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Smith: UF won't back Judicial Matters Bill
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 3:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future won't back the first reading of the Judicial Matters Bill, the party's justice spokesman Murray Smith said today. "And that is not so much because of what's in the Bill, but more what's not in it," Mr Smith said. More >>
Remove Drinking Kids From Negligent Parents
Tuesday, 26 August 2003, 5:08 pm | United Future NZ Party
Parents who show no concern when their drunk children, some as young as nine years old, are returned to them by the police in the middle of the night are not fit to look after them and the children should be taken into care, United Future law and ... More >>
Tenancy changes good, bad and not enough
Monday, 25 August 2003, 3:55 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Marc Alexander today congratulated Housing Minister Steve Maharey for picking up on some of his recommendations for helping landlords deal with recalcitrant tenants, but said more steps still needed to be taken. More >>
Super Fund focuses on pre-NZ tax returns - United
Friday, 22 August 2003, 3:56 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance and revenue spokesperson Gordon Copeland believes that the focus of the Cullen Super Fund managers on pre-NZ tax returns needs to be questioned. More >>
Turner: Tinny houses offer 'free' P samples
Friday, 22 August 2003, 10:55 am | United Future NZ Party
Wellington tinny houses are offering their cannabis clients free or heavily discounted samples of the highly addictive drug P to get them hooked, United Future's Judy Turner said today. More >>
Dunne: Government should have been bolder
Monday, 18 August 2003, 3:07 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future today gave a luke-warm reception to the Government's foreshore and seabed proposal, with leader Peter Dunne saying it was a move in the right direction, but that much bolder steps now needed to be taken. More >>
Marc My Words: How Safe, And Fair, Is Con Air?
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 5:13 pm | United Future NZ Party
Violent prison inmates are being transported around the country sitting near unsuspecting passengers on regular commercial flights. While the prisoners must be escorted by guards they are not handcuffed nor restrained in any way. More >>
Alexander: Unwitting Kiwis Travel Con Air
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 2:35 pm | United Future NZ Party
Mad, bad and dangerous criminals are being transported unrestrained on New Zealand commercial flights unbeknown to the travelling public, United Future MP Marc Alexander said in Parliament today. More >>
Dunne: Dope lifts teens' schizophrenia rate 600%
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 9:49 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today put before Parliament hard-hitting medical research showing that cannabis use in those under 18 increases the rate of schizophrenia by 600 percent, and trebles the risk of general mental illness More >>
Baldock: Ban smoking with kids in cars
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 12:58 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Larry Baldock last night called for support for an amendment to the Smokefree Environment Amendment Bill that would make it illegal to smoke in cars while driving young children. More >>
Dunne: Who's your dealer, Nandor?
Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 10:06 am | United Future NZ Party
Responding to Nandor Tanczos's "shock-horror" revelation in Parliament yesterday that Peter Dunne had admitted to experimenting with marijuana as a youth, the United Future leader today called upon the Green MP to name his dealer. More >>
Baldock: Govt Putting Bite On Ratepayers
Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 3:38 pm | United Future NZ Party
It was simply not good enough that proposed dog laws could cost ratepayers up to 4 percent on top of recent "outrageous" rates rises, United Future's Larry Baldock said today. More >>
Dunne: Anti-cannabis stand here to stay
Monday, 11 August 2003, 2:14 pm | United Future NZ Party
No future government will be formed with United Future backing unless it commits to keeping cannabis illegal, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Dunne restates position on foreshores and seabeds
Monday, 11 August 2003, 12:31 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today welcomed the call by the iwi lobby group, Te Ope Mana a Tai, for a constructive debate on the ownership of New Zealand's seabeds and foreshores. More >>
Dunne seeks delay in anti-smoking legislation
Monday, 11 August 2003, 12:01 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has called on Rotorua Labour MP, Steve Chadwick, to delay Parliament's consideration on Wednesday of the committee stages of her anti-smoking Bill to allow detailed consideration of new research into smokefree work environments. More >>
Copeland: Cut Govt stake in Air NZ to 51%
Friday, 8 August 2003, 4:22 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesman Gordon Copeland has called for the Government to look at reducing its 82.5 percent shareholding in Air New Zealand to as low as 51 percent. More >>
Turner: Greens prove stupidity can be dangerous
Friday, 8 August 2003, 3:30 pm | United Future NZ Party
If the Greens had any integrity they would do the youth of New Zealand a favour and withdraw entirely from the cannabis debate, United Future health spokeswoman Judy Turner said today. More >>
Should marijuana be legalised for medicinal use?
Friday, 8 August 2003, 3:29 pm | United Future NZ Party
Cannabis should be legalised for medical use if - and only if - there are compelling arguments put forward by the medical and scientific communities. More >>
Alexander: No parole for violent offenders
Friday, 8 August 2003, 3:29 pm | United Future NZ Party
There should be no parole for violent offenders, United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Marc My Words: United Christchurch Supplement
Friday, 8 August 2003, 3:28 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government announced a $104 million 'Jobs Jolt' initiative aimed to shift 22,000 people off the dole over the next three years. Some of the measures include; funding to identify skills shortages and targeted training; job coaching; back to work assistance ... More >>
