Newstalk ZB Headlines - 10am
Unease between Labour And Alliance - Labour has announced it will charge no
interest on loans while students are studying, and interest on repayments will only begin once a graduate begins earning
above $25,000 a year. Fees will remain but the policy will eventually work towards a flat fee for all full time courses.
But the measures come nowhere near what the Alliance has already promised, which is scrapping fees altogether, interest
free loans and the introduction of a student allowance at doll levels. Any Labour/Alliance coalition government is bound
to face wrangles over which elements of which policy would be adopted.
Anticipation Of More Raids On Militia - Yesterday 150 UNAMET troops and Blackhawk helicopters raided militia locations
in the east of Timor island detaining 15 suspected militia members and confiscating weapons. The raids follow killings
of independence supporters, including priests and nuns. The mission is reported as providing immediate support to
hundreds of people and is expected to be repeated today.
Bradford Asks To Borrow Radios - Defence Minister Max Bradford is expected to ask for help to equip New Zealand
peacekeepers, when he meets with the USA Defence Secretary William Cohen later this morning in Darwin.