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Dunne: Secret investigation a farce

Friday, 7 November 2003, 1:50 pm | United Future NZ Party

A Government investigation into cardiac deaths of Wellington Hospital waiting list patients that was so secret that the Associate Minister didn't know about it was simply not good enough, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>

Baldock: Now to put tools in transport toolbox

Thursday, 6 November 2003, 5:36 pm | United Future NZ Party

The Land Transport Management Bill is the toolbox, but it needs more tools in it to do the job, United Future transport spokesman Larry Baldock said today. More >>

Baldock gets the facts for Winston

Thursday, 6 November 2003, 5:36 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future's Tauranga-based transport spokesman Larry Baldock today said it's time that Winston Peters - the Treasurer who brought drivers just two cents a litre for roading in 1998 - came back to planet earth with his demands that the Government ... More >>

Copeland: 'Stingy' Govt hamstrings charities

Thursday, 6 November 2003, 3:43 pm | United Future NZ Party

The Government's "unbelievably stingy" tax policies on charitable donations are a huge obstacle to CYFS contracting out family intervention work to community organisations as recommended in the Brown Report three years ago, United Future's ... More >>

Dunne wins Govt pledge to probe hospital deaths

Wednesday, 5 November 2003, 3:54 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today won a Government pledge to probe the recent deaths of patients on waiting lists at Wellington Hospital at a time when the private Wakefield Hospital had spare capacity. More >>

Baldock: A win in fight for roading 'efficiency'

Wednesday, 5 November 2003, 2:13 pm | United Future NZ Party

The replacing of the words "cost effective" with "efficient and effective" in the Land Transport Management Bill in Parliament yesterday is a small step towards a better roading network, United Future's transport spokesman Larry Baldock said ... More >>

Brown report on CYFS right three years ago

Wednesday, 5 November 2003, 2:12 pm | United Future NZ Party

Changing chief executives will count for nothing if CYFS doesn't implement real changes - and given a key recommendation from a report three years ago still hasn't been acted on, the signs are not good, United Future's Marc Alexander said today. More >>

Alexander delighted 'goon squad' probe on way

Monday, 3 November 2003, 4:50 pm | United Future NZ Party

In welcoming news today that an inquiry will be held into the Paparua Prison 'goon squad', United Future's Marc Alexander called for the terms to be as wide as possible. More >>

Dunne: Nats 'stunned mullets' as ACT moves in

Monday, 3 November 2003, 1:17 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne, who weeks ago correctly picked that Rodney Hide would up the pressure on National by announcing a tilt at the Epsom seat at the next election, is now tipping Ruth Richardson to stand for ACT in Ilam. More >>

Marc My Words: Crime Gangs Must Be Targeted!

Thursday, 30 October 2003, 1:49 pm | United Future NZ Party

It is high time that those who live off the earnings of criminal activities be made accountable; not only for the crimes for which they are charged, but for the onus of proof that their property has been lawfully obtained. More >>

United Future declares war on gangs

Thursday, 30 October 2003, 1:34 pm | United Future NZ Party

It’s time that gangs that live off crime were classified as criminal organisations, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>

Gangs not just bad boys, bikes and leather anymore

Thursday, 30 October 2003, 1:33 pm | United Future NZ Party

The “Easy Rider” notion of gangs is a romantic delusion that New Zealanders can no longer afford, United Future’s Marc Alexander said today, in signalling a Member’s Bill to strip gangs and their members of illegally earned wealth. More >>

Dunne, Alexander: How to ‘Al Capone’ the gangs

Thursday, 30 October 2003, 1:32 pm | United Future NZ Party

“On June 16, 1931, Al Capone pled guilty to tax evasion and prohibition charges. He then boasted to the press that he had struck a deal for a short sentence, but the presiding judge informed him said he was not bound by any deal. Capone then changed ... More >>

Gangs to give until it hurts – taxpayer not paying

Thursday, 30 October 2003, 1:31 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future’s proposed ‘Al Capone’ gang-busting legislation won’t cost taxpayers a cent in the long term – but it will cost the gangs plenty, leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>

Alexander: Paedophile supervision a tragic joke

Wednesday, 29 October 2003, 10:35 pm | United Future NZ Party

Just four months after United Future's Marc Alexander publicly questioned whether there would be increased supervision of released sex offenders, the paroled paedophile at the centre of his concerns at the time has been convicted of assaulting an intellectually ... More >>