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Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 2 June 2006, 11:45 am | ACT New Zealand
This week's guest columnist is Stephen Franks, Lawyer, Wellingtonian and former ACT MP. Do you ever have to check the date of your paper, convinced that you must have read it before? Or read for pages before realising you read it all a month ago? Too ... More >>
Two Ticks For Brash Bill
Monday, 29 May 2006, 4:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide says that ACT will support Don Brash's Bill enabling National to pay broadcasters $112,500 for election advertising, and is inviting the Labour Party to repay taxpayers' money used to produce Labour's pledge card. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary – 26 May 2006
Friday, 26 May 2006, 1:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week's guest columnist is Helen Simpson, President of ACT On Campus. Helen is a student at Auckland University. More >>
Capping Rates Makes Councils Budget Like Families
Friday, 26 May 2006, 10:04 am | ACT New Zealand
As the newly-elected MP for Epsom last year, I quickly gained a new appreciation for the problems people have with local government. More >>
Budget Crumbs For Auckland Roads
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
The 'Minister For Auckland' has been questioned in Parliament by Rodney Hide, MP for Epsom and the Leader of ACT, who says that Auckland missed out from the Budget's boost to transport funding. More >>
Tax Freedom After 141 Days Paying For Government
Monday, 22 May 2006, 1:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide is wishing Kiwi workers a happy "Tax Freedom Day", as they stop paying for central and local government and start working for themselves. "Kiwis are overtaxed, and if the IRD sent taxpayers a bill, they wouldn't pay it", Mr Hide ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 19 May 2006, 3:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
A couple of years ago I attended a libertarian conference where Labour MP Tim Barnett was a guest speaker. More >>
The "Lost Opportunity Budget"
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 5:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government has delivered a "Lost Opportunity Budget", failing to cut tax or constrain government interference, according to ACT Leader Rodney Hide. "Instead of citizens and businesses investing in New Zealand, this budget is about politicians investing ... More >>
Cullen Recommends Increase In Auckland Rates
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 12:53 am | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide, MP for Epsom and the Leader of ACT, is telling Government that Auckland ratepayers cannot afford Cullen's recommended rates hike and Labour should stop dumping transport costs onto local government. More >>
Taxpayers Foot The Bill To Buy Kiwi Made
Monday, 15 May 2006, 11:27 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide is describing taxpayer funding of $11.5 million for the Green Party's "Buy Kiwi Made" program as pork-barrel politics. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - May 12 2006
Friday, 12 May 2006, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week's guest columnist is Peter McCardle. A former Associate Health Minister, Peter is a now an elected member of the Hutt District Health Board. This article was originally published in The Dominion Post. More >>
Aussie Budget Increases 'Tax Gap'
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 9:45 am | ACT New Zealand
Australian workers will receive almost $37 billion from tax cuts announced in last night's Budget, leaving Kiwi workers further behind their Kangaroo cousins, says ACT Leader Rodney Hide. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 5 May 2006, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week's guest columnist is Gavin Middleton. Gavin is ACT's Communications Manager and an education advocate. More >>
Telecom Regulation "Big Step Backwards"
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 9:10 am | ACT New Zealand
Today's announcement from the Government that Telecom's local loop will be unbundled has been slammed by ACT Leader Rodney Hide as a big step backwards for free markets and private enterprise. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary, 28 April 2006
Friday, 28 April 2006, 10:48 am | ACT New Zealand
It's a great honour to provide a column for Heather's diary while she is undergoing basic recruit training at Waiouru. More >>
Two Laws In Parker Inquiry
Wednesday, 26 April 2006, 5:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that the Companies Office failure to prosecute David Parker was a disgrace, and that business laws now mean nothing in New Zealand if you're a Minister in Helen Clark's Government. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary – 21 April 2006
Friday, 21 April 2006, 12:49 am | ACT New Zealand
The fallout from the decision by the Hawke's Bay District Health Board to cut 1800 patients from their waiting list by sending them back to their General Practitioners is continuing to be felt. More >>
Plunket Nurses Wanted - Apply To McKesson
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's newspaper advertisement for Well Child Nurses to staff the replacement to Plunketline raises questions about whether McKesson can adequately staff their call centres, says ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy. More >>
DHBs Play "Fall Guys" For Clark And Hodgson
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 10:15 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's opposition to including the private sector in healthcare means that Helen Clark and Pete Hodgson have no one to blame for hospital waiting lists but themselves, says ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary – April 13 2006
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 3:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
Everybody is talking about the Hawke's Bay District Health Board's decision to reduce their waiting lists by axing 1,800 patients from them and sending them back to their family doctors. This sort of thing has happened before and is likely to happen again. ... More >>
