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Speech By Hon Rodney Hide
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today I want to talk about Promises. When politicians mention the word promise it usually generates a good chuckle. And fair enough. For the simple reason that political promises are easily made and easily broken. More >>
Self-Evident Truths And Black Swans
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
Hon Heather Roy speech to the ACT New Zealand National Conference 2010: One of the best-known quotes in the English language is that found in the US Declaration of Independence, which says: "We hold these truths to be self-evident." More >>
Stranded on the Middle Ground?
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 1:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
National has now been in Government for over a year, and I believe it is fair to start passing judgement. Before the last election, many Labour and Green voters believed that National had a secret agenda to slash the size and scope of the state, deliver ... More >>
Youth Minimum Wage Bill Drawn From Ballot
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
The drawing of my Minimum Wage (Mitigation Of Youth Unemployment) Amendment Bill today is a step toward mitigating the high rate of youth unemployment, which has soared since Labour abolished the youth minimum wage in 2008, ACT New Zealand MP ... More >>
ACT Releases Minority View On IPWG Report
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader and Inter-Party Working Group (IPWG) chair Heather Roy today joined fellow IPWG ACT representative Sir Roger Douglas to release 'Free to Learn', the minority view on the 'Step Change' report launched at Parliament yesterday. More >>
Heather Roy - Excellence In Education
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 9:42 am | ACT New Zealand
As Associate Minister of Education, I'm committed to choice. The Government doesn't believe that central planning, or ideology, should dictate where children attend school. We want to give parents greater freedom to send their children to the school ... More >>
Success The Only Option For NZ Students
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader and Inter-Party Working Group (IPWG) on School Choice Chair Heather Roy was today pleased to announce the release of the report 'Step Change: Success The Only Option' - the culmination of a year of studying current education practice ... More >>
Key To Tax Cuts Is Expenditure Cuts
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 3:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister John Key claims to believe in the power of tax cuts - so it seems odd that he is only willing to decrease taxes on income if we increase taxes on consumption, ACT New Zealand's Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>
Douglas Drafts Bill To Reintroduce Youth Wage
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 3:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
If the Government is ‘always willing to listen to good ideas’ over youth unemployment, as Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson said yesterday, then I expect the Government to support my Minimum Wage (Mitigating Youth Unemployment) Amendment Bill and put ... More >>
An Open Letter to Dr Alan Bollard
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 2:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
I write to you regarding the comments you made about the possibilities of New Zealand matching the level of economic output of Australia on a per capita basis, which you made on ‘Q & A’, Sunday 7 February. More >>
Speech on Prime Minister’s Statement
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 4:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand is now enjoying stable centre right government. That’s something we haven’t had since the start of MMP. More >>
No Tax Changes Without Spending Restraint
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 4:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister John Key’s belief that we should strive for a more efficient tax system without implementing constitutional restraints against excessive Government spending is stupid, ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>
The Speech That Goff Should Deliver
Monday, 8 February 2010, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
Tomorrow Labour Leader Phil Goff is planning to deliver a speech on behalf of Prime Minister John Key. I thought it best to start the apology by detailing all that he should be sorry for in the nine years he served in the 5th Labour Government. More >>
Harsher Penalties For Possessing Knives
Friday, 5 February 2010, 10:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Law & Order Spokesman David Garrett today welcomed High Court Judge Justice Asher’s call for the Government to review laws on knife possession, and agreed that offenders should face tougher penalties. "Carrying a knife without a ... More >>
Minimum Wage Is Hurting Young NZers
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 3:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's very rich of Labour's Annette King to blame National for the high rate of unemployment for young New Zealanders when it is, in fact, Labour's abolition of youth rates that has caused this problem, ACT Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>
Aspire Students Begin Journey To Success
Monday, 1 February 2010, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy will tomorrow meet students who have received assistance to attend an independent school under the Aspire Scholarship scheme she launched as part of ACT and National's broader initiative to widen school ... More >>
Government Gives Maori Raw Deal
Monday, 1 February 2010, 4:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
National is misguided if it believes that Treaty settlements will enable New Zealand to move forward, ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. "Maori still underachieve at school, still have shorter life expectancy than pakeha, ... More >>
Increasing Minimum Wage Will Cost Jobs
Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
National's decision to increase the minimum wage will cause unemployment among those that are least able to deal with the consequences, ACT Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. "Increasing the minimum wage seems like a nice idea, but in reality ... More >>
Tax Report Good Effort Despite Handicap
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
The report of the Tax Working Group is an admirable effort to deal to the numerous distortions that crept into our tax system under Labour, but the only way to drastically improve our growth prospects is through lower levels of tax revenue, ACT Finance ... More >>
'Three Strikes' To Become Law
Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 4:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide was today pleased to announce that ACT's 'Three Strikes' policy is to be incorporated into the Government's Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill for passing into law. More >>
