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Laboratory Tests Bitter Pill For Private Patients
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 9:24 am | ACT New Zealand
Patients in the Wellington region are being told by private specialists that they will be sent back to GPs to have laboratory tests ordered after 1 November, to save them the cost of the tests and a $13 administrative fee, says ACT Health Spokesman, ... More >>
Regulatory Responsibility Bill Cuts Red Tape
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 4:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government's response to a report from the Small Business Advisory Group overlooks a key instrument in cutting back red tape - a Regulatory Responsibility Bill that will come before Parliament next month, says the Bill's promoter, ACT Leader Rodney ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 20 October 2006, 12:49 am | ACT New Zealand
Parliament this week was dominated by validating legislation to right the wrongs around MPs' spending of taxpayers' money last year. The Auditor General had criticised the spending at the run-up to the last election and Labour introduced legislation ... More >>
Roy: Labour's Anti-Democratic Appropriation Bill
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 5:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Few things have generated as much media coverage since the election as this issue. We shouldn't lose track of the principle that lies behind it - and we should be aware of the perversion of democracy that is taking place here today. A good government ... More >>
Labour Supports Flat Tax
Monday, 16 October 2006, 3:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Party is taxing its own MPs a low, flat rate of 5% to repay election spending, but is pursuing a less fair policy for working New Zealanders, says ACT Leader Rodney Hide. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - 13 October 2006
Friday, 13 October 2006, 12:40 am | ACT New Zealand
Thursday 12 October was the 10th anniversary of MMP, and as the only new party to be elected under the new electoral system, it was also the 10th anniversary of ACT's election to parliament. ACT MPs and members celebrated at a dinner in Auckland. Anniversaries ... More >>
Hide: A Bold New Start
Thursday, 12 October 2006, 5:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Speech to ACT New Zealand 10th Anniversary In Parliament Dinner, Romford's Tamaki Yacht Club, Auckland, 7.30pm Thursday 12 October 2006. It's great to be back amongst ACT's fellow travellers. Heather Roy and I have recently returned from a trip to ... More >>
Minister Scrambling For Spin Control
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman, Heather Roy, is astounded that the government is defending a quarter of a billion dollars in debt owed to taxpayers by beneficiaries. More >>
The Quarter-Billion Dollar Welfare Debt
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 11:04 am | ACT New Zealand
A quarter of a billion dollars of unpaid debt is owed by welfare beneficiaries, according to new answers to parliamentary questions released by ACT Social Services spokesman, Heather Roy. "This $261 million dollars is made up of money owed by recipients of ... More >>
How Big Does The Surplus Have To Be?
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 12:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide is appalled that both Dr Cullen and Dr Brash are pedalling the line that government cannot afford immediate, dramatic and across-the-board tax cuts. More >>
Govt Leaves Fisheries Officers To Fend For Selves
Monday, 9 October 2006, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
Fisheries officers denied the ability to carry pepper spray and retractable batons are being placed in harm's way without the means to protect themselves, says ACT National Security Spokesman, Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 6 October 2006, 1:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week's contribution is from Jack Edmonds, a 16 year old High School student from Wellington. The introduction of NCEA - the National Certificate of Educational Achievement - was marked by debate, protest and confusion. Having actually been a ... More >>
National and Labour = Tax Cuts But Not Yet
Friday, 6 October 2006, 12:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today he was bitterly disappointed - but not surprised - that National Leader Don Brash has u-turned and adopted Labour's tax policy. More >>
One Crime Every 73 Seconds Under Labour
Monday, 2 October 2006, 5:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
Police statistics reveal that a crime was reported every 73 seconds last year, an indictment on Labour's soft-on-crime policies according to ACT National Security Spokesman, Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 29 September 2006, 12:12 am | ACT New Zealand
While Heather Roy is away, Heather's Diary is being written by guest columnists. This week's contribution is from Mike Bridge, ACT On Campus President at Victoria University of Wellington. More >>
Private Funding Shows Plunket's Public Support
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 12:53 am | ACT New Zealand
Today's announcement that PlunketLine is 'here to stay' is a public vote of confidence in Plunket, and demonstrates how wrong Labour was to try and kill off Kiwis' favourite Well Child helpline, says ACT Health Spokesman, Heather Roy. More >>
Labour's Imaginary Rates Inquiry
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
Epsom MP Rodney Hide says ratepayers should be concerned that, more than a month after the Government voted against his Bill to limit increases in council rates, an independent inquiry still has no terms of reference, no timeframe for reporting ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Monday, 25 September 2006, 9:55 am | ACT New Zealand
We are using Parliament's recess to go to Europe, visiting small parties philosophically similar to ACT. We're investigating how they fit into the political landscape, their relationships with larger parties, and what lessons a party like ACT can learn. More >>
Hide: Institute of Economic Affairs, London
Friday, 22 September 2006, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
It's a huge buzz, as a Kiwi, stepping off the plane in London - the land of Big Ben, Shakespeare and 'mind the gap'. This is a journey that thousands of New Zealanders make - even though Heather Roy and I aren't joining the expatriate community for ... More >>
Mothballed Aermacchis A Government Embarrassment
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
Parliamentary Questions released today by Heather Roy, ACT's National Security Spokesman, show that the Air Force was forced to spend $1.7 million from last year's operational budget on the retired Aermacchi fleet, but that the aircraft are not being properly ... More >>
