Peter Dunne’s 7 Commitments to New Zealanders for 2013

‘We will achieve and we will deliver these things for the people of New Zealand’
– Peter Dunne, 29 January 2013
• Beginning New Zealand’s much-needed debate on the future of superannuation with a Government Discussion Paper on Flexi Super
• Establishing the Families Commission’s annual Family Status Report that will help keep policy-makers and politicians alike on track and family-focused

• Putting in place the Game Animal Council and the end of guided helicopter hunting on the conservation estate

• Introduction of pre-release alcohol and drug dependence assessments for prisoners

• Passage of a new, fairer Child Support regime into law that reflects modern families, the modern lifestyle and modern work and the needs of our children

• A new party pills and other psychoactive substances regime that will make the industry pay to prove their products are safe

• Release of the new Suicide Prevention Action Plan


See Peter Dunne detail each of these seven key initiatives in Parliament yesterday, at www.inthehouse.co.nz/node/16787

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