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some form of sexual harassment from other members. The day after
Gammeter's announcement Young ACT published a statement on its Facebook page which said that "prevalent and systematic incidents of harm have occurred within organisation" and that there had been "justified criticism surrounding how our members and those using our platforms interact with each other." The statement said that the group had "removed a number of the members in question", that it had created an equity committee, and that it would investigate reports of sexism and harassment. The ACT Party has also said it was considering investigating and offered to "provid Ms Gammeter with any support she requires".
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Amendment Bill. According to a press release from the group, it circulated a banner to campuses around the country that was "signed by hundreds of students and young people who oppose efforts to raise the drinking age." It also opposed the
Alcohol Reform Bill that was introduced in 2010. Keep It 18's opposition to the Alcohol Reform Bill included a submission to Parliament. In both cases, the drinking age remained at 18.
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despite
Gammeter having requested that the party does not publish any part of the report. As of March 2021, the report still has not been released. After the ACT party received the final report they decided to take no further action, with Gammeter saying "this whole process was really traumatic for all of the victims and it’s a real shame that ACT couldn’t get this right.”
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the name". Young ACT president Felix Poole said that they had not told the ACT Party about their plans as "we don't consult them on stunts like this". Young ACT did display drug paraphernalia at the group's stall, none of which were illegal items. Seymour visited the stall, and said that members of Young ACT had not broken the law and would remain Act members.
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David
Seymour said that this means ACT’s oversight and pastoral care responsibilities were limited. According to Young ACT's website as of August 2020, "Young ACT operates independently from the ACT party. While Young ACT may support the ACT party nothing on this site is indicative of the ACT party’s beliefs or opinions."
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In 2020, Young ACT released a policy which supported the legalisation of all drugs in New
Zealand. The policy proposed that all drugs be legalised and regulated to varying degrees according to how harmful they are. For example, cannabis, LSD, and other low-risk drugs would be regulated in a framework
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In 2012, when then-leader and sole ACT MP John Banks decided to vote against keeping the drinking age at 18, the youth group's president said the decision was "shortsighted, and goes against the ACT Party principles of choice and personal responsibility". The group said they would pull support at the
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Young ACT is not an official youth wing of the ACT Party. It has been described as an affiliated group and as a group "separate from ACT", one that is not under the party's control but is allowed to use the party’s logo and name so long as it "doesn't bring the party into disrepute". ACT Party leader
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at an event to promote its drug policy. Whereas Young ACT seeks legalisation of several drugs, Seymour said that Young ACT's policy is not something "you'll see anytime soon" and that legalising drugs is "not a political priority" for him. Seymour said that if the group goes too far "we'll take away
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In May 2020, the vice president of Young ACT, Ali
Gammeter, resigned the position, saying that "for months I have been sexually harassed, slutshamed, and ignored" and that she was "not the only victim of this behaviour in our ranks". She said that the majority of women in Young ACT had experienced
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In 2011, Young ACT was part of a campaign called Keep It 18. This was a joint campaign that sought to keep the drinking age at 18 and saw the group join with youth groups from three other parties. The campaign began in 2006 to oppose the Sale of Liquor (Youth
Alcohol Harm Reduction: Purchase Age)
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Gammeter's resignation and July 2020, three more main members publicly resigned from the group, citing experiences of alleged sexual assault and harassment and a toxic culture. One resigning member said "it is hard to find the words to describe the environment the Young ACT executive has
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Gammeter's claims would be conducted by an employment lawyer. In July 2020 this report was "expected in coming weeks" and ACT Party leader David Seymour said he expected that an anonymised summary of the report would be publicly released,
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said she would not ask the group to do so. However, the post was later removed. A few months later, a member of the youth group, Cameron Browne, told the
Auckland University Students' Association treasurer to "get raped" in a Facebook conversation. McCaffrey said Browne should have "chosen a
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reviewed a collection of online messages and posts from pages affiliated with Young ACT and said: "The messages are sexually explicit, and are not appropriate for publication. They include jokes about sexual assault, including rape, and sexual harassment."
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in October 2009 to have the association support the bill. Young ACT president Peter McCaffrey said that the meeting voted in favour of the bill, but the association Executive declared that the meeting was invalid and was struck from the records.
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said that the youth supporters were proof that the party could survive. Young ACT also created the Facebook group "David Seymour Memes For Over-taxed Liberal Teens" which posted about ACT events during the
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created for victims"; another, who was a member of the newly formed equity committee, said "The issue with having an equity document is that it’s useless if you’re not going to enforce it."
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different swear word or called her something else" and that Browne had apologised on Facebook, but said that the screenshot of the conversation had been cut and hid the treasurer's remarks.
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students if they joined the organisation. The group said that around 500 members joined during the promotion. The move was called "grossly irresponsible" by Associate Health Minister
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Bill and the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) or "TICS" Bill. John Banks supported the bills, while the youth group's vice president wrote an editorial in
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which allowed same-sex couples to marry. The group issued a joint statement with four other groups in 2012, urging their MPs to support the bill.
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1976:"Just so you hear it from me first, I've asked the ACT party not to publish any part of the inquiry to protect myself and the other victims..."
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next election campaign if he did not vote to keep the drinking age at 18. In 2013, Young ACT disagreed with the ACT Party on the
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1442:"Anderton slams Act cut-price party pill sales"
1856:"Did we all get sucked in by the Double Down?"
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1172:"ACT on Campus opposes spy bills"
1145:. 4 February 2020. Archived from
1143:"Contact Information – Young ACT"
570:Holloway, Bruce (14 April 1998).
186:Victoria University of Wellington
16:Youth organisation in New Zealand
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611:"Censure for 'Prebble's Rebels'"
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671:"Youngsters get behind Prebble"
517:The rebelliousness of Young ACT
236:throughout his campaign in the
219:Relationship with the ACT Party
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1922:Scotcher, Katie (7 May 2020).
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1557:"Political carnage on campus"
1263:Lynch, Jenna (2 March 2020).
915:Walls, Jason (3 March 2020).
750:. Nelson Mail. 7 January 2011
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421:ACT on Campus supported the
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1693:"Young ACT campaign's"
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774:"A hard Act to follow"
704:"Youth wing rebranded"
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2016:"ACT New Zealand"
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