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ACT Sees Scandal In OECD Report
Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 12:49 am | ACT New Zealand
The key to turning around New Zealand's relative social decline, which has been highlighted in the OECD report 'Society At A Glance', is to celebrate success and achievement in education and business, says ACT MP Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy - Criminalising Acts Of Parenting
Friday, 23 February 2007, 1:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
I know my own children are too old for smacking, as soon I will be the shortest in our household. Even when they were small I seldom used physical chastisement. More >>
Health Ministry Management In Critical Condition
Monday, 19 February 2007, 4:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
A Treasury report highlighting management problems at the Ministry of Health coupled with a Ministry of Health internal review shows that management at the Ministry is in critical condition, said ACT Health Spokesman, Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary Address And Reply Debate
Friday, 16 February 2007, 12:32 am | ACT New Zealand
Each parliamentary year begins with a 14 hour Address and Reply debate - an address by the Prime Minister followed by replies from other party leaders and then the rest of Parliament. More >>
Minister In Denial Over Maori Education - Roy
Thursday, 15 February 2007, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Education is in denial that Labour policies are failing thousands of Maori children, says ACT Education Spokesman, Heather Roy. More >>
Address In Reply Speech to Parliament
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
We have just listened to a Prime Minister's speech that epitomises everything that is chronically and terminally wrong with this Government. More >>
Hide, Speech to ACT Central Regional Conference
Sunday, 11 February 2007, 4:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's going to be a great year! A great year for New Zealand. A great year for politics. A great year for ACT. More >>
McKesson Healthline Contract Leaves Questions
Friday, 9 February 2007, 3:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy is questioning the transparency of the Ministry of Health's tender process, after the Ministry announced today that McKesson NZ was the preferred tenderer for Healthline. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - The Things That Make Us Kiwi
Friday, 9 February 2007, 1:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
The approach of Waitangi Day gives people a chance to dust off the perennial debates over national unity, republicanism and the flag. But regardless of whether we spent Tuesday this week on a Northland Marae, in Wellington's Waitangi Park or at home ... More >>
New Zealand's "Waiting List Society"
Friday, 2 February 2007, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Heather Roy has questioned whether politicians are upholding their end of the 'social contract', saying in her weekly email newsletter that Kiwis live in a "waiting list society" where government has stopped delivering for citizens. More >>
New Ideas Required For Those In Need
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 3:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide congratulates John Key on his speech this afternoon, which highlights why new ideas are needed about how to tackle welfare dependency and the social problems that go with it. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - Health Spending
Friday, 26 January 2007, 4:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
Since Labour came to power in 1999 there has been a 40% expansion in health spending. Few of us would complain that government now spends one in five taxpayer dollars on healthcare, were it not for the distressing fact that patients and people working ... More >>
Labour pinches more property
Monday, 18 December 2006, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Labours plan to make forest owners pay $13,000 to the government for the use of their land is just another socialist attack on private property rights" said ACT Leader, Rodney Hide. More >>
Healthline Well Child Service Failing Parents
Monday, 18 December 2006, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health Spokesman, Heather Roy, says that Healthline's Well Child Telephone Advice Service is failing Kiwi parents by missing its targets since it took over from Plunketline this year. More >>
Public accept private health role
Friday, 15 December 2006, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Figures released today by the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ) show a growing acceptance by Kiwis that the public health system can't deal with all the health needs of the nation said ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - 15 December 2006
Friday, 15 December 2006, 4:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Political Situation; Santa's Christmas List; Seasons Greetings More >>
Coke And Frucor Decision Tough, But Responsible
Monday, 11 December 2006, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy says that today's announcement by Coca- Cola Amatil and Frucor that they will withdraw full sugar drinks from schools has been reached at the point of a regulatory gun. More >>
Winning In Public, Winning In Parliament
Monday, 11 December 2006, 3:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has had a fantastic year in 2006. We are often told ACT is the lucky party. Heather Roy and I have taken more Bills to Parliament over the past twelve months than ACT did in any one of the previous five years. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - 8 December 2006
Friday, 8 December 2006, 12:35 am | ACT New Zealand
Political 'spin' is the art of finding trendy words to hide unpopular ideas. Even normally intelligent people can be drawn in by "carbon neutrality" or "sustainability", and it's only by digging that we find out what these buzzwords really mean. So it ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Equal Recognition For Vietnam Vets
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 1:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand welcomes the government's acknowledgment of the issues faced by Vietnam veterans, and their move to deal with the consequences of the Vietnam War, says ACT National Security Spokesman, Heather Roy. More >>
