Greens rebut allegations made in Exclusive Brethren's pamphlets

The Greens have rebutted the Exclusive Brethren pamphlet. So who is right? Here are some of the main allegations and the Greens' response:

The Green Party would "introduce a capital gains tax on family homes".

The Greens say they would investigate the introduction of a capital gains tax, exempting the family home. "The Green Party does not, and never has had a policy to tax people's homes," said co-leader Rod Donald.

Green policy would see diesel prices rocket by 30 per cent.

The party says it would introduce pollution taxes for diesel as they apply to petrol (currently 18c a litre, according to co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons). Diesel would still be cheaper because it was cheaper to manufacture.

The Greens would spend roading money on "uneconomic and novel transport schemes".

Under Green policy, roading authorities would have to have plans for including cycling and walking facilities into the transport network by 2008 as a condition of funding.

Green policy would block construction of vital new roads with "tortuous" Resource Management Act regulations.

Under Green Party policy, road builders would find the going tougher. Big transport operators would have their powers to compulsorily purchase land "reviewed" and the Greens want to strengthen provisions on taking environmental effects into account.

The Greens would decriminalise illegal drugs such as marijuana and offer financial assistance to drugs growers to find alternative employment.

The Greens would introduce a legal age limit of 18 years for personal cannabis use with no risk of prosecution, but for marijuana only. The policy also reads: "Commercial cultivation and trading of marijuana for profit would remain illegal, and areas relying on large-scale illegal cultivation for their income will be assisted in making a transition to other work".