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Marc My Words June 25: A Silent Box
Friday, 25 June 2004, 3:52 pm | United Future NZ Party
And what role model has New Zealand chosen? Amongst the many deserving hardworking Kiwis who make our Olympic team we have unwittingly bestowed on a baby killer the honour of representing us. More >>
Attempted murders from Corrections' insanity
Friday, 25 June 2004, 1:43 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Marc Alexander said some of his worst fears had been confirmed with the revelation today that a paroled criminal placed in a youth hostel had last year attempted to murder two backpackers. More >>
Govt ignoring growing youth benefit problem
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 5:07 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government needs to stop patting itself on the back about falling youth unemployment numbers and face the fact that there has been a huge movement to invalid and sickness benefits in the same age group, United Future's Judy Turner said today. More >>
MPs delighted at green light on Auckland roading
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 2:10 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MPs Larry Baldock and Bernie Ogilvy today welcomed the green light for two key links in Auckland's Western ring route. More >>
‘GST off rates’ campaign gets big boost
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 2:08 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future’s finance spokesperson Gordon Copeland is delighted his Goods and Services Tax (Exclusion of Rates) Amendment Bill has been drawn from the ballot of private Members’ Bills. More >>
Alexander climbs into Corrections' costs
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 9:09 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Marc Alexander today grilled Corrections chief executive Mark Byers over lump sum funding of $6.2 million budgeted for the changeover of Auckland Central Remand Prison from private to public management. More >>
Paroled Criminals Placed In Backpacker Hostels
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 2:51 pm | United Future NZ Party
Placing paroled criminals in backpacker hostels - "presumably with every chance of turning visitors to our country into their next victims" - is total madness, United Future's Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Dunne Well-meaning Ron off the mark on Civil Union
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 11:29 am | United Future NZ Party
The first duty of an MP is to make informed decisions, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today in gently correcting NZ First's Ron Mark for citing factually wrong reasons for supporting the Civil Unions Bill. More >>
Dunne welcomes 'middle NZ' Families Commissioners
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 12:41 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today expressed delight at the "middle New Zealand feel" of the first six appointees to the Families Commission. More >>
Minister admits Civil Unions Bill delivers nothing
Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 3:33 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today forced the Government to effectively admit that the Civil Unions Bill would do nothing to address legal anomalies faced by de facto and same-sex couples. More >>
Marc My Words
Friday, 18 June 2004, 3:49 pm | United Future NZ Party
Well, at long last we have the Parole Board admitting that up to 150 of its decisions for some of New Zealand's worst criminals were made illegally! Most of us suspected the soundness of some of the decisions which were dubious, to put it charitably - ... More >>
Baldock: UF Backs Transport Moves
Thursday, 17 June 2004, 5:32 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future welcomes the Government's review of the transport sector, its transport spokesman, Larry Baldock, said today. More >>
Tax increases for most taxpayers from ACT
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 5:32 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future’s revenue spokesman, Gordon Copeland, today claimed that a majority of taxpayers will pay more, rather than less, tax if ACT’s 20% flat tax proposal is adopted. More >>
Baldock laments increase in abortions
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 5:31 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Larry Baldock today lamented the increase in the number of abortions in New Zealand – up to 18,510 according to the Abortion Supervisory Committee – and asked why no one really seems prepared to do anything serious to prevent the number ... More >>
Copeland pushes income splitting to help families
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 12:27 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future’s revenue spokesman Gordon Copeland today urged Parliament to take a serious look at splitting household income for tax purposes as an additional way of helping middle and upper-income New Zealand families. More >>
Dunne congratulates Hide; offers helpful advice
Monday, 14 June 2004, 12:50 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today congratulated ACT’s new leader Rodney Hide on his election and said his door was always open to Mr Hide for advice on how to carry out his job. More >>
Copeland appalled by Greens’ powerless agenda
Thursday, 10 June 2004, 11:15 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future’s energy spokesman, Gordon Copeland, says he’s pleased that the Green Party has finally had the honesty to reveal its fundamental energy policy of consigning New Zealand to the Dark Ages – literally. More >>
Copeland Disputes Conserv. Min.'s Legal Position
Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 7:25 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Gordon Copeland today disputed Conservation Minister Chris Carter's interpretation of his own Act, after Mr Carter claimed that the Dobson Dam power proposal could not proceed because it involves part of the Card Creek ecological ... More >>
Baldock: NZ headed in wrong direction again
Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 7:20 pm | United Future NZ Party
Britain's decision to overhaul its sex laws for the first time in 50 years by looking at adopting the Swedish model of criminalising the purchasing of sexual services and assisting prostitutes to leave the industry is further proof that New Zealand ... More >>
Build the dam!
Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 12:12 am | United Future NZ Party
Government intransigence in relation to TrustPower’s proposed 63 megawatt dam at Dobson on the West Coast is unacceptable, according to United Future’s energy spokesperson Gordon Copeland. More >>
