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ACT’s support for United Future CYF policy
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 4:25 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future Social Services spokesperson Judy Turner says she was heartened to read today that ACT deputy leader Muriel Newman supports a move away from the current Children Youth & Family agency model that simply acts as an ambulance at the bottom ... More >>
Copeland backs fairer tax regime for banks
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 3:38 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future revenue spokesman Gordon Copeland today signalled his support for government moves which will see banks paying their fair share of tax from 1 July 2005. More >>
Turner: Turn it up, Katherine
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 12:06 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future social services spokeswoman Judy Turner is astounded that Katherine Rich is protesting the axing of the Community Employment Group, after running a crusade against the organisation for months. More >>
Baldock Champions 'Steam-Rollered' Islanders
Monday, 20 September 2004, 3:54 pm | United Future NZ Party
The proposed Great Barrier Island marine reserve is too big and is being pushed by the Conservation Department to the detriment of the local population, United Future fisheries and environment spokesman Larry Baldock said today. More >>
Copeland: Oil self-sufficiency a national goal?
Monday, 20 September 2004, 2:01 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future energy spokesman Gordon Copeland today called for wider debate in New Zealand about making self-sufficiency in oil a national priority. More >>
Anti-depressant/youth suicide link needs exploring
Monday, 20 September 2004, 1:17 pm | United Future NZ Party
An upcoming meeting at which New Zealand authorities will look at requiring warning labels on anti-depressants for young people raises the broader issue of this country's imbalanced reliance on drugs to address mental health issues, United Future's Judy ... More >>
Straightforward solution to superannuation tax
Monday, 20 September 2004, 10:23 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future revenue spokesman Gordon Copeland believes that there is a straightforward solution to the current over-taxation of superannuation fund earnings. More >>
ORNZ blasts DOC bullying
Monday, 20 September 2004, 10:11 am | United Future NZ Party
The Outdoor Recreation Party of New Zealand, which is affiliated to the United Future party, has blasted the Department of Conservation for shutting off access to public land in North Otago. More >>
Baldock: NZ First not listening to submitters
Monday, 20 September 2004, 12:32 am | United Future NZ Party
NZ First, in rushing to do a political deal on the foreshore and seabed, is clearly not prepared to listen to the vast majority of submitters opposed to Crown ownership and the rushed legislation, United Future's Larry Baldock said today. More >>
UF calls for extended foreshore deadline
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:16 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future has called for the Government to seek an interim report from the select committee probing the Foreshore and Seabed Bill to allow more comprehensive public consultation. More >>
United Future on Harris superannuation report
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 4:16 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future superannuation spokesperson Gordon Copeland welcomes the Harris Report’s recommendation on workplace superannuation but with some reservations. More >>
Marc My Words 17 Sept 2004
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 1:50 pm | United Future NZ Party
There can never be an outcome of 'equality' when it is based on a single guiding principle and dispensed to both the deserving and the contemptible in equal measure. At some point we do have to decide one way or the other whose rights should take ... More >>
Alexander: Labour wavering on prisoner compo
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 12:26 am | United Future NZ Party
The Government law and order tag team of Phil Goff and Rick Barker is getting soft, United Future's Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Baldock welcomes proposed RMA changes
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 5:47 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Larry Baldock today welcomed the improved processes brought about by the proposed amendments to the Resource Management Act announced by the Government today. More >>
Turner: Govt spot on picking up UF CYFS policy
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 5:02 pm | United Future NZ Party
Two simple statistics explain why the Government has made a wise decision in picking up United Future's policy for restructuring CYFS, most notably the use of NGOs to pick up its less critical intervention work, United Future's Judy Turner said today. More >>
Freeze prison payouts and bring in back-dated law
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 2:07 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Marc Alexander today called for an immediate freeze on compensation claims for prisoners to allow an inquiry to be held with a view to retrospective legislation that will make sure that crime never pays. More >>
More elderly will be given marching orders
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 11:56 am | United Future NZ Party
Funding for the elderly is a sham, United Future senior citizens spokesman, Marc Alexander, said today. “This Government has passed the buck to district health boards who, in turn, have shilly-shallied on increases of funding for rest homes and private ... More >>
Baldock: McKenzie Basin concerns have high profile
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 5:20 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future environment spokesman Larry Baldock today assured the residents of the McKenzie Basin that no secret backroom deal had been struck with the Government over the Resource Management Waitaki Catchment Amendment Bill. More >>
95 percent of submitters oppose Civil Unions
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 5:08 pm | United Future NZ Party
New Zealanders have given an overwhelming thumbs down to the Civil Unions Bill with more than 95 percent of submissions opposing the legislation, United Future MP Murray Smith revealed today. More >>
Smith: Irony of care of children lost on Govt
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 3:58 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future justice spokesman Murray Smith today challenged the "irony" of legislation that puts huge accountability on parents for the welfare of their children on one hand, and then wilfully hides crucial information from them on the other. More >>
