Politics in Full Sentences: ACT New Zealand
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Politics in Full Sentences: ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party’s weekly podcast for those who love free markets and free minds. Each episode covers off the week in politics and one big idea for a better tomorrow. Hosted by Ruwan Premathilaka with regular guests ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. Authorised by D Smith, 2...
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ACT’s Economic Plan for Recovery
This week on Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead is joined by ACT Leader David Seymour and ACT Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. Does the Government...
Increasing Fuel Tax in Time of Crisis
This week on Politics in Full Sentences ACT Leader David Seymour is joined by former ACT President Ruwan Premathilaka and Ken Shirley, former Road Tra...
ACT’s Candidates for 2020
Max Whitehead joins ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke following yesterday’s announcement of 49 talented candidates standing...
Unpacking the Budget
This week on Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead is joined by ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke to unpack the Government...
Gun Buyback: A Disaster From Start to Finish
This week on Politics in Full Sentences, Max Whitehead is joined by ACT Leader David Seymour and Council of Licenced Firearm Owners spokesperson Nicol...
COVID: A Road to Recovery
Max Whitehead is joined by ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke to discuss the right economic policies for a rapid recovery. Wha...
COVID-19: SMEs and level 3
Tonight, on Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead discusses the lockdown's impact on SMEs with ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Leader Beth Houl...
COVID-19: What’s the way forward to Reopening the Economy?
The economic pain is starting to become real to more and more people. The most important question is how and when we reopen the Economy. Tonight we ta...
COVID-19: Your Questions to the Government
On this week’s episode of Politics in Full Sentences we discuss how you can help us keep democracy strong while Parliament is shut. What is the Epidem...
COVID-19 Discussion: Your questions answered
On this week's episode of Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead joins David Seymour and Beth Houlbrooke from self-isolation to take your questions...
Abortion Law Reform: The Law, The Right to Choose, Safe Areas, and Freedom of Speech
In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead speaks to ACT Leader David Seymour and ACT Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke about Abortion La...
Runaway Rents: Is the answer regulation or reform?
In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead speaks to New Zealand Property Investors' Federation Executive Officer Andrew King and You...
Property Rights and the Year Ahead
In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, Max Whitehead speaks to ACT Leader David Seymour about the importance of property rights. How are prope...
State of the Nation 2020 - David Seymour, ACT Leader
Introduction
Thank you Beth and thank you to our wonderful ACT Party volunteers and President. Did you know our online donations averaged a thou...
Year in Review: ACT's Achievements in 2109
In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, we look back at ACT’s achievements in 2019, including the passage of the End of Life Choice Bill, being...
Labour’s election year bribes, the worsening economic outlook, and are New Zealanders overtaxed?
In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, Max Whitehead speaks to ACT’s Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke about Labour’s election year bribes, the wo...
Young ACT President on connecting with younger voters and free speech on campus
We speak with new Young ACT President Felix Poole and ACT Leader David Seymour on how ACT is connecting with younger voters and whether free speech on...
Rural Sector under attack
This week on Politics in Full Sentences, we speak to former ACT MP and President of Federated Farmers Owen Jennings and ACT’s Deputy Leader Beth Houlb...
NZ First scandal, changes to rental law, and the continued failure of the gun 'buy-back’.
This week on Politics in Full Sentences, we talk to ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Beth Houlbrooke. What does the NZ First scandal mean for its p...
End of Life Choice Bill
David Seymour talks to Max Whitehead about the End of Life Choice Bill after this week passing its final reading. What does the Bill actually do, and...
An open letter to Jacinda Ardern from small business owners.
This week, Max Whitehead speaks to ACT Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke and the author of a wonderful open letter to Jacinda Ardern on behalf of small bu...
Damien Grant on welfare, the National-Labour political duopoly, and the worst policies of the Labour Government.
This week, Max Whitehead interviews Beth Houlbrooke and Damien Grant. We discuss National’s welfare manifesto which adopts a couple of ACT ideas, but...
What’s eating business confidence?
Why is business confidence down and what effect is it having on the economy? What does a coherent, business-friendly political agenda look like? We ta...
What on Earth Happened in the Local Body Elections?
Tonight on Politics in Full Sentences, Act Leader David Seymour is joined by Stephen Berry to discuss what on earth happened in the local body electio...
Do identity politics threaten to silence feminism?
Tonight on Politics in Full Sentences ACT Leader David Seymour is joined by Speak Up For Women spokesperson Ani O’Brien.
Massey Universi...
Are Universities Finally Standing Up for Free Speech?
Tonight on Politics in Full Sentences, ACT Leader David Seymour is joined by Employment Law Expert Mac Whitehead.
Massey University is a...
Is banning flavoured vape nuts?
In this episode, Jonathan, co-founder of VAPO and Alt NZ (with Ben Pryor), is joined by Act Party Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke and Employment Law Exp...
Western values and institutions are being undermined: what effect is this having on the mental wellbeing of individuals?
Ruwan, David and Stephen Rainbow discuss the undermining of Western values and institutions, and what effect this is having on the mental wellbeing of...
Free Speech Coalition vs. Auckland Council
In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, Max Whitehead talks to Dr David Cumin about the Free Speech Coalition’s legal action against Auckland C...
KiwiBuild and 'no jab, no pay'
Ruwan and Beth discuss KiwiBuild and 'no jab, no pay'. What went wrong with Labour’s flagship housing programme and can it be saved without reforming...
Entrepreneur Kenyon Clarke talks Business, Housing, and End of Life Choice
This week in Politics in Full Sentences, businessman, entrepreneur and humanitarian Kenyon Clarke talks about business, housing, and succeeding agains...
Fonterra’s dismal performance and better public policy
David, Ruwan and former Finance Minister Ruth Richardson discuss Fonterra’s recent performance and what should come next for the dairy giant. Also, Ru...
Jacinda Ardern lectures other countries, Labour goes soft on criminals, ACT launches Firearm policy
In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, David, Brooke and Ruwan discuss why Jacinda Ardern is overseas lecturing other countries when our econo...
The Reserve Bank’s interest rate cut.
Ruwan and David are joined by former Reserve Bank Governor and ACT Leader Dr Don Brash to discuss yesterday’s decision by the Reserve Bank to cut inte...
The future of educational freedom in New Zealand.
This week, Ruwan, Beth and Villa Education Trust’s Alwyn Poole discuss Partnership Schools. Will the model reemerge under a future government now that...
Jacinda Ardern's "Wellbeing" philosophy and the Resource Management Act.
This week, Ruwan and David sit down with Chris Simpson from the Waikato Chamber of Commerce. Why does good government matter? Jacinda Ardern was in Au...
The Government’s gun ‘buyback’ and ACT’s alternative.
ACT Leader David Seymour and Kiwi Gun Blog’s Mike Loder discuss the Government’s gun ‘buyback’. Has it been a failure, how many guns will go undergrou...
Free speech, a new car tax, and the gun buyback
Brooke van Velden reports back from a recent debate on criminalizing free speech in New Zealand. The Government targets cheap, reliable cars with a ne...
The plastic bag ban and taxpayer handouts for Amazon
This week, Ruwan, David and Beth discuss the Government’s ban on plastic bags. What will the unintended consequences be? What is ACT’s alternative? An...
End of Life Choice, Israel Folau, free speech and the gun buyback
This week, we discuss the Israel Folau saga. Is his right to free speech being denied or is this the marketplace of ideas at work? Also, the Governmen...