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ACT Supports Public Review of PHARMAC
Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy today agreed with the National Party that the review of PHARMAC, promised in Labour's confidence and supply deal with United Future, should be open for public submissions. More >>
ACT's The Letter 14 November 2005
Monday, 14 November 2005, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Commentators miss the importance of the Speech from the Throne. It is cabinet approved. Departments all bid to get their pet projects in. Any new policy not in the speech needs a cabinet approval. (Many new Ministers fail to realise that if they do not ... More >>
ACT To Test Parliament On Tax Cuts
Monday, 14 November 2005, 8:40 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that he would be testing Parliament's commitment to cut the company tax rate to 30 per cent during the coming debate on the Taxation (Annual Rates and Urgent Measures) Bill. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - Armistice Day 11 Nov 2005
Monday, 14 November 2005, 12:35 am | ACT New Zealand
Today I attended the Armistice Anniversary Ceremony at the National War Memorial. At 11am we remembered the signing of the Armistice at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918 that signalled the end of World War I. More >>
Hide calls for Select Committee Inquiry into TVNZ
Friday, 11 November 2005, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that he had written to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee asking for an inquiry into TVNZ's disastrous performance. More >>
Long Arm of the Law in Community Hands
Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
A grandmother who retrieved her property after finding the person who burgled her should be congratulated instead of scolded, says ACT Police Spokesman, Heather Roy. More >>
The Letter
Monday, 7 November 2005, 1:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
Free to air in free fall; How to get viewers for news; The Future; How to win and lose; Civil Service Tizz; The Select Committees; Like Rats from a sinking Ship; Opposition out thought; Obituary; Apology to Hon Jim Sutton More >>
ACT Party Pays Tribute to Rod Donald
Sunday, 6 November 2005, 6:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today he was shocked to learn of Rod Donald's death. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 4 November 2005, 3:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has long maintained that less government is good government. On the hustings ACT candidates can always be heard commenting that the core role of government should be to provide necessities that cannot be provided by anyone else. The question frequently ... More >>
Patient's life a Casualty of Health Poor Planning
Thursday, 3 November 2005, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The Ministry of Health must take some responsibility for the system which allowed a patient to die following systemic failures" said ACT Health spokesman, Heather Roy. More >>
Politicians Can't Run TVNZ
Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide has renewed his call to privatize TVNZ, saying that taxpayer money is being wasted and politicians aren't capable of running the business efficiently. More >>
The Letter
Monday, 31 October 2005, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
Ian Fraser goes before he is pushed. Today Cabinet signs off the government program for the opening of Parliament next week. More >>
Put the Viewers in Charge of TVNZ: Sell It!
Monday, 31 October 2005, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Rodney Hide said today that the festering sore of TVNZ's political shenanigans and mismanagement should be properly addressed. More >>
Police, not cash, can bring Pania home
Friday, 28 October 2005, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
We must have faith that the police will be more successful in retrieving Pania of the Reef than her lover was in the traditional myth, said Heather Roy, ACT's National Security Spokesman. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 28 October 2005, 4:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Influenza revisited; Identity Confusion Disorder; Investigation underway More >>
Homeowners have Clark to thank for high interest
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 11:29 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Rodney Hide said Kiwi homeowners are having to pay through the nose for the Clark-led government. More >>
Police deserve congratulation on Zero Tolerance
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT National Security spokesman Heather Roy has today endorsed the Police initiative of instituting a "Zero Tolerance" approach to people carrying weapons. More >>
Private prisons the answer to overcrowding crisis
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand
"Private prisons are the only answer to the immediate problem of the ongoing crisis of prison overcrowding" ACT National Security spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Cullen Must Act to Boost Economy
Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 12:23 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today it was vital for Finance Minister Michael Cullen to set out a clear plan for the government's economic management over the next three years. More >>
ACT's The Letter 25 October 2005
Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 2:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Ministers have their heads down studying their departmental briefs. The PM has gone to Papua New Guinea for the forum. The Reserve Bank is expected to raise interest rates. Don Brash plans for opposition. More >>
