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Copeland calls for Scrooge Cullen to give it up
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 8:33 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future revenue spokesperson Gordon Copeland today strongly questioned Prime Minister Helen Clark concerning the prospects for some long overdue tax relief for hardworking New Zealanders. More >>
Alexander backs public against Govt and crims
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 4:51 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future law & order spokesman Marc Alexander is demanding to know why the Government is putting international treaties ahead of the interests of justice in our own country. More >>
Smith: Hold all criminals financially responsible
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 4:27 pm | United Future NZ Party
All offenders whose crimes inflict a loss on another person should be subject to reparation orders even if they're jail-bound, penniless and unemployed, United Future justice spokesman Murray Smith said today. More >>
Dunne slams highway inertia
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 12:32 am | United Future NZ Party
Ohariu-Belmont MP, Peter Dunne, is yet again strongly critical of all the national and local politicians, roading agencies and other planning bodies “who constantly dither, duck shove and otherwise prevaricate” while motorists continue to die needlessly ... More >>
Statute Of Limitations Increase A Good Move
Monday, 4 October 2004, 5:18 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander this evening welcomed Government moves to increase the statute of limitations on the rights of crime victims to sue the criminals who offended against them. More >>
Oil price increases could knock economy
Monday, 4 October 2004, 4:09 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesperson Gordon Copeland today called on the government to cut taxes to alleviate the impact of recent oil price increases on New Zealand’s booming economy. More >>
Alexander: Compo law moves weak and half-hearted
Monday, 4 October 2004, 11:09 am | United Future NZ Party
Government moves to give judges the discretion to give prisoners' compensation payments to their victims are a weak and half-hearted response to public concerns, United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Government continues to fudge cost of promoting
Monday, 4 October 2004, 11:07 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance and revenue spokesperson Gordon Copeland today called on the government to be much more transparent in relation to its controversial $21.15 million publicity campaign related to the Working for Families package. More >>
Marc My Words - Who wants Deputy Dog?
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 4:47 pm | United Future NZ Party
Council elections are always interesting…not least because of the issues that arise as candidates jostle for coverage and column width! While most eyes are on the farcical shenanigans going on in the Auckland (where the hell is that?) mayoralty race, the ... More >>
Ombudsman flooded with prisoner complaints
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 11:34 am | United Future NZ Party
Compensation payouts for mistreated prisoners could become more commonplace if the number of complaints by inmates to the Ombudsman are anything to go by, according to United Future justice spokesperson Murray Smith. More >>
Greens ‘shambolic’ drugs policies slated
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 10:28 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future law & order spokesman Marc Alexander has slammed the Greens’ just-announced drugs policy as a totally disintegrated approach that seeks to ban legal products while legalising banned ones. More >>
Government on right track on inmate claims
Monday, 27 September 2004, 1:46 pm | United Future NZ Party
“The Labour Government is right to consider my proposal to force criminals to take complaints through internal prison procedures rather than to court for cash,” says United Future law & order spokesman Marc Alexander. More >>
Alexander: prison union monopoly crushes options
Monday, 27 September 2004, 1:44 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future law & order spokesman Marc Alexander says the current debacle over housing convicts in overcrowded prisons shows how urgent the need is to introduce competition into the Corrections Service. More >>
Funding recreational fishing organisations
Friday, 24 September 2004, 3:50 pm | United Future NZ Party
Petrol excise duty that recreational boaties pay on fuel for their boats should be redirected to properly fund the interests of maritime recreational fishers, according to United Future and the Outdoor Recreation Party. More >>
Ogilvy: Regional patterns to school suspension
Friday, 24 September 2004, 11:39 am | United Future NZ Party
Following revelations last month by United Future that the number of children being removed from primary schools for bad behaviour has increased by nearly a third since 2000, the party's education spokesman, Bernie Ogilvy, today released figures which ... More >>
People say an emphatic 'no' to social engineering
Friday, 24 September 2004, 9:07 am | United Future NZ Party
The poll results of last night's TV1 programme The State of the New Zealand Family show that New Zealanders are waking up to the Government's attempt to redefine the family and marriage and saying "hands off", United Future MP Murray Smith said. More >>
Marc My Words-24.10.04: When Green becomes Obscene
Friday, 24 September 2004, 9:04 am | United Future NZ Party
Environmentalism is a critical issue that not only affects our quality of life today but just as important, the lives of generations to come. It can also be highly emotive and as a consequence, logic often gets left by the wayside. More >>
Baldock: PM wrong on foreshore consultation
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 4:28 pm | United Future NZ Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark needs to understand that extending the consultation period for the foreshore and seabed legislation has little to do with what other politicians want and everything to do with what the public is crying out for, United Future's ... More >>
Tax breaks should be extended to oil exploration
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 2:24 pm | United Future NZ Party
Government tax breaks for gas exploration announced this morning should be extended to oil exploration, United Future energy and revenue spokesman, Gordon Copeland, says. More >>
Need for character education
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 1:24 pm | United Future NZ Party
The PPTA survey revealing alarming levels of bullying and violence directed at teachers is yet another reason why character education is needed in schools, United Future's Bernie Ogilvy said today. More >>
