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Turner: Doctors pressured over sickness benefits
Friday, 21 January 2005, 2:06 pm | United Future NZ Party
News that Steve Maharey has asked his officials to talk to doctors about the number of patients diagnosed as too sick to work has been welcomed by United Future deputy leader Judy Turner, even if it comes long after she warned him of GPs being pressured ... More >>
Ogilvy: NCEA ad campaign says it all
Wednesday, 19 January 2005, 2:00 pm | United Future NZ Party
The shambles that is the NCEA can be no better seen than in the advertising campaign offering employers brochures on how to decipher school leavers' results, United Future's Bernie Ogilvy said today. More >>
Copeland: Tamihere tax talk all waffle - do it now
Wednesday, 19 January 2005, 11:08 am | United Future NZ Party
The public needs to apply "great scepticism" to Labour's talk on post-election tax cuts, United Future finance spokesman Gordon Copeland said today. More >>
Turner: Children's Health Neglected By Govt
Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 3:47 pm | United Future NZ Party
New Zealand is going into an election year with children with rotting teeth from a lack of dental care, undiagnosed vision and hearing problems from an inadequate school testing regime, third world illnesses and burgeoning obesity and diabetic ... More >>
Dunne on 2005: It’s the family, stupid!
Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 8:35 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne told Eastern Hutt Rotarians tonight that United Future’s total focus this election year would be on promoting policies to strengthen New Zealand families. More >>
Smith applauds British smacking legislation
Monday, 17 January 2005, 3:44 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Murray Smith today applauded the intent of new British legislation that allows parents to use restrained physical discipline on their children. More >>
Possum - Both Villain And Value-Added Product
Monday, 17 January 2005, 3:14 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future environment spokesman Larry Baldock and United Future's affiliated party, Outdoor Recreation New Zealand, call into question a fixation with indiscriminate aerial drops of 1080 poison to cull possums. Unfortunately they also kill other native ... More >>
Alexander: An argument for chemical castration
Thursday, 13 January 2005, 11:45 am | United Future NZ Party
"A monthly dose of Triptorelin for Lloyd McIntosh could do more to keep his predatory instincts at bay than just surrounding him with expensive minders," said United Future Law & Order spokesman Marc Alexander. More >>
Fisheries moves welcomed
Wednesday, 12 January 2005, 11:20 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future and its affiliated party, Outdoor Recreation New Zealand, today welcomed new Government initiatives that will see recreational fishers have greater input into fisheries decision-making. More >>
Chemical castration kindest cut of all for society
Wednesday, 12 January 2005, 9:45 am | United Future NZ Party
New Zealand should be looking at chemical castration for the likes of sex offender Lloyd McIntosh rather than getting into lather about cost-cutting on round-the-clock supervision, United Future's Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Alexander: One more week’s holiday? Yeah right!
Tuesday, 11 January 2005, 2:48 pm | United Future NZ Party
“The government’s ‘generosity’ in ramming an extra weeks holiday on employers and employees alike are being paid for by an extra week of work to pay the tax,” said United Future spokesman Marc Alexander. More >>
Copeland: How NZers can help Asia
Tuesday, 11 January 2005, 12:35 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future spokesman on the charitable and voluntary sector Gordon Copeland today announced a plan for involving all New Zealanders in a long-term scheme for helping the victims of the tsunamis in Asia. More >>
Tana McKenzie must be avenged by true justice!
Tuesday, 11 January 2005, 12:34 am | United Future NZ Party
"The mongrel who murdered Tana McKenzie deserves no less than to be thrown behind bars for the rest of his or her life," said United Future Law & Order spokesman Marc Alexander. More >>
Liquor Licensing Authority decision 'nuts'!
Tuesday, 11 January 2005, 12:15 am | United Future NZ Party
"The Liquor Licensing Authority should be ashamed of itself for making it more difficult for Suppermarkets to be responsible alcohol suppliers," said United Future spokesman Marc Alexander. More >>
Prostitution reform petition falls short
Monday, 10 January 2005, 12:21 am | United Future NZ Party
The petition sponsored by United Future MP's Gordon Copeland and Larry Baldock seeking to repeal the Prostitution Reform Act has fallen about 70,000 short of the required 273,000 signatures. More >>
Its time to consider judge only night courts!
Friday, 7 January 2005, 12:17 am | United Future NZ Party
"The increasing delays in high court trials, and the huge backlog of cases yet to see the inside of a courtroom is unfair to victims and the falsely accused," said United Future Law & Order spokesman Marc Alexander. More >>
Turner welcomes road toll moves
Tuesday, 4 January 2005, 11:36 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner today welcomed indications that the public is getting behind efforts to cut the road toll. More >>
Turner applauds literacy turnaround
Tuesday, 4 January 2005, 11:35 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner is applauding a Northland college’s literacy programme that the college principal says has produced "phenomenal" improvements. More >>
Certifiers’ collapse no surprise to Smith
Tuesday, 4 January 2005, 12:57 am | United Future NZ Party
News that more and more private building certifiers are likely to collapse this year because of tougher requirements under the new Building Act have come as no surprise to United Future MP, Murray Smith. More >>
Smith: Ship-jumping sign of woeful standards
Wednesday, 29 December 2004, 11:27 am | United Future NZ Party
The first step to fixing the problem that has seen 62 foreign fishermen jump ship in New Zealand since November is to hold vessels fishing in New Zealand waters to appropriate standards for their crew, United Future’s Murray Smith said today. More >>
