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Tribal Predators Cannibalise Taxpayers
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 4:06 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath said John Key’s fears of being a hangi-filler for the people of Tuhoe pale into insignificance next to the ongoing cannibalism of taxpayers by a multitude of freeloaders, including those moochers currently riding ... More >>
Health Rationing Delays Brain Tumour Diagnosis
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 9:35 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath says rationing access to state-funded MRI scan procedures is dangerous, and consideration by health minister Tony Ryall to allow GPs to request MRI scans directly is a sensible move, following the late diagnosis ... More >>
Freedom of Speech: Up In Smoke
Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 9:40 am | Libertarianz Party
"Our most basic freedoms are threatened by an outrageous attempt to shut down peaceful activist magazine NORML News," declares Libertarianz Drugs Spokesman Luke Howison. More >>
Libertarianz: Tobacco Tax Grab Stinks
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 11:54 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath labelled the rise in tobacco excise tax a naked grab for money by the National and Maori Parties. More >>
Operation Lime - An Attack on Freedom
Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 10:00 am | Libertarianz Party
"The anti-cannabis raids termed Operation Lime have struck a firm blow against freedom," declared Libertarianz Drugs Spokesman Luke Howison today. "Coming so close together with Geoffrey Palmer's anti-alcohol Law Commission report, these raids and arrests ... More >>
Light Up The Country This Earth Hour, Say Libz
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 1:29 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath today encouraged all New Zealanders to turn on all their lights during Earth Hour this Saturday night. More >>
At Least Do the Job Properly Paula
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 9:51 am | Libertarianz Party
“It is very encouraging that the National government is making it harder for beneficiaries to receive taxpayer money but all this tinkering is pointless - and quite possibly damaging - unless other issues are addressed first,” said Peter Osborne, Libertarianz ... More >>
Nick Smith’s Enviro-Loonies Kill Dairy Farm
Friday, 19 March 2010, 12:04 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz Party leader Richard McGrath today said the decision by three companies to shelve plans for an intensive dairy farm is a victory for the Environment Ministry, which he labelled “a bastion of Gaia-worshipping anti-capitalist sentiment”. More >>
Heatley An Opportunity to Scrap Portfolios
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 3:34 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath today praised cabinet minister Phil Heatley “for acting honourably” in the wake of revelations about misuse of his ministerial credit card. More >>
'National Not Going Raise GST' - Yeah Right
Friday, 12 February 2010, 2:40 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath today asked the Prime Minister to remember just one of the pledges he made during the 2008 election campaign. "John Key said at the time: 'National is not going to be raising GST. National wants to cut taxes, not ... More >>
Big Government = High Unemployment
Friday, 5 February 2010, 12:16 pm | Libertarianz Party
“High unemployment figures released recently are actually surprisingly low, given the suffocation of the New Zealand economy by government,” proclaims Peter Osborne, the Libertarianz Spokesman for Social Welfare. More >>
Simon Power’s Grandstanding Bad For Business
Monday, 1 February 2010, 11:02 am | Libertarianz Party
The Libertarianz Party today attacked Commerce Minister Simon Power’s stated aim of criminalising free speech between business operators. Party leader Richard McGrath said Mr Power’s comments are an attack on private enterprise, and an excuse to ... More >>
Nats Bottle Out On Minimum Wage
Thursday, 28 January 2010, 12:27 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath today attacked the government for “further dissociating pay rates from productivity”, and asked John Key to produce X-ray films “to prove that he actually has a spine.” “Once again, our Prime Minister ... More >>
Put State Sector Through Woodchipper
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 11:57 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath said the National Government needs to grasp the nettle and slash state spending so that taxes can be reduced across the board. More >>
Abolish the Minimum Wage!
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 9:19 am | Libertarianz Party
Recent rumblings about National's reluctance to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour show astonishing economic ignorance from Labour MPs and unionists alike, insists Libertarianz Business Spokesman Luke Howison. More >>
Surveillance State Grows Under National
Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 2:16 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath says he is horrified and disgusted with the National Party's support for legislation that forces cellphone providers to allow police and the SIS access to phone calls and text messages. "This hideous outrage, initiated ... More >>
Free Trade Suspended At Easter
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 4:08 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz Party leader Richard McGrath today labeled MPs who voted against a bill that would have legalised Easter Sunday trading as dinosaurs. “This country is supposed to be a secular state, yet shop owners are subjected to the whims of theists ... More >>
Media Ignore Elephant in the Room
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 2:50 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath said he is still waiting for local media to pick up on what he called “the biggest political news story of the year” – the collapse in credibility of British scientists at the University of East Anglia’s Climate ... More >>
Libz Applaud Taskforce Recommendations
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 2:49 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath today endorsed recommendations made by the 2025 Taskforce that included selling state assets, slashing taxes and public spending, liberalising employment laws and raising the age of eligibility for superannuation. ... More >>
Libz Call For ETS Reassessment
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 5:35 pm | Libertarianz Party
"The recently leaked emails from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University demonstrate how much of a political football global warming research has become. Even the left-leaning New York Times has admitted that scientists supporting the ... More >>
