News

No Tax Changes Without Spending Restraint »


Prime Minister John Key’s belief that we should strive for a more efficient tax system without implementing constitutional restraints against excessive Government spending is stupid, ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today.

The Speech That Goff Should Deliver »


Tomorrow Labour Leader Phil Goff is planning to deliver a speech on behalf of Prime Minister John Key. I thought that it might be a good idea to jot down some notes for what I would say if I were Phil Goff speaking on behalf of the Labour Party. I thought it best to start the apology by detailing all that he should be sorry for in the nine years he served in the 5th Labour Government, and then to move on to apologising for his attempts to gain media attention through populist trash talk since becoming Leader of the Opposition.

Heather Roy's Diary »


While it is common knowledge that Denmark recently played host to the international Climate Conference, most people are only dimly aware of just what went on - or that, despite a massive turnout of representatives from different governments and organisations, the entire affair was largely unsuccessful.

Harsher Penalties For Possessing Knives »


ACT New Zealand Law & Order Spokesman David Garrett today welcomed High Court Judge Justice Asher’s call for the Government to review laws on knife possession, and agreed that offenders should face tougher penalties.

Minimum Wage Is Hurting Young NZers »


It's very rich of Labour's Annette King to blame National for the high rate of unemployment for young New Zealanders when it is, in fact, Labour's abolition of youth rates that has caused this problem, ACT Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today.

Features

Open Letter To Nick Smith

Rodney Hide's Open Letter
To Nick Smith

"The disturbing revelations from the hacked emails, documents and computer codes from the university of East Anglia Climate Research unit ... make it all the more urgent that we have New Zealand's data scrutinised.

I therefore ask you to make available to independent scientific scrutiny the full data on which the official time series of the 'Mean annual temperature over New Zealand, from 1853 to 2008', is based, together with full documentation of the adjustments that have been made. "

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Catching Australia By 2025

Catching Australia By 2025
An Alternative Approach

A Discussion Paper
By Sir Roger Douglas


"If New Zealand wants to match Australia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita by 2025, then we will need radical changes to our current fiscal and regulatory policy settings.

The problem lies not so much in determining the appropriate path, but in convincing the Government to actually undertake the required actions."

Read The Discussion Paper »

ACT Conference 2010

ACT Conference 2010

26-27 February 2010
Wellington


Speakers include:

Alan Gibbs
Dr Don Brash
Don Nicholson
Dr Graham Scott
Dr Muriel Newman
David Seymour
Emma Gibbs
And all the ACT MPs

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About ACT

National/ACT Agreement

"I see National and ACT's Confidence and Supply Agreement as a victory for democracy.

A week ago New Zealand voted for a Centre-Right government and today, with this historic agreement, we have one.

All our discussions this week indicate we have the basis for a long and fruitful relationship based on mutual respect.

This isn't an agreement cobbled together out of self-interest, but one developed through our shared vision to create a better and brighter future for New Zealand." - Rodney Hide

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Our MPs

ACT currently has five MPs in the New Zealand Parliament.

Rodney Hide is the ACT Leader and MP for Epsom. Rodney is the Minister of Local Government and Regulatory Reform and the Associate Minister of Commerce.

Heather Roy is ACT's Deputy Leader and Party Whip. Heather is the Minister of Consumer Affairs and Associate Minister of Defence and Education.

Former Finance Minister Sir Roger Douglas is ACT's third MP and is joined by new MPs John Boscawen and David Garrett.

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Our Policies

At the 2008 election, ACT produced a 20 Point Plan to turn New Zealand around and help us catch up to Australia over the coming years.

The plan covers a wide range of issues from Government Expenditure and Taxation to Law And Order and Climate Change and there are also detailed policy documents available for each point of the plan.

The Confidence And Supply Agreement between ACT and National covers many of the points in the plan and ACT will also work to towards improved policy in the other areas over the next three years.

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