TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Hard News Is Here!
Howard's End: The Squeeze On Gold
Greens On GE: You Wanted Science, You Got It
Real Deal: The Magnitude Of Washington’s Corruption
More Than You Need To Know About Meth
Feedback: Liberty Shmiberty
Mandatory Reporting’s Demise Welcomed
Nuclear Free Flotilla To Protest Shipments
Video Games Boom – NZ Gets With The Program
Business Wants To Know When Its Gonna Be
TVNZ To Be Differently Aligned
Katya Rivas
OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
ERA Has Defied Critics – Wilson
Longer, Lower Logging Trucks Welcomed
Put Your Cheque Book Away, Qantas
CD Cleaner High Outlawed
Encouraging Signs For Smoke-free Day
Formal Diplomatic Relations With East Timor
Meningococcal Vaccine Trials
Let’s Discuss Securities Trading Law Reform
Kudos To Govt For Considering Tertiary Savings
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TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS------------
Hard News Is Here!
- GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, you can't say politics isn't interesting this year. One partner in the governing
coalition has wrecked itself and wound up with a party leader who can't lead it in Parliament, National's go-getter
president has been told to shut up before she makes things even worse, the Prime Minister is being investigated for
fraud, and nobody knows when the election is. Just in case anyone was bored, the Greens stepped off the cliff. See... HARD NEWS 31/05/02 - Everything's Gone Green [1]
Howard's End: The Squeeze On Gold
- The price of gold and gold stocks is sky-rocketing with Central banks across the world coming in for severe criticism
for the way they have sold official gold reserves, although in a disguised form. Maree Howard writes. See... Howard's End: The Squeeze On Gold [1]
Greens On GE: You Wanted Science, You Got It
- Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said the concerns of many New Zealanders had been confirmed by a new EU
report showing organic farming will be shut down if genetically engineered crops are grown commercially. See... Damning EU Report Confirms Contamination Fears [1] MORE: - Life Sciences - Selective Interpretation Of EU Research [2] - GE Free NZ - EU Report Shows Govt Must Act Now [3]
Real Deal: The Magnitude Of Washington’s Corruption
- The numerous allegations regarding fraud, government sponsored narcotics trafficking and black budget funding over
the last two decades at the Department of Defense and the Department of Housing and Urban Development are deeply
disturbing. See... The Real Deal on 9:11: Rewarding Failure [1]
More Than You Need To Know About Meth
- Wellington has weed. Wellington has E. Wellington has L.S.D. Sweet poetry to some maybe, but not all. A veritable
drug cornucopia awaits today’s youth for experimentation and enjoyment. See... Lucid Feature: Meth-head or Madness [1] MORE: - Lucid - Lucid Prints Controversial Speed Article [2] - AUSA - AUSA President Clarifies Craccum Independence [3] - Customs - Another Large Drug Seizure At The Border [4]
Feedback: Liberty Shmiberty
- Lindsay Perigo does not NOT allow free speech. His "liberty" is nothing of the sort. His radio station was a tirade
of far right tirade against normality. He banned any dissent. See... Feedback: Lindsay “Free Speech” Perigo [1]
Mandatory Reporting’s Demise Welcomed
- The New Zealand Medical Association has welcomed a change to the upcoming legislation governing health professionals,
which will remove the requirement for the mandatory reporting of colleagues. See... NZMA Welcomes Decision On Bill [1]
Nuclear Free Flotilla To Protest Shipments
- Three flotillas from the Pacific, Cape Horn and the Irish Sea announced their intention to protest against the
shipment of rejected plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) due to leave Japan for the UK in early July. See... Nuclear Free Seas Flotilla Spreads [1]
Video Games Boom – NZ Gets With The Program
- Video game sales around the world are booming. In the US, video games are now worth more than the movie industry –
sales there in 2000 were worth $6.2 billion in 2000 and grew 44 percent to $9.4 billion in 2001. See... Video Games Worth More Than The Movie Industry [1]
Business Wants To Know When Its Gonna Be
- If an early election is on the cards, a firm date needs to be announced without further delay. See... Election Day Uncertainty Unhelpful to Business [1]
TVNZ To Be Differently Aligned
- The Chief Executive of TVNZ, Ian Fraser, has announced major changes to the top echelon of management at TVNZ. See... TVNZ Announces Management Restructure [1]
Katya Rivas
- Many of My priests are more worried about themselves than about saving souls. See... Katya Rivas: Pray for My Priests [1]
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OTHER NEWS (JUST POLITICS)------------
ERA Has Defied Critics – Wilson
- Minister of Labour Margaret Wilson says the Department of Labour’s latest monitoring report on the Employment
Relations Act backs the groundswell of opinion that the Act is working well for New Zealanders. See... Employment Relations Act defies critics [1]
Longer, Lower Logging Trucks Welcomed
- A road rule change to improve the stability of logging trucks announced by government today will significantly reduce
the number of rollovers, says the Log Transport Safety Council and the New Zealand Forest Owners Association. See... Longer, Safer Logging Trucks Approved [1] MORE: - Govt - New [2] - Longer, Lower, Safer [3] - Road Transport Forum - Major Safety Gain [4] - Greens - Longer Trucks A Hazard, Misses The Point [5] - ACT - Safer Trucks Need Safer Roads [6]
Put Your Cheque Book Away, Qantas
- “New Zealand’s taxpayer shareholders of Air New Zealand must be reeling at news of negotiations to sell off a major
part of our airline to our Australian competitors,” New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said. See... New Zealand For Sale? [1]
CD Cleaner High Outlawed
- An order to classify the Fantasy range of drugs will be enforced, Associate Health Minister Hon Tariana Turia
announced. See... Controls on Fantasy come into force [1]
Encouraging Signs For Smoke-free Day
- Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia said a decrease in tobacco consumption in New Zealand is good news on World
Smoke Free Day. See... Decrease In NZ Tobacco Consumption Welcome [1] and Revised Guidelines for Smoking Cessation [2]
Formal Diplomatic Relations With East Timor
- On East Timor’s independence, New Zealand formalised its diplomatic relations with East Timor through the
establishment of a Consulate-General in Dili, Foreign Minister Phil Goff said today. See... NZ establishes Consulate-General in East Timor [1]
Meningococcal Vaccine Trials
- Health Minister Annette King today welcomed the launch of clinical trials of a group B meningococcal vaccine as a
solid step toward the end of an epidemic. See... Minister Welcomes Meningococcal Vaccine Trials [1]
Let’s Discuss Securities Trading Law Reform
- Commerce Minister Paul Swain has welcomed the release of three discussion documents setting out options for
fundamental reform of New Zealand’s securities trading law. See... Discussion documents on insider and securities law [1]
Kudos To Govt For Considering Tertiary Savings
- “I applaud the government's reported interest in the long term family saving scheme planned to reduce tertiary loan
burdens,” said ACT Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks. See... Govt Getting Something Right On Student Funding? [1]