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Monetary policy more important than point scoring
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 10:10 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesperson Gordon Copeland today expressed his disappointment at the National Party’s attitude to the Finance and Expenditure committee’s inquiry into monetary policy. More >>
United Future supports emissions trading
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 9:26 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future spokesperson on climate change Gordon Copeland today lent his support to the announcement by Climate Change Minister David Parker of an emissions trading scheme in New Zealand. More >>
Success on sedition proves small party power
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 3:00 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has lauded the impact of small party cooperation after the Government conceded to the informal four-party coalition by announcing that it will seek to repeal the laws of sedition. More >>
Turner: schools for teaching, not feeding
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 1:49 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner commends the Red Cross for starting a food in low decile schools programme, but questions why it has become necessary. "Where are the parents in all this? When we spend billions a year on payments to families, ... More >>
UF backs telemarketing “Do not call” registry
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 12:04 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner is backing the call of Marketing Professor Janet Hoek, who says it is time for New Zealand to follow Australia's lead to enact a law enabling people to ban telephone marketers from calling them at home. More >>
Competition for meat inspection?
Friday, 4 May 2007, 12:52 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future agriculture spokesperson Gordon Copeland today announced that following negotiations with the Government, private sector organisations may, in the future, be able to provide export meat inspection services in competition with the Crown. More >>
Child killer study shows Labour's approach flawed
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 5:17 pm | United Future NZ Party
A new finding that suggests mothers and fathers are equally likely to kill their children, is a blinding reminder that the Governments gender-based response to family violence is fundamentally flawed and potentially costing lives. More >>
Interim 1080 report highlights areas of concern
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 9:41 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Gordon Copeland is pleased that the Environmental Risk Management Authority's Evaluation and Review Report has highlighted the important environmental, health and social issues surrounding the use of 1080 poison. More >>
Dunne hails daylight saving victory
Monday, 30 April 2007, 4:06 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has proclaimed victory in the campaign to extend daylight saving hours. "Nelson City Councillor Mark Holmes and I campaigned for months gathering signatures on a petition asking the Government to extend daylight saving ... More >>
Monetary policy needs revamp
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:21 am | United Future NZ Party
Finance spokesperson for United Future, Gordon Copeland, is calling for a new approach to monetary policy; with cross party support. More >>
Ground swell petition opposes Easter shop trading
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 2:23 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Gordon Copeland, an opponent of shop trading on Good Friday or Easter Sunday, today revealed that there is ground swell of support for a petition opposing the two bills currently before Parliament. More >>
Ground swell petition opposes Easter shop trading
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 2:18 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Gordon Copeland, an opponent of shop trading on Good Friday or Easter Sunday, today revealed that there is ground swell of support for a petition opposing the two bills currently before Parliament. More >>
United Future on support for ANZAC dollar
Monday, 23 April 2007, 1:49 pm | United Future NZ Party
In view of the news that a UMR poll reveals 49% of New Zealanders favour an ANZAC dollar, United Future finance spokesperson Gordon Copeland today reiterated his party's support for examining the benefits of a currency union with Australia. More >>
No plans to tax fertiliser, says United Future
Monday, 23 April 2007, 1:44 pm | United Future NZ Party
Gordon Copeland, United Future’s spokesperson on climate change, today corrected newspaper reports that his party is planning a “fert tax” on nitrogen fertiliser. More >>
We know it won't work, but let's do it anyway!
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 9:17 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future health spokesperson Judy Turner says reducing the incidence of neural tube defects in newborns through increasing the dietary intake of folic acid by women of childbearing age is commendable. More >>
Dunne: Key's call "commonsense"
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 3:23 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says the call by National leader John Key for multiparty discussion about Sue Bradford's Bill to amend section 59 of the Crimes Act is "commonsense". More >>
Patients Suffer In Another Strike
Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 10:35 am | United Future NZ Party
It’s another week and another new strike beginning, says United Future health spokesperson, Judy Turner. More >>
Dunne clarifies election funding comments
Monday, 16 April 2007, 1:18 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says that media reports he is opposing parties outside Parliament receiving state funding misrepresent his position. "I am wary of state funding being extended - period. More >>
The anti-smacking Bill - exempting "time-out"
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 11:07 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Gordon Copeland today released the text in support of his amendment to Green MP Sue Bradford's Bill, which aims to ensure that parents who adopt good parenting practices such as "time-out" will not be criminalised. More >>
Sedition laws fifty years past their used-by date
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 4:12 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has backed the call of the Law Commission to abolish the sedition laws, saying that if the Government fails to act, United Future will consider drafting a members Bill to remove the laws from New Zealand legislation. More >>
