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Education System Failing Least Well Off
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 3:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
The report released today by the New Zealand Institute highlights the failure of our education system to adequately cater for those at the bottom end of education achievement, ACT Education Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>
The Need For Real Welfare Reform
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 10:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Welfare dominated much of the news this week following the launch of 'Future Focus', the Government's new package of reforms designed to break the cycle of welfare dependency. More >>
ETS Tax Responsible For Mass Deforestation
Friday, 26 March 2010, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
It’s ridiculous for Climate Change Minister Nick Smith to claim that the Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme is responsible for the reduction in deforestation, when it was the ETS that caused the mass deforestation in the first place, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Boscawen: France Can Abandon Its Carbon Tax
Friday, 26 March 2010, 9:51 am | ACT New Zealand
I rise this afternoon on behalf of all New Zealanders — farmers, businesspeople, employers, and families. On 1 July - just over 3 months from today - this Government will force upon the people of New Zealand an experiment — a grand, new experiment ... More >>
Opening Of Huanui College
Sunday, 21 March 2010, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
It's a pleasure to be here today to celebrate the official opening of Huanui College. As the first independent school in Whangarei, today marks a new era in education for the district. More >>
Vision And Initiatives In Gifted Education
Sunday, 21 March 2010, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
As Associate Minister of Education, the contact I’ve had with gifted and talented organisations such as giftEDnz has added enormously to my knowledge of your sector. I enjoy opportunities to meet with you and hear your views, and I look forward to ... More >>
Boscawen To Support Dalziel’s Contracts Bill
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 12:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Subsequent to me first raising this issue in Parliament, the former Minister of Commerce Hon Lianne Dalziel announced her intention to introduce a Private Members Bill – Illegal Contracts (Unlawful Limitation on Regulators’ Powers) Amendment Bill and ... More >>
Telecommunications reforms bad for economy, kiwis
Friday, 19 March 2010, 3:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Recently announced proposals by the Government to reform the Telecommunications Service Obligation (TSO) and create a new levy to fund the development of rural broadband are bad for the economy and everyday Kiwis, says Hon Rodney Hide, Leader of ACT New ... More >>
Genesis Energy Confirms Price Increase
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders can definitely expect to have to pay more for power from July 1, with Genesis Energy CEO Albert Brantley's confirmation before the Finance Select Committee today that his company "will recover the cost" of complying with the Government’s ... More >>
Productivity Heading In Wrong Direction
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 5:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
The drop in labour productivity growth by 1.5 percent in the year to March 2009 – as released by Statistics New Zealand today - highlights the ever-widening gulf between the promise to improve our living standards and catch Australia, and the stark reality, ... More >>
Roy on TrustPower National Community Awards
Monday, 15 March 2010, 10:32 am | ACT New Zealand
It is no easy feat to make the finals of this event. I understand that this year in particular the entries were of a very high calibre. I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of all contestants in the regions for their positive contributions ... More >>
Reserve Bank Confirms ETS Tax to Lift Prices
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Dr Allan Bollard, Governor of the Reserve Bank today confirmed what ACT has said all along; that the new ETS tax will lift the price of electricity and petrol from July and will push inflation to the top end of the Bank’s 2-3 per cent band, ACT ... More >>
Tertiary Education Reforms Long Overdue
Saturday, 6 March 2010, 11:27 am | ACT New Zealand
Like thousands of other parents around the country I've delivered my university aged children to their respective universities in the past couple of weeks. With 'O Week' over for another year, and everyone settling in to new halls of residence or flats, ... More >>
Let’s Axe The (ETS) Tax
Friday, 5 March 2010, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
If Labour is so concerned that an increase in tax will hurt low income families – as demonstrated by Labour’s ‘axe the tax bus’ against a 2.5 percent increase in GST – then why isn’t Phil Goff prepared to stand against the ETS tax and campaign ... More >>
Let Students Judge Value Of Services
Friday, 5 March 2010, 1:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
The claims by students’ associations yesterday that my Voluntary Student Membership Bill is going to decimate membership and cripple services merely highlights how poor the current services provided to students must be, ACT New Zealand VSM Spokesman ... More >>
New Zealand Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Thursday, 4 March 2010, 9:29 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand ETS Spokesman John Boscawen today advised New Zealand families to prepare themselves for a future of over-taxation and financial hardship - a fate they can thank the National and Labour Parties for. More >>
Truancy Initiative Focuses On Wrong Issue
Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 4:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's not surprising that the Government's initiatives to tackle truancy in schools has had no real effect on the 30,000 students cutting class every day, as truancy is the symptom – not the cause – of a broken school system, ACT MP Sir Roger ... More >>
'One Law - One Door' For Consumer Transactions
Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 10:32 am | ACT New Zealand
Hon Heather Roy presentation to the Employers and Manufacturers' Association (EMA) Northern Members Policy Forum on 'One Law - One Door'; EMA Boardroom, Khyber Pass Road, Grafton, Auckland; Monday, March 1 2010. More >>
Welfare Dependency: A Principal Driver Of Crime?
Sunday, 28 February 2010, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
Speech By David Garrett MP, ACT New Zealand: First, I would like to thank you all for coming today. I know you will all be expecting me to discuss Three Strikes and to give an update on the revised policy, but today I want to step back a bit, and ... More >>
Hon Heather Roy: 150 Years Of Heroes
Sunday, 28 February 2010, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
on Heather Roy speech to the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of the 4TH Otago and Southland Battalion Group; Saturday, February 27 2010. More >>
