Time to Debate Listing of SOEs is NowThe Kiwi Party agrees completely with the call by Rob Cameron, Chair of the Government's Task Force on Capital Markets, that the time to debate the partial listing of SOEs is now, according to the Party’s finance spokesperson and former MP Gordon Copeland.
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Alcohol Reforms. Real Local Community Control or Just Another Hospital Pass"The announced proposals by the government for reform of alcohol licensing laws to enable local communities to decide for themselves sound like a positive step," said Kiwi Party leader Larry Baldock. "However the problem will be in a number of details that are as yet unknown.
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Alcohol Law Changes as Useless "as teats on a bull"“In announcing their proposals for dealing with the country’s serious youth drinking culture, the Government is again letting us all down by failing to show any courage or conviction to seriously deal with the problem,” said Kiwi Party leader Larry Baldock.
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It's Time To Focus On Rebuilding A Marriage CultureWith our teenage birthrate the fifth highest in the developed world, and new data suggesting that more than half of all solo parents on the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) first became beneficiaries as teenagers, it's time New Zealand begins focusing on rebuilding a marriage culture.
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Double Standard from PM on DemocracyThe Prime Minister John Key complained at the Local Government conference that only 44% of voters participate in local body elections and that more should be done to create a better democracy.
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