Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has utilised her platform on the international stage during the UN general assembly to advertise the Christchurch Call, a joint initiative with French President Emmanuel Macron to help combat online extremism.
The ACT Party is highly critical of this initiative, believing that it is not the best thing Ardern could have done with her time in the international spotlight.
Casper spoke to ACT leader David Seymour, filling in for his deputy Brooke van Velden, about this criticism as well as one topic some believe Ardern should be pushing for more - investment in New Zealand's economy.
On Monday the government announced the scrapping of the traffic light covid-19 protection framework, as well as the easing of many key restrictions.
Mask wearing will now no longer be required outside of healthcare settings, household contacts don’t need to isolate, and all vaccine mandates will cease at the end of the month.
For Casper's interview with ACT Party deputy leader Brooke van Velden, which he has taken over from Alex, they spoke about this announcement and how it has been received by the ACT Party.
Today, Alex chatted with ACT’s Brooke van Velden about the Government’s new youth crime strategy and ACT’s call for ankle bracelets on youth offenders, as well as the GST sharing members bill to fund housing infrastructure.
In this week's chat with the ACT party Deputy Leader, Alex chatted with Brooke van Velden about the new NZI report into Ministry of Health policies as well as youth crime statistics.
In this week's chat with the ACT party Deputy Leader, Alex chatted with Brooke van Velden about Kiwibank becoming government owned, as well as ICU bed numbers.
In this week's chat with the ACT party Deputy Leader, Alex chatted with Brooke van Velden about ram raids, as well as the report by the Commerce Commission into residential building supplies.
This week, Alex chatted with ACT’s Brooke van Velden about the latest Smokefree Amendment Bill and a Multiple Sclerosis petition that was handed to Parliament on Tuesday.
This week, Alex chatted with ACT’s Brooke van Velden about the rise in construction costs and ACT’s call for a more short-term inflation focus for the Reserve Bank.
Another edition of one of our regular segments, where Alex talks to one of our most important minor parties about the political hot potatoes of today and tomorrow.
Today, Alex chatted with ACT Party Deputy Leader Brooke Van Velden about the EU Free Trade Deal and the rise in gun crime in Auckland.
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