,” National’
ACT Party ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The Government is showing extreme arrogance in its stance toward farmers who are deeply opposed to the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill,” says ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “Answers to my questions in Parliament today suggest the Government knows the Bill
Reports that Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has said a travel bubble with Australia won’t happen until January next year if we’re lucky is creating confusion and will mean many more businesses face closure, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Our tourism businesses continue to struggle, they need
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has failed to act on reuniting highly skilled migrant workers with their families, but if his Government just opened a travel bubble with Australia then the issue could be resolved, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “New Zealand risks eroding our critical migrant workforce – our
ACT Party ACT Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden “It’s hard to believe New Zealand wouldn’t have been welcome at today’s historic virtual ‘Quad’ talks taking place between the leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia, but our absence perhaps says a lot of about
The Government should make a unilateral decision to have quarantine-free travel with Australia now that we know talks between the two countries have collapsed, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. In Parliament on Wednesday, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins revealed that after 12 rounds of talks over many
