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Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 5 October 2007, 12:34 am | ACT New Zealand
Thousands Of Health Dollars Wasted On Bureaucracy This week saw the delivery of information, which I had requested under the Official Information Act, revealing just how much it has cost the nation's District Health Boards to belong to District Health Boards ... More >>
Nats And Labour Equally Indefensible On Defence
Friday, 28 September 2007, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand National Security Spokesman Heather Roy today accused the National Party of lacking both political courage and an understanding of New Zealand's real security needs - as seen in the 'NBR Online' article in which the National Party ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Dr Cullen's Daylight Robbery
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
A Lotto win of $775.56 on Saturday evening would bring a smile to the face of most Kiwis, and there would be a fair bit of discussion around the family dinner table about what to spend it on - $775.56 would almost buy a basic health insurance policy ... More >>
Cullen's Regime: Welfare For The 'Wealthy'
Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Heather Roy today released new information revealing that 2,000 New Zealanders deemed so wealthy that they were required to pay the top rate of tax were then granted financial assistance from the Government. More >>
Cullen Over-Taxing 352,000 Kiwis
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
New information obtained in response to my written Parliamentary Questions has revealed that hundreds of thousands of Kiwi taxpayers are being grossly over-taxed because of Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen's failure to adjust his self-imposed five percent ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - Your Carbon Footprint?
Friday, 21 September 2007, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
How Big Is Your Carbon Footprint? Let me first begin by saying that I don't consider myself a Climate Change denier: since records began, and from scientific evidence gleaned before that, it is clear that the world's climate has experienced fluctuations ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 14 September 2007, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
National Security issues were highlighted yesterday when SIS director Warren Tucker announced that Algerian asylum seeker Ahmed Zaoui is no longer a security risk to New Zealand. After almost five years, and a legal bill to Kiwi taxpayers of $2.3 ... More >>
Skyhawk Sale Turns On A Split Pin
Friday, 14 September 2007, 9:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand National Security Spokesman Heather Roy today demanded that the Government repay the more than $12 million the RNZAF has had to spend on housing and maintaining the still-unsold Skyhawk air combat wing. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Youth Justice
Friday, 7 September 2007, 12:58 am | ACT New Zealand
Over the past year, I have spent some time with many of New Zealand's emergency services - while each expedition has been a valuable experience, none raised more questions for me as an MP than my two shifts with the police. More >>
Roy: Are We There Yet?
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 3:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
I have been asked to speak about whether or not we, as a nation, are 'there yet' in terms of putting children at the centre of Government policy and to say how I - and the ACT Party - would make this a reality. More >>
What Point In DHB Elections?
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 4:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today labelled District Health Board elections a complete waste of time and money, and demanded to know what point there was in going through the rigmarole of electing officials who have absolutely no power. More >>
Voluntary National Service A Logical Choice
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Invited to take part in a panel discussion for the Australian Defence College Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies visit to the Australian High Commission today, ACT New Zealand National Security Spokesman Heather Roy reiterated her enthusiasm ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - Central Control
Friday, 31 August 2007, 11:59 am | ACT New Zealand
District Health Board elections are held alongside local body elections every three years - 2007 is an election year and postal voting closes on 13 October. Nominations for the coming District Health Board elections closed at noon last Friday with a ... More >>
DHBs: Central Control, Not Regional Responsibility
Monday, 27 August 2007, 12:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today called on Health Minister Pete Hodgson to come clean and admit that it is his Government - not District Health Boards - that controls public health in New Zealand. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: NZ's Volatile Currency
Friday, 24 August 2007, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand
The New Zealand dollar hit a high earlier this month, with $NZ1 buying US81 cents. While this was advantageous for those travelling to the US, the majority of our exporters despaired as their chances of operating at a profit evaporated - only dairy farmers ... More >>
ACT Showing The Way
Monday, 20 August 2007, 9:47 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT is the free enterprise, free market Party, and we're in politics to make a difference. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Monday, 20 August 2007, 9:44 am | ACT New Zealand
Taking The 'NZ' Out Of 'ANZAC' This week saw Parliament take on something of a surreal quality when a huge battle erupted over revelations that Air New Zealand used some of its planes to transport Australian and US defence personnel. More >>
Goff's Missed Approach On Air NZ Charters
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
Defence and Trade Minister Phil Goff's criticism of Air New Zealand is a further sign that his Government does not understand the importance of free markets or support for our traditional allies, ACT New Zealand National Security Spokesman Heather Roy ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Child Abuse - Plus Ca change
Friday, 10 August 2007, 12:49 am | ACT New Zealand
In France there's an adage that, roughly translated, says: "the more things change, the more they stay the same". This certainly appears to apply to child abuse here in New Zealand. More >>
Tax Cuts? Bah Humbug!
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 5:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
Dr Michael Cullen would do well to change his name - perhaps the moniker 'Scrooge McCullen' would better suit a Finance Minister who has spent close to a decade grossly over-taxing hard-working taxpayers, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Heather Roy said ... More >>
