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Dunne: Time For The Nats To Get Positive
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 8:53 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne tonight called on the National Party to lift its vision from its own immediate political revival from the doldrums and get positive on behalf of the future of New Zealand. More >>
Waitangi Tribunal report not the way forward
Monday, 8 March 2004, 11:09 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says the government is right not to cave into the recommendations of the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the foreshore and seabed issue. More >>
Alexander takes on senior citizens spokesman role
Friday, 5 March 2004, 12:17 am | United Future NZ Party
Christchurch-based United Future MP, Marc Alexander, has taken on the task of party spokesman for senior citizens. More >>
Smith: CYFS puts kids in gangs' hands
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 5:17 pm | United Future NZ Party
Gangs actively recruiting for new members are doing CYFS-sanctioned community and youth work around Porirua while upstanding community groups are told to go take a running jump, United Future's Murray Smith said in Parliament today. More >>
United Future and superannuation
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 4:07 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says if ever there was a time when a multi-party accord on superannuation was needed, that time is now. More >>
Police must prosecute child prostitution customers
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 11:37 am | United Future NZ Party
The Police must begin, and begin immediately, to prosecute the men buying sex from underage prostitutes, according to United Future MP Gordon Copeland. More >>
Government wants it both ways when it comes to tax
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 11:35 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future Revenue spokesperson Gordon Copeland has expressed amazement that, whilst rejecting his call to index the income tax bands for inflation, Government has decided to index the duty on petrol and on diesel for inflation from 2006. More >>
Alexander calls for 3-year minimum gang sentence
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 5:17 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government should push for a three-year minimum jail term for participating in criminal gangs, United Future's Marc Alexander said today in revealing to Parliament that there had been just 12 convictions averaging 16-month jail sentences, in the ... More >>
Dunne salutes Govt for taking up dollar-for-dollar
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 1:16 pm | United Future NZ Party
Peter Dunne today welcomed the Government's decision to agree to United Future's proposal of matching flood relief charity donations dollar-for-dollar - "it's a Kiwi thing to do". More >>
Youth Wing Launched on Campus
Tuesday, 2 March 2004, 4:31 pm | United Future NZ Party
The beginning of the 2004 University Orientations has brought about the launch of the United Future Youth Wing. More >>
UF Calls For Extension Of School Review Moratorium
Tuesday, 2 March 2004, 2:40 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future today called for the recently-announced five-year moratorium on school reviews to be extended to all schools in New Zealand, including those currently under review. More >>
Baldock: Govt gets sly on petrol tax
Monday, 1 March 2004, 5:58 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government has pulled a swiftie on New Zealand motorists with its quiet announcement that fuel excise duty and road user charges for light vehicles will be indexed to inflation from 2006, United Future transport spokesman Larry Baldock said today. More >>
Copeland calls for banning of imported timber
Monday, 1 March 2004, 12:12 am | United Future NZ Party
The news that January’s trade deficit was New Zealand’s worst month since 1986 indicates that it is time for New Zealand to get real about import substitution, according to United Future’s forestry spokesperson, Gordon Copeland. More >>
Marc My Words: Rehabilitation needs Rehabilitation
Friday, 27 February 2004, 3:21 pm | United Future NZ Party
There can be no question that we are a violent society. What's worse, we are an increasingly violent society. We have barely started this year and already we have had 16 murders. That's sixteen kiwi families who have lost loved ones and whose lives have been shattered ... More >>
Alexander: Govt listens with van Gogh's ear
Friday, 27 February 2004, 1:30 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government might claim to be listening to the people after being slapped around the ears with a couple of damning polls, but its hearing remains stubbornly selective, United Future's Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Govt backsliding on border security, says Copeland
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 5:26 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government is backsliding on its "defence of the realm" obligations in burdening business with the proposed $12 million border security levy, United Future's Gordon Copeland said today. More >>
Baldock wins moth-spraying health assurance
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 5:15 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Larry Baldock yesterday received an assurance in Parliament that even after the West Auckland apple moth-spraying programme is over, health assistance would be available to those with delayed health problems. More >>
Adams: Business needs a heart by-pass
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 3:14 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government needs to turn its new-found sensitivity to electorate concerns to the plight of small business by reviewing the Employment Relations Law Reform Bill, United Future's Paul Adams said today. More >>
Baldock: No pleasing some folk
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 5:33 pm | United Future NZ Party
Green MP Sue Kedgley's objection to the tagging of the Hector's dolphin does not help with attempts to save the endangered species, United Future environment and conservation spokesman Larry Baldock said today. More >>
UF calls for Royal Commission on future of Treaty
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 2:32 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today called for a Royal Commission to "set markers in the ground" on the future role and relevance of the Treaty of Waitangi. More >>
