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Police Problem is Prohibition

Thursday, 11 March 2004, 2:12 pm | Libertarianz Party

Dr Rob Moodie and the six whistle blowers have identified the result but not the cause of police corruption: drug prohibition. "Why be surprised?" ask Libertarianz Law & Order spokesman Robert Palmer. "Alcohol prohibition corrupted the ... More >>

DPB Given New Wings by Paid Parental Leave

Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 3:39 pm | Libertarianz Party

The Labour government's proposal to extend the paid parental leave scheme is a scandal and should be abandoned immediately says Libertarianz spokesman Caroline Aurora. "This is just DPB with wings," she says, "but it ain't gonna fly. ... More >>

Ron Mark's Psychotic Approach To 'P'

Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 10:46 am | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz Deputy Stephen Berry is highly critical of remarks that NZ First MP Ron Mark makes in regard to Asian students allegedly importing pseudoephydrine pills. "Mark's call advocates the racial profiling of visitors to New Zealand - if ... More >>

Preschools STILL Face Mass Closures Mr Mallard

Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 2:28 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Trevor Mallard has stopped the closure of state primary schools in panic at Labour's poll ratings - how about he new stops the mass closure of preschools next year by abandoning his forced-retraining regime for early childhood teachers?" ... More >>

Mallard Quacks

Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 2:24 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Trevor Mallard's poll-driven five-year moratorium on school closures is a classic symptom of a man in panic mode," says Peter Osborne, Libertarianz Spokesman for Education Deregulation. More >>

Mallard tops new race-based table

Friday, 13 February 2004, 10:52 am | Libertarianz Party

In a new 'league-table' out today, Trevor Mallard has come top for "statements from Government Ministers trumpeting funding and legislation based on race." More >>

Cullen should support Telecom's property rights

Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 5:34 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Telecom's network does not exist for other companies to bludge off" declared Libertarianz Spokesman on Communications tScott Wilson today, responding to the joint lobbying of Telstra Clear, Slingshot, IHUG, Callplus and Compass Communications for ... More >>

Don't ban alcohol biscuits, just don't eat them!

Thursday, 5 February 2004, 2:33 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Sue Kedgley should chill out and have a Kahlua bickie instead of trying to ban them" declared Libertarianz Spokesman on Fun Scott Wilson today. "She should be exercising her jaw in a more joyful way instead of once again taking her ... More >>

Libertarianz at Waitangi

Thursday, 5 February 2004, 2:25 pm | Libertarianz Party

"At the coming Waitangi Day celebrations the Libertarianz party will once again stand proudly opposed to all the many rich hues of Treaty separatism on offer," says Libertarianz Deregulation of Maori Affairs spokesman Tim Wikiriwhi. More >>

Clark is Wrong on Police Inquiry

Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 3:12 pm | Libertarianz Party

Helen Clark's police inquiry is off to a very poor start according to Libertarianz Law & Order Spokesman Robert Palmer. ''Clark blunders from issue to non-issue,'' says Palmer, ''confusing the roles of the criminal investigation and the politically-appointed ... More >>

You Damn Well Voted For It

Tuesday, 3 February 2004, 3:57 pm | Libertarianz Party

Bill English makes an interesting point when he says that Labour's 'revamp of the school network review has left thousands of parents angry,' but when he notes parents' 'sullen acceptance' of these closures he says more about the electorate than he does ... More >>

Libertarianz Open Letter To Georgina Te Heuheu

Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:10 am | Libertarianz Party

Dear Mrs Te Heuheu, As you stare out at me from my copies of this week's newspapers, I wonder for whom you are looking so haunted? For whom so distressed? I wonder. More >>

Students Demand More For Nothing

Friday, 30 January 2004, 3:53 pm | Libertarianz Party

The NZUSA protest at Parliament calling for unemployed students to receive the dole over summer was condemned as "a mass exercise in scabbing and irresponsibility" by Libertarianz Deputy Stephen Berry. "These students seem to think that others ... More >>

Junk Science & Bigotry Over Cannabis

Monday, 26 January 2004, 8:53 am | Libertarianz Party

Following the apparent "cannabis poisoning" of a 36-year-old Welsh man, otherwise-forgotten Progressive MP Matt Robson has reiterated his party's opposition to cannabis law reform, . Libertarianz Deputy Stephen Berry says, "Robson is ... More >>

Eco-Terrorism Graduates Show What They Learnt

Monday, 26 January 2004, 8:52 am | Libertarianz Party

Following this month's Motueka Direct Action Training Camp organised by the People's Moratorium Enforcement Agency - in which training in vandalism and eco-terrorism was the declared aim - cases of vandalism and rights-violations by environmental ... More >>

This is 'The Opposition'?

Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 3:31 pm | Libertarianz Party

''Attacks by National's Roger Sowry on amendments to the Employment Relations Act are weak and meaningless,'' says Libertarianz Deputy Stephen Berry, after Sowry called for the government to extend the closing date for submissions on amendments to the ... More >>

Health Minister Jumps On The Ban Wagon

Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 9:56 am | Libertarianz Party

Health Minister Annette King proposies to inconvenience all New Zealanders by placing a total ban on remedies containing pseudoephedrine, warns Libertarianz Spokesman for Health Deregulation Dr. Richard Goode. More >>

Tanczos Sees Folly of Regulation

Wednesday, 14 January 2004, 9:56 am | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz Deputy Stephen Berry commends comments from Green MP Nandor Tanczos regarding regulation of the hemp industry. Berry says, "Mr. Tanczos has identified the heavy weight of bereaucracy and compliance that could destroy New Zealand's small ... More >>

Arnott's Bows to Terrorism

Friday, 12 December 2003, 10:54 am | Libertarianz Party

Arnott's has made a decision to reverse its change in policy regarding GE ingredients, earning the ire of the Libertarianz party. Caving into threats by the so-called 'People's Moratorium Enforcement Agency' to use direct action against Arnott's and other product ... More >>

National Day Of Vandalism

Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 1:51 pm | Libertarianz Party

Following the declaration of a "People's Moratorium" when the GE moratorium was lifted by the Government, a group called the People's Moratorium Enforcement Agency was formed which has now declared what Libertarianz Deputy Stephen Berry descibes ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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