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ELECTION 2002 – JULY 27TH
ELECTION 2002: Clark’s Big Call
ELECTION 2002: Scoop Is In The House - Today's Q
ELECTION 2002 PM Picks Anderton For Stable Government
ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT REACTION:
ELECTION 2002: Earlier
David Miller: Arafat’s Reshuffle Greeted Skeptically
The Superannuation Guardians
Most Innovative Use Of Mince
Go Grandma, Go!
Job Ads Decline
Tourism Industry Expresses Kyoto Concerns
Greens In Polling Heaven
Katya Rivas
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
C-SPAN Denies Public TV Access To 9-11 Victims' Families
Unanswered Questions Press Conference Today In D.C.
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ELECTION 2002 – JULY 27TH
- Election Day July 27th - Parliament Adjourns 18th June - Writ Day June 25th - Nomination Day 2nd July. News Flash: Election Day July 27th [1]
Clark’s Big Call
- "It is clear to me that that time wasting by the Opposition will continue to obstruct the passage of important
legislation until an election is called. Little would be achieved by having Parliament sit for another two months." Text Of PM's July 27 Election Statement
Scoop Is In The House - Today's Q
- Today’s questions concerned: Election Date – Boatpeople – PPTA Settlement Failure – Economic Development – Early
Election (Constitutionally Speaking) – Boatpeople – PPTA – Tertiary Commission Appointments – PM on PPTA – Premature
Businesses – Refugee Detention – State Ward Truancy. See... SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 11 June [1] To sign up to receive the answers in your inbox as they are posted, for free, CLICK HERE [2]
PM Picks Anderton For Stable Government
- Cabinet will have a place for the deputy prime minister and erstwhile Alliance leader Jim Anderton should Labour form
the next government, but there will be no coalition with the Greens, if Prime Minister Helen Clark has her way. See... Anderton's Welcome Back, Greens Off The Guest List [1]
ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT REACTION:
- Jim Anderton - Coalition Seeks New Mandate [1] - Speech [2] - Laila Harré - Alliance Ready For Election [3] - Greens - Snap Election Not Justified [4] - Richard Prebble - Personal and Economic Security [5] - Winston Peters - Towel Thrown In [6] - Short-Changed [7] - GE Free NZ - Govt Putting Business Before Bio-Ethics [8] - NZUSA - July 27 D-Day For Allowances [9] - Peter Dunne - Families Missing From Election Equation [10]
Earlier
- Before caucus... Newsflash: Election Date Expected After Caucus [1] from yesterday afternoon... No Date, No Snap Election & No Schnapps [2] . Last month... July 27 Election Tipped By Helpful House Officials
David Miller: Arafat’s Reshuffle Greeted Skeptically
- It is not surprising that the announcement made by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat that he has trimmed down his
cabinet has been treated with scepticism. See... David Miller: Has Yasser Arafat Had His Time? [1] SEE ALSO: Zawidowski: Blame It On The Occupation [2]
The Superannuation Guardians
- The government has begun cross-party consultation on its proposed appointments to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund
Board of Guardians, Finance Minister Michael Cullen announced today. See... Govt Consults Parties On Proposed NZ Super Board [1]
Most Innovative Use Of Mince
- A New Zealand company's innovative approach to the humble mince has won it a place at SIAL, the world's largest food
exhibition, in France. See... Mincing Their Way Through France [1]
Go Grandma, Go!
- “We have been saying for some time that a conditional licence that allows older drivers to remain mobile in
residential areas but not exposing them to the risks and pressures of open road driving is essential,” says AA Public
Affairs Director George Fairbairn. See... AA Endorses Licensing Changes For Elderly [1] MORE: - Govt - Proposed Changes For Older Drivers Welcomed [2]
Job Ads Decline
- The number of newspaper job advertisements fell by 2.9% mom in May following a 6.2% rise in April and a 2.5% decline
in March. The timing of Easter has had a substantial impact on this data. See... ANZ Job Ads Survey - May 2002 [1]
Tourism Industry Expresses Kyoto Concerns
- New Zealand’s tourism industry is assessed to lose $114 million per annum from the year 2008 in lost profits through
central government’s climate change policies. See... Kyoto: tourism to stump up $114 Million [1] REACTION: - Nats - Tourism Sector Adds To Growing Business Concern [2] - Govt - Tourism Association CEO Unnecessarily Alarmist [3]
Greens In Polling Heaven
- A TV3 NFO poll was announced on TV tonight with the Greens best yet result in the crucial Party Vote. The poll was
conducted over the past weekend, as Bill English boxed for life. See... Poll Watch: TV3/NFO Poll – Greens On 9% [1] and Poll Watch: Greens Rising Rapidly In NBR/NZ Herald [2]
Katya Rivas
- Hail, little one, I greet you in the name of the Almighty and Eternal God, of Jesus Christ the Redeemer and of
infinite Mercy, of God the Holy Spirit who spreads His Peace and His Love. See... Katya Rivas: You Are a Reparation Group [1]
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SCOOP SPECIAL FEATURE
C-SPAN Denies Public TV Access To 9-11 Victims' Families
- A controversy is brewing over a decision by the public interest US news broadcaster C-Span's decision not to cover
the Unanswered Questions press conference to be held today in Washington D.C, (7am Tuesday New Zealand Time). See... C-Span Chooses Not To Help Answer Questions [1]
Unanswered Questions Press Conference Today In D.C.
- An unprecedented press event and public inquiry will be held Monday afternoon in Washington D.C. (6am tomorrow NZT)
to pose pointed, as yet unanswered, questions regarding the failure of our national security infrastructure, and the
response that has sacrificed civil liberties and rewarded failure as opposed to ensuring performance and guaranteeing
freedoms, now and in the future. See... unansweredquestions.org [1] to participate. MORE 911 - UNANSWERED QUESTIONS - Philip Rappa: Oh-Sum-Bodies-Been-Lying [2] - John Loftus on Enron/911/Bush connections - What Congress Does Not Know about Enron and 9/11 [3] and The Enron Pipeline Connection To 9/11 [4] - Quest Opinion: The Bush 9/11 Scandal for Dummies [5] - Guest Opinion: Don't Let Them Fool You, Folks [6] - Not Important? Think Again - 4 June 2002 [7] - The Real Deal: Stealing Enron [8] See also the Scoop Special Feature Page on 911 - CLICK HERE [9]