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<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Roy plain outgunned at caucus showdown

Picture emerges of Roy's political adviser

<i>John Armstrong</i>: Hide's win comes at dreadful cost to Act

<i>Cartoon</i>: Accountability!

Hide isn't a worthy leader - plotter

Hide denies hinting Roy used drugs

Rodney Hide has emphatically denied in Parliament ever suggesting to another minister that Heather Roy had used drugs.

<i>Editorial</i>: Roy right - Act must return to roots or die

Act's nightmare continues

Act's dirty laundry was hung out to dry today after attempts yesterday to keep their party implosion under wraps failed spectacularly.

Swear words triggered Roy's demotion - Hide

Act's Rodney Hide had concerns about what Heather Roy's top adviser was telling her.

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Goff shows 'silly' Hide how to act

The manner in which Heather Roy was dumped has dented Rodney Hide's credibility and potentially weakened his hold on his party's leadership.

Act leader blew whistle on McClay's charity fraud

Security complaint triggered sacking

Relations between Heather Roy and Rodney Hide were so bad that she filed a complaint when he took a piece of paper from her office.

<i>Cartoon</i>: Heather, you can jump over the side...

PM says Act bust-up won't affect Govt

Prime Minister John Key says he doesn't know why Act deputy leader Heather Roy was rolled but says it won't destabilise the Act and National support arrangement.

John Armstrong: Act's silence wrong

Not a skerrick of the notion of accountability - on which Act bases its sales pitch - was apparent this afternoon, writes John Armstrong.

John Boscawen replaces Heather Roy as Act deputy

The Act Party has dumped Heather Roy as its deputy leader and voted first-term MP John Boscawen to the position.

PM rules out Sir Roger if Roy is ousted

A caucus meeting where minister Heather Roy is expected to be dumped by her parliamentary colleagues as deputy leader of Act is under way.

Mayors and MPs jostling for jobs