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Franks confirms Roy complained over Hide

Heather Roy's adviser has confirmed there was a bust-up over Act leader Rodney Hide taking a defence document from her office.

<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.