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Baldock: Drink, drug targeting spot on
Tuesday, 16 December 2003, 4:59 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government's tougher approach to drugged and drunk drivers today won support from United Future's transport spokesman, Larry Baldock, but he also questioned the more liberal use of speed cameras, cautioning that they must not be misused. More >>
Smith: compulsory home maintenance law ludicrous
Friday, 12 December 2003, 3:05 pm | United Future NZ Party
A suggestion that homeowners be required to maintain their properties needs to be stamped on because it would have Kiwis living in a virtual police state, United Future's Murray Smith said today. More >>
UF cracks petrol excise diversion dam!
Friday, 12 December 2003, 11:08 am | United Future NZ Party
The decision to fund $900 million of Auckland's roading needs over the next 10 years from the 18.5 cents a litre of petrol excise taken by the Government for the Crown account is a hugely important "crack in the diversion dam", United Future ... More >>
Dunne, Baldock: Transit borrowing common sense
Friday, 12 December 2003, 11:07 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future is delighted that the Government has moved on its recommendation that Transit be able to borrow to fund road projects that have "previously been on the never-never", United Future leader Peter Dunne and transport spokesman Larry ... More >>
Marc My Words: Let's follow an Aussie example
Friday, 12 December 2003, 10:49 am | United Future NZ Party
As far back as 30 October Peter Dunne and I launched an initiative to push for legislation that reverses the onus of proof onto gangs to prove that assets they possess have been lawfully obtained. More >>
Dunne lays down Families Commission challenge
Friday, 12 December 2003, 10:05 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today challenged all Opposition parties to confirm they would abolish the Families Commission should they ever come to power. More >>
Baldock: Making families more resilient
Friday, 12 December 2003, 10:04 am | United Future NZ Party
The Families Commission will play a part in more "resilient" New Zealand families, United Future's Larry Baldock told Parliament today, at the bill's third reading. More >>
Landlords & Tenants Deserve Fair & Just Advocates
Friday, 12 December 2003, 10:03 am | United Future NZ Party
Marc My Words. From Marc Alexander MP. 11 December 2003 United Future NZ-Christchurch Supplement Landlords and Tenants Deserve Fair and Just Advocates More >>
Dunne salutes johnny-come-lately 'family' parties
Friday, 12 December 2003, 10:03 am | United Future NZ Party
None of the parties that today completed their "abysmal run of anti-family voting" against the Families Commission Bill actually had a families spokesperson prior to the arrival of United Future's eight MPs in August last year, leader Peter Dunne ... More >>
Dunne: junior Nat MP undermining Don Brash
Friday, 12 December 2003, 9:23 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, is asking whether National leader, Dr Don Brash is aware of what one of his junior backbenchers is up to. More >>
Alexander: Dalziel's answer a cop-out
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 3:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Marc Alexander today took exception to Associate Justice Minister Lianne Dalziel's "outrageous assertion" that Coral Burrows was virtually destined to die at the hands of her killer and stepfather, Steven Williams. More >>
Dunne questions US double standards
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 1:19 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, who chairs Parliament’s foreign affairs select committee, today queried the motives of the United States administration in its differing attitudes towards Iraq and China. More >>
UF exposes National hypocrisy on Project Aqua
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 11:03 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today slammed the National Party and its environment spokesman, Dr Nick Smith, for their two-faced, hypocritical attitude towards the Project Aqua hydro-power proposal for the Waitaki River. More >>
P, Lax Bail Laws, Thugs Detained With Children ...
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 10:16 am | United Future NZ Party
How many more innocents have to die at the hands of P-fuelled killers before this country really deals with this lethal drug and those who push it, United Future's Marc Alexander asked tonight after Coral Burrows' stepfather pleaded guilty to her ... More >>
Employment Law And Government Greed - Oped
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 5:36 pm | United Future NZ Party
Careful consideration of the Minister of Labour’s proposed changes to our employment laws forces me to the belief that the Government has just become too greedy. More >>
Ogilvy: UF Won't Sell Out Complementary Health
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 2:35 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future today took part in a Health Select Committee walkout and joined protesters on the steps of Parliament in opposition to the Government selling out New Zealand's complementary medicines industry, MP Bernie Ogilvy says. More >>
Dunne: Protection for boys a big step forward
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 12:02 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today expressed delight that boys under the age of 16 would now be legally protected from sexual abuse by women, after he went public with the case of a female swim coach and a 12-year-old boy earlier this year. More >>
'Slash and burn' school closures sell NZ short
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 11:40 am | United Future NZ Party
The Government needs to do away with its "slash and burn" approach to school closures and get more creative in rationalising schools in some communities, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Time for Government to listen to parents
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 11:40 am | United Future NZ Party
If the Government holds parents responsible for ensuring their children are educated, then it should hold up its part of the bargain and listen to those parents when they say what kind of schools they want for their children, United Future leader Peter ... More >>
25-Year Study Versus Nandor's Shared Ignorance
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 10:22 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today ended a three-day wait for Greens drugs spokesman Nandor Tanczos to "accept, reject, tell porkies about, or in any way acknowledge" the 25-year Christchurch School of Medicine study showing cannabis is a gateway to ... More >>
