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Boscawen is Act’s best chance of survival
John Boscawen’s decision to stand for leadership of Act and for the Epsom electorate is Act’s best chance of survival. He may also offer John Key and his National government more hope for survival too....
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Public meeting for Act leadership contenders
John Boscawen is organising a public meeting for Act leadership contenders: 7.30 pm Thursday 30 January Somervell Presbyterian Church, 497 Remuera Road @JohnBoscawennz I am organising a public meeting...
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Act leadership meeting
Act is holding their meeting tonight of contenders for leadership and candidacy for the Epsom electorate. John Boscawen, Jamie Whyte and David Seymour are attending. audrey young @audreyNZH Ex Epsom...
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John Boscawen corrects media comments
There has been a mixed reaction to Act’s decision to… …announce that the person who will stand as the ACT candidate for Epsom is David Seymour and the new leader of the ACT Party will be Dr. Jamie...
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Act take a big risk
Act have taken a big risk in their selection of Jamie Whyte as Act leader and David Seymour as their candidate for the pivotal Epsom seat. They have left out experienced politician and campaigner and...
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Inevitable change of ACT leader
Jamie Whyte quietly resigned as leader of the ACT Party on Friday afternoon. This was not a surprise, it was inevitable. As widely expected MP David Seymour has been appointed as the new leader. There...
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David Seymour profiled
John Armstrong has profiled ACT MP David Seymour – Special report: David Seymour’s rescue Act. Seymour is talking of Act winning 100,000 votes in 2017 and bringing five Act MPs into Parliament. But he...
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David Seymour’s response to the Prime Ministerial Statement on Iraq
Ministerial Statements Iraq— Deployment of Troops DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): On Sunday night I was at a barbeque in my electorate and an 8-year-old girl asked me what the Government is doing in or...
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Seymour highlights tax bracket creep
ACT MP David Seymour has highlighted the problem for taxpayers caused by bracket creep. If PAYE brackets aren’t adjusted then inflation means taxpayers gradually pay more tax relative to their income....
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Williamson flayed, National frayed
Paul Henry interviewed Act leader David Seymour this morning about the alleged attempt by Maurice Williamson to jump from National to ACT. As a result of clarifications Henry stated that Williamson has...
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Williamson speaks, doesn’t deny ACT attempt
ACT leader David Seymour dumped Maurice Williamson into an embarrassing situation with his claims that Williamson approached ACT with a view to jumping from the National ship. Seymour also implied that...
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Seymour Super pressure on Key
David Seymour continues to pressure John Key on the future of Superannuation in New Zealand, this time via Question Time in Parliament yesterday. This is one way of differentiating ACT from National,...
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Party positions on medical cannabis
In DHB delays treatment application for teenager in coma Stuff canvases parties to gauge their position on allowing the use of medical cannabis. Labour MP Damien O’Connor wants action. O’Connor is...
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Key cops out on addressing euthanasia
While John Key says he supports Parliament looking at the euthanasia issue he is not prepared to do anything about it, instead leaving it to the slight chance a bill will be drawn from the Member’s...
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Little: “That stuff on euthanasia, it isn’t the time for us to be talking...
Labour leader Andrew Little has criticised John Key ‘dodging’ the euthanasia issue. This would be fair criticism – except that Little has not just dodged the issue, he From Act plans assisted dying...
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Seymour and ACT lead on euthanasia
While the large party leaders waffle and wait in the wake of Lecretia Seales raising attention on the euthanasia issue, ACT leader David Seymour continues to work on doing something about it. Mr...
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David Seymour on ‘end of life choice’
It was announced yesterday that the Health Select Committee will carry out an inquiry into voluntary euthanasia – see Select committee to consider euthanasia – after a petition was presented to the...
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Labour diversion #1 – provisional tax policy propasal
Labour launched Andrew Little’s first policy yesterday to try to help businesses pay tax – but it’s a policy that other parties (National, Greens, ACT) have already promoted. Was Labour that the...
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Opening bars for early morning rugby
David Seymour has had an impressive first year in Parliament. He possibly had the biggest challenge of any MP – he had to repair resurrect ACT in Epsom and learn how to be an electorate MP, he had to...
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Greens come good with Seymour
After refusing en masse yesterday to agree to David Seymour’s World Cup bar opening bill the Greens have turned things around today and have reached an agreement to allow the re-introduced Bill to...
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