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Heather Roy's Diary Nov 5

Friday, 5 November 2010, 4:49 pm | ACT New Zealand

'Student Loans - the debt mountain' was the headline when the latest student debt figures were released at the beginning of the week. Almost 900,000 people have taken out a student loan since the scheme started in 1992, and over two thirds haven't ... More >>

Hide - Vaulting Matilda

Friday, 5 November 2010, 3:42 pm | ACT New Zealand

The establishment of the new unified Auckland Council shows the enormous potential for productivity gains in local government. More >>

2025 Report: We’ve Yet To Start Catching Australia

Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 5:21 pm | ACT New Zealand

The second report from the 2025 Taskforce confirms that sadly not enough has been done in the past 12 months to reverse New Zealand’s ever-widening income gap with Australia, ACT Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>

Heather Roy's Diary: Acting Up Over 'The Hobbit'

Saturday, 30 October 2010, 10:34 pm | ACT New Zealand

Aficionados of Tolkien will know that 'The Hobbit' climaxes with the battle of five armies. There is a certain irony in New Zealand's latest industrial stoush of the last couple of weeks equalling the books finale in complexity, viciousness and lust ... More >>

Citizens Advice Bureau To Provide ‘One Door’

Thursday, 28 October 2010, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand

Minister of Consumer Affairs John Boscawen was today pleased to announce that the new digital strategy of the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) meets all the Government’s criteria for a single portal consumers can access in the event of a dispute or complaint ... More >>

Heather Roy´s Diary: Industrial Inaction

Friday, 22 October 2010, 4:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

Actors´Equity got fired up, and has possibly ensured most Kiwi actors will never work in New Zealand again. The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) had a `National day of action for fairness´, which actually called for them to be inactive. Medical ... More >>

Scrap The ETS Before Things Get Worse

Friday, 22 October 2010, 4:27 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Deputy Leader and Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today renewed his call for the Government to scrap the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) following revelations that the price of coal - which has risen as much as 40 percent for some companies ... More >>

MPs Locking Youth Out Of Jobs

Thursday, 21 October 2010, 3:37 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand MP Sir Roger Douglas today released his latest poster criticising Parliament’s decision to abolish youth wage rates which has resulted in a dramatic rise in youth unemployment. More >>

'Success for All - Every School, Every Child

Thursday, 21 October 2010, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand

I'm new to Special Education, and in the last six weeks I have had the privilege of listening to other people's stories - parents, teachers and colleagues - about what is working and what isn't working well for children. More >>

Freedom To Associate – And Dissociate

Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

Mr Speaker, I am very proud to be the sponsor of this Bill. Compulsory membership of students associations has been an issue since I became a Member of Parliament in 2002. However, the issue goes back much further than that. When I did a quick ... More >>

Rodney Hide Speech To Auckland Sth Conference

Sunday, 17 October 2010, 3:54 pm | ACT New Zealand

As we are in Auckland today, I thought it would be fitting for me to give my perspective on the Auckland Governance reforms. As you know, much work has been done to ensure that the people of Auckland have a new Council that they can be proud of. More >>

Shane Jones: Flip-Flop Artist Extraordinaire

Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Foreshore & Seabed Spokesman Hilary Calvert today advised Labour MP Shane Jones to tread carefully when commenting about the Marine and Coastal (Takutai Moana) Bill, lest he reveal himself to be an even bigger flip-flop artist than he ... More >>

Hilary Calvert Maiden Speech to Parliament

Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 5:23 pm | ACT New Zealand

Today I stand before the House, honoured to take my place as a Member of Parliament for ACT New Zealand. I pay tribute to all those whose hard work and dedication to the ACT Party and its principles over many years have brought me here today. And ... More >>

Climate: The Counter Consensus

Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 12:49 pm | ACT New Zealand

Professor Bob Carter has written the best book on the science of human-induced global warning I have read. More >>

GST Doesn’t Need To Go Up

Friday, 1 October 2010, 11:21 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today released his latest poster criticising today’s GST increase and calling on the Government to cut wasteful spending on such programmes as the ETS and the Families Commission. More >>

Eating, Drinking And Politics

Thursday, 30 September 2010, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand

‘Eating, Drinking and Politics’ it summons a scene in one’s mind – sitting in the late afternoon sun on a riverbank somewhere, far from the New Zealand winter. Good food and wine being brought out by attentive hospitality staff while we sit ... More >>