“The announcement of Paul Hunt as Chief Human Rights Commissioner is the latest appointment to an unnecessary, overpaid, taxpayer-funded job,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Apart from sporadically telling New Zealanders what to think, say, and do, there appears to be little point to the role of the Human Rights Commissioner.
“The Acting Human Rights Commissioner was completely silent during the Massey University-Dr Don Brash debacle, failing to stand up for
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“The Government could provide a decent pay rise for teachers by cutting the first year fees-free tertiary education policy and using it to pay teachers more,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
Today, secondary school teachers have threatened to strike if the government doesn’t improve its pay offer following the first primary schools teachers’ strike in 24 years.
“The Government clearly has its priorities back to front,” says Mr Seymour.
“Despite funnelling
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This Sunday applications closed for candidates to put their hands up to represent Epsom at Youth Parliament 2019.
Three politically-astute candidates put themselves forward, nominated by two students each for the role.
Unlike other MPs, David Seymour is putting the selection of Youth MP for Epsom in the hands of the students of Epsom.
“Out of 120 Youth MPs, Epsom’s Youth MP will be the only one elected by their
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Image is Everything
A couple of weeks ago Free Press said “All of [Jacinda Ardern’s] experience tells her good communications are more important than good policy.” And so it is the Prime Minister hires an ad agency to take photos of her in Manhattan. She has every right to use her leaders’ budget however she likes (the alternative is parliamentary bureaucrats get to decide and in any case Simon Bridges is using
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