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Heather Roy's Diary - Boris Yeltsin
Friday, 27 April 2007, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
There is a saying that success has a thousand fathers and failure is an orphan. During my lifetime there have been few successes like the victory of the liberal democracies over Communism. It was a victory with little bloodshed, so it is easy to forget that ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Wrap our kids in Cotton Wool
Friday, 20 April 2007, 12:04 am | ACT New Zealand
Remember the days of your childhood? Getting together with the neighbourhood kids after school, not going home till you were called for dinner, biking with a group of friends. Most children nowadays have significantly less freedom than their parents ... More >>
Heather Roy - No donations please, we're Labour
Friday, 13 April 2007, 2:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Talk back radio has been running red hot on the subject of state funding for political parties this week. Hosts have asked to see the mandate from the people and lambasted politicians (all lumped in together) for wanting to misuse the public purse - and ... More >>
ACC Ads don't have Kiwis "Covered"
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 10:21 am | ACT New Zealand
ACC's $5 million "pat on the back" has come back to bite it with a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority being upheld and ACC required to pull its "Covered" television advertisements in their present form says ACT Deputy Leader Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
The long awaited report into police conduct was finally released on Tuesday this week. Dame Margaret Bazley, one of the Commissioners who conducted the inquiry, wrote the report which is lengthy with two volumes totaling 468 pages. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary – 30 March 2007
Friday, 30 March 2007, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
In days gone by, armourers who made faulty weapons were tortured and killed by the survivors of the battle in which the weakness was revealed. If the executive of GlaxoSmithKline were aware of this, they clearly felt that they were out of the reach of the Ribena ... More >>
Ribena - When Good Markets Go Rotten
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 10:07 am | ACT New Zealand
The $227,500 fine handed down to 'Ribena' makers GlaxoSmithKline yesterday should have PHARMAC examining their medicinal offerings, but also shows the success of New Zealand's current advertising rules, says ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - 23 March 2007
Friday, 23 March 2007, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
Health issues have dominated the news this week. ACC has decided it was time to give itself a public pat on the back - with $5.1 million of our money. District Health Boards have opted for a 'Herceptin Trial' rather than proven treatment for women ... More >>
Urgency Unacceptable For Anti-Smacking Bill
Friday, 23 March 2007, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
Putting Parliament into urgency to pass the "Anti-smacking Bill" is unacceptable and anti-democratic, says ACT's Deputy Leader and Party Whip, Heather Roy. "Around 80% of Kiwis are opposed to banning smacking by good and loving parents. Using urgency ... More >>
Hodgson Refused To Involve Himself In 'Inside Job'
Thursday, 22 March 2007, 3:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
Following questions in Parliament today, it is now clear that the Minister of Health, Pete Hodgson, was aware from the 13th of July 2006 that there was a conflict of interest over Dr Tony Bierre's involvement in the tendering of laboratory services for the ... More >>
Lack Of Transparency Exposed By Medlab Decision
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
All contracts for health services must be transparent and properly consulted on, and today's judicial review decision which set aside the contract for laboratory testing services in Auckland, citing a lack of transparency and insufficient consultation, ... More >>
Nine Weeks Of Herceptin - The Cheap Option
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 12:27 am | ACT New Zealand
Provisional approval from District Health Boards for a nine-week course of Herceptin is a cost-cutting measure that will fail thousands of Kiwi women with HER2-positive breast cancer, says ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy Speech to Regional Conference
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Speech to Upper South Regional Conference, Scenic Circle Cotswold Hotel, Christchurch, Saturday 17 March 2007. More >>
ACC's $5 Million Dollar Pat On The Back
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACC's "Covered" advertising campaign will cost Kiwi taxpayers $5.1 million over the next four years, and answers to Parliamentary Questions reveal that ACC's current television, newspaper, internet and planned radio advertisements are setting ... More >>
Making Government Transparent And Accountable
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Speech to the ACT South Island Conference, Cotswold Scenic Circle Hotel, Christchurch Saturday 17 March 2007. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - The Failure Of Parole
Friday, 16 March 2007, 3:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
Graeme Burton was just one of 1244 prisoners released from prison on parole in the year to July 2006. The government has finally been stung into considering changes to parole after Burton breached his conditions, playing out a violent drama in the ... More >>
Parliament To Ignore Public On Smacking Bill
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 1:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide says he is disappointed that the "Anti-Smacking Bill" appears to have the numbers to pass into law. "The people of New Zealand have not been consulted on this proposal. Once again, Parliament is arrogantly foisting its view on the rest ... More >>
Accountability? Not with Labour at the Helm
Friday, 9 March 2007, 1:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Like many people I was initially surprised by the finding of "not guilty" in the trial of Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards and the two former policemen, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum, who had been facing charges of raping a woman in Rotorua ... More >>
ACT Clear On Tax Cuts
Friday, 9 March 2007, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide says he is saddened by Bill English's comment this morning that "now is not the time to be giving extensive tax cuts". More >>
Hide: Forward Thinking
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 12:58 am | ACT New Zealand
Speech to The Newmarket Club, Newmarket, Auckland Thursday 8 March 2007. More >>
