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AWOL Progressives show only UF can be relied on
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 12:27 am | United Future NZ Party
Last night's near-disastrous tied vote on a tax bill because of a "complete shambles" by the Progressives clearly demonstrated yet again the United Future offers the only real choice for stable government, its leader, Peter Dunne, said today. More >>
United Future’s significant contribution
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 5:38 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future takes great pride in its contribution towards creating the conditions that have led the Moody’s rating agency to give New Zealand and the government a triple-A rating, according to the party’s leader, Peter Dunne. More >>
Smith: UF achieves results; Nats simply talk
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 1:26 pm | United Future NZ Party
While National has tried to embarrass the Government over its supposed inactivity in trying to resolve the problems at the Culverden Care Retirement Centre, United Future has been working for many months towards a solution, United Future MP Murray ... More >>
Court action highlights system’s weakness
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 1:00 pm | United Future NZ Party
Serial paedophile Lloyd McIntosh’s legal challenge to the Corrections Department putting him under a 10-year supervision order simply highlights the inadequate way society deals with sexual predators “whose insatiable appetites will not be curbed”, ... More >>
Admission extracted from Benson-Pope
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 5:01 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Gordon Copeland today extracted a grudging admission from Associate Justice Minister David Benson-Pope in Parliament that the Civil Union Bill won't do the things he said last week that it would do. More >>
Parents Asking Winz To Meet School Costs
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 2:58 pm | United Future NZ Party
Free education is a myth, United Future's Bernie Ogilvy said today in revealing that families are increasingly turning to Winz to pay schooling costs, with such grants and loans up from $2.9 million to $4.6 million in the past five years. More >>
Reaching Out To The Asian Migrant Communities
Monday, 29 November 2004, 6:05 pm | United Future NZ Party
I have been struggling to understand my position as an immigrant to this country since arriving seven years ago, and more so since co-organizing an anti-racism march in the middle of this year. More >>
Prostitution Petition Update
Monday, 29 November 2004, 5:53 pm | United Future NZ Party
Gordon Copeland and Larry Baldock, United Future MPs and the promoters of a petition concerning the Prostitution Act today issued an update on progress. More >>
Bill goes 95% of way to same-sex marriage
Monday, 29 November 2004, 2:22 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Civil Unions Bill goes 95 percent of the way to allowing same-sex marriages, and if it passes it would just be a matter of time until that was allowed, United Future's Murray Smith said in furnishing a minority report on the Bill which was ... More >>
Dunne welcomes NZ First support
Monday, 29 November 2004, 1:14 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has welcomed the decision by New Zealand First’s deputy leader, Peter Brown, to join United Future’s campaign against the Civil Union Bill, reported back from select committee today. More >>
Marc My Words - 26 Nov: A Tale to Four Cities
Friday, 26 November 2004, 3:15 pm | United Future NZ Party
This week I have been to four cities (Te Puke, Rotorua, Whakatane and Gisborne) to talk to Rotary and Grey Power groups about our criminal justice system. I wanted to share the results of my own research about how our system came about; why it's ... More >>
Dunne applauds National’s superannuation change
Friday, 26 November 2004, 11:24 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today welcomed the National Party’s decision to support the Cullen superannuation fund. More >>
Dealers should pay for endangering children
Friday, 26 November 2004, 12:28 am | United Future NZ Party
Methamphetamine manufacturers and dealers should have the damage and danger of their products to children and unborn children factored into their jail sentences, United Future family affairs spokeswoman Judy Turner said today. More >>
Fairbrother disingenuous over civil unions
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 3:19 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Gordon Copeland today strongly refuted Labour MP Russell Fairbrother’s claim that parallels exist between the Civil Union Bill proposed for New Zealand, and the Civil Partnerships Bill which received the Royal Assent in Britain on 18 ... More >>
Alexander: Parole decision weak
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 9:03 am | United Future NZ Party
A murderer who admitted that he killed an elderly couple simply to watch somebody die has had his parole bid declined, “but unfortunately he hasn’t been barred from reapplying for three years”, United Future’s Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Narrow research on working mums achieves little
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 2:54 pm | United Future NZ Party
A Ministry of Women’s Affairs report that claims there are no ill-effects on a child if both parents return to work immediately after its birth is far too narrowly focused on intellectual achievements, United Future’s Judy Turner said today in calling for ... More >>
Nothing less than Transmission Gully Will Do
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 10:46 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says there will be no progress on resolving Wellington’s roading problems until the region bites the bullet and commits to building the Transmission Gully Highway. More >>
Alexander: Govt takes ‘soft option’ on gangs
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 4:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government has gone for a “soft option, feel good” civil forfeiture regime rather than one that will put a serious hand into the pockets of criminals, United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Family incomes will be key election issue
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 10:06 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says boosting family incomes will be a key election issue next year. More >>
Government urged to commit to Stobo reforms
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 12:07 am | United Future NZ Party
The Government should, at the very least, commit to removing capital gains tax and assessing tax at the marginal tax rate of the investor (with a 33% cap) for superannuation savings and similar funds in the 2005 Budget, according to United Future revenue ... More >>
