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The aftermath of the Prostitution Reform Bill
Thursday, 26 June 2003, 12:32 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP, Gordon Copeland, says the passage last night of the Prostitution Reform Bill will lead to an explosion in the exploitation of young Asian women. More >>
Dunne rebuts 'weird' Green science
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 4:39 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future New Zealand leader, Peter Dunne, has poured scorn on Green MP Sue Kedgley's weird view of how the laws of nature work. More >>
Baldock: Moth-spray health probe invisible
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 3:41 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Larry Baldock today asked the Government to explain why there had been no apparent progress on the inquiry into the health effects of the ongoing Painted Apple Moth spray campaign in West Auckland. More >>
Post-bill cross-party prostitution probe call
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 10:48 am | United Future NZ Party
Two MPs have called for a cross-party inquiry into prostitution if the Prostitution Reform Bill is defeated in Parliament tonight. More >>
Seabed ownership row 'dangerous' for NZers
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 10:47 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today outlined the serious consequences for New Zealand, if the row over ownership of the nation's seabeds and foreshores becomes a protracted legal wrangle. More >>
Recreational fishers must not be left high and dry
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 4:00 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today championed the cause of the huge number of New Zealanders who enjoy recreational fishing, when he warned the Government to make sure their rights are protected as it claims ownership of the seabed and foreshore. More >>
Scrap parole legislation and start again
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 12:31 am | United Future NZ Party
In the wake of the quiet release of five-time rapist Michael Carroll, United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander has called upon Justice Minister Phil Goff to go back to square one on parole legislation, and scrap parole altogether for violent ... More >>
United Future MP condemns flatulence tax
Monday, 23 June 2003, 3:53 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future agriculture spokesman, Larry Baldock, says the Government's proposed livestock flatulence tax to fund research on greenhouse gas emissions is an utter nonsense and should be abandoned immediately. More >>
Baldock: Barnett Can't Have It Both Ways
Monday, 23 June 2003, 2:30 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Larry Baldock today said that Labour's Tim Barnett is contradicting himself more and more as he promotes his Prostitution Reform Bill. More >>
Dunne: Government should clarify seabed law
Monday, 23 June 2003, 12:46 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future would support any fast-track Government legislation to clarify the issues surrounding the ownership of New Zealand's foreshores and seabeds, according to party leader, Peter Dunne. More >>
English backflips puzzle Dunne
Friday, 20 June 2003, 6:32 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne, who chairs Parliament's foreign affairs, defence and trade select committee, said today he was bewildered at National leader Bill English's latest comments on trade and foreign policy. More >>
Marc My Words
Friday, 20 June 2003, 5:52 pm | United Future NZ Party
After chasing a particularly bad case of 'the tenants from hell' from one property to the next, one thing is abundantly clear. The Residential Tenancies Act 1986 is in dire need of review to protect landlords from being victimised by a small minority ... More >>
UF won't back petrol tax increase for ACC levy
Friday, 20 June 2003, 11:28 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future won't support a further petrol tax excise increase while18.5c of the excise tax collected on every litre of petrol is being diverted into the Consolidated Fund, the party's transport spokesman Larry Baldock says. More >>
Baldock: FPA failing on teen pregnancies
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 5:33 pm | United Future NZ Party
Figures released today showing that there were 17,500 abortions in New Zealand last year are further evidence that the Family Planning Association message and strategy, particularly for teenagers, is not working, United Future MP Larry Baldock says. More >>
Alexander: Landlord left in limbo
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 3:52 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Marc Alexander has pointed out to the Government that as Parliament sat today, a Christchurch landlord stood powerless as a family that has trashed two houses in the past month, and provided him with false references and having not paid ... More >>
Dunne delighted at Newlands community victory
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 10:01 am | United Future NZ Party
Ohariu-Belmont MP, Peter Dunne, is delighted that the efforts of local residents have prevented the closing of the Newlands volunteer fire station. More >>
Poll Punctures Prebble's Punditry
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 12:40 am | United Future NZ Party
Last night's TV3-NFO political poll has finally laid to rest any claim ACT leader Richard Prebble may have had to understanding New Zealand politics, according to United Future leader, Peter Dunne. More >>
Dunne: Children's Bill needs mainstream support
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 10:10 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says the controversial Care of Children Bill being proposed by the Government needs support from mainstream New Zealand if it is to be credible among New Zealanders. More >>
Copeland: Govt does well picking up UF idea
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 12:32 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future was delighted that the Government was adopting its suggestion to borrow to make up the shortfall in the level of funding available for fixing Auckland's roads, United Future's Gordon Copeland said today. More >>
Turner: Take 'big picture' look at jobs
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 4:13 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future social services spokeswoman Judy Turner today welcomed Steve Maharey's open mind to her suggestion that Winz look at the way it classifies vacancies through its 'Job Bank'. More >>
