Media AdvisoryACT’s Line of Speakers to the Annual Conference on Saturday 23 February at Gibbs Farm, Kaukapakapa
Keynote addresses:
Jamie Whyte - Head of Research and Publishing at the management consultancy firm Oliver Wyman, a fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs and a senior fellow of the Adam Smith Institute.
Mr Whyte will speak at 12.05pm
Hon John Banks - Leader - ACT New Zealand,
Mr Banks’ Leader’s address is at 2.15pm
Hon John Boscawen - Incoming ACT President, Former ACT MP and Minister of Consumer Affairs
Mr Boscawen’s Presidential address is at 12.40pm
Other speakers:
Alan Gibbs - Businessman, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Cameron Brewer - Auckland Council member, Publicist
Greg Fleming - CEO, Maxim Institute
Hon Rodney Hide - Former ACT Leader, Economist and Founding Chairman of ACT
Catherine Isaac - Chair of the Partnership Schools / Kura Hourua Working Group
Dr Eric Crampton - Senior Economics Lecturer, Canterbury University
11 comments:
What and utter and complete waste of time and energy.
Meh.
Yep. Years of my life put into ACT, and only thing to show for it is the absence of the Broadcasting fee. Thanks for that much anyway, Muriel.
What anon 6:53 said heather roy and roger douglas ensured the party is finished..
But Heather Roy and Roger Douglas don't appear on the list of speakers.
"What and utter and complete waste of time and energy."
"Yep. Years of my life put into ACT, and only thing to show for it is the absence of the Broadcasting fee. Thanks for that much anyway, Muriel."
"What anon 6:53 said heather roy and roger douglas ensured the party is finished.."
Given that ACT is (still) in government and implementing Charter Schools, one of its key founding policies, I find these comments bizarre.
I can only assume these are disgruntled Rodney supporters upset their man was shafted. Well ACT should be glad to be rid of them. Clearly, like the man himself, they were more interested in talking about freedom and choice than implementing it.
John Banks has been the most successful ACT Leader in the party's history. If you are on the side of freedom and want to make things happen, I suggest you take the vessel, imperfect as it may be, and run with it.
The last gasp of a project being strung out by the power lusters.
Good luck to those who go, time to create a reputable think tank and back a new project.
The energy put into this is wasted.
Really Blair. Do tell us what he actually done, completed and in existance since he gained his residence again.
"John Banks has been the most successful ACT Leader in the party's history"
and people say political satire is dead in New Zealand, that's the funniest thing I've read about NZ politics in ages.
"John Banks has been the most successful ACT Leader in the party's history"
and people say political satire is dead in New Zealand, that's the funniest thing I've read about NZ politics in ages.
It's only funny because it's true. If you judge success by core policies implemented, then John Banks is indeed ACT's most successful leader.
Personally I think that counts for something, and I say that as someone who thought he would be a complete and utter disaster.
That people won't recognise what Banksy has achieved says that they were never interested in changing things in the first place, and they are part of the problem in ACT, not part of the solution.
ACT is dead with the National Party-stooge Banks as "leader".
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