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Published: Fri 19 Jul 2002 03:48 PM
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Hard News Is Here!
Cross-Party Non-judgemental Dancefloor Support
Corn Wars: Scientists’ Battle Rages On
Perigo Has Had Enough!
Satire: Security Service Accidentally Classifies Itself A Threat To National Security
Scoop Images: Crackers Pecking In Wigram
Firas Al-Atraqchi: CNN Beating The Drums Of War
Harvard’s Insider Eisenson Enters The Harken Energy Frame
Poll Watch: Labour Sinking, Minor Parties Circle
Labour And CTU Put The Pincer Manoeuvre On Peters
Tube Talk: The Man With The Oboe Voice
AA Accommodates Disfigured Guest House Owner
Work Stoppages
Katya Rivas
CAMPAIGN 2002
Such Bittersweet Tragedy
The Parties’ Promises Priced
Swot Up On Every Alliance Policy Online
Social Justice Costs
Choose National For When The Golden Weather Turns
Free GP Visits For The Elderly Pledged
Labour Tough On The Border
Robson Faces Sensible Sentencers
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[1] - http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=election2002
[2] - http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=justpolitics
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00152.htm
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Hard News Is Here!
- GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... it's daft, really, the Worm - an electronic mood meter driven by 100 flakes who haven't worked out how they're voting yet. The usual swinging-voter lollies - crime, immigration and the Treaty - inevitably hit the hot button. Or, rather, hot knob. See... HARD NEWS 19/07/02 - And the Rain Stopped ... [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00142.htm
Cross-Party Non-judgemental Dancefloor Support
- 'How's the dancing going Nandor? Are dancing Greens the new dancing Cossacks?' 'At least we do dance" he tells me. 'I like loose non-judgemental dance floors' says Labour’s Tim Barnett. See... Terry York Election 2002: Dancing Into The Future [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00145.htm
Corn Wars: Scientists’ Battle Rages On
- Russell Poulter has answered all of three of my specific questions (generally suggesting that we could get closer to a resolution of Corngate by the release of further documents) with the retort “I am assured by Novartis that no such report exists”. See... Peter Wills Replies To Russell Poulter [1] EARLIER: - Poulter - Dr Russell Poulter - Re: Corn Wars [2] - Wills - Industry may be holding proof of contamination [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00137.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00131.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00165.htm
Perigo Has Had Enough!
- It's been a while. Sorry about that. Something came along called a general election. We haven't had it yet, but *I* have had it. See... Lindsay Perigo: 'I've Had it ... Up to Here!' [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00144.htm
Satire: Security Service Accidentally Classifies Itself A Threat To National Security
- Questions about the mental competence of the nations highest intelligence unit are being raised after three Security Intelligence Service officers were caught while breaking into their own offices in Wellington early this morning. See... Scoop Satire: Agents Arrested Breaking Into SIS [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00140.htm
Scoop Images: Crackers Pecking In Wigram
- Crackers the Alliance chicken returned to haunt erstwhile Alliance leader and new Progressive Coalition leader Jim Anderton at his home scratching ground in Wigram on Wednesday. See... Images: Alliance Chicken On The Campaign Trail [1] AND IN OTHER CHICKEN NEWS: - ”You can stick the chicken up your arse!” [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00141.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00534.htm
Firas Al-Atraqchi: CNN Beating The Drums Of War
- A black shroud hangs over CNN head offices in Atlanta, Georgia. A shroud of mourning as CNN goes full throttle with its “To Hell With Objectivity” campaign. See... Firas Al-Atraqchi : CNN's Black Shroud [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00143.htm
Harvard’s Insider Eisenson Enters The Harken Energy Frame
- WASHINGTON - As a congressional candidate in the Texas oil patch in the late 1970s, the last thing George W. Bush wanted to mention to the rural electorate was his postgraduate degree from Harvard. But when Bush later was involved in struggling Harken Energy Corp., Harvard Management Co. poured a total of $30 million into Harken, keeping it afloat and helping sustain Bush's career. See... UQ Wire: Harvard’s Millions Poured Into Harken [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00139.htm
Poll Watch: Labour Sinking, Minor Parties Circle
- A TV3 NFO poll tonight was the third poll in recent days to show Labour falling below the level needed to form a government without minor party support. See... Poll Watch: TV3/NFO Poll – Labour Loses Majority [1] SEE ALSO: - Bill English - Clear Now No Party Will Govern Alone [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00135.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00526.htm
Labour And CTU Put The Pincer Manoeuvre On Peters
- “The Prime Minister’s attack on New Zealand First’s Immigration policy and the CTU President’s attack on New Zealand First’s record clearly demonstrate that Labour will sink to any depths in their efforts to rule alone,” New Zealand First Leader Leader Winston Peters says. See... Labour Turns Guns On New Zealand First [1] MORE: - CTU - NZ First’s Actions Speak Louder Than Words [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00520.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00190.htm
Tube Talk: The Man With The Oboe Voice
- Like his immovable Ken Doll hairdo, John Campbell’s career seems to defy the laws of gravity. As chief anchor of TV3 News, he defies the norms of other newsreader sock puppets by actually attempting to do political commentary. See... Tube Talk: John Campbell’s Angry Inch [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00138.htm
AA Accommodates Disfigured Guest House Owner
- “With the assistance of the mediation service of the Human Rights Commission, the Richmond Guest House and the New Zealand Automobile Association have reached an amicable settlement. See... Guest House And AA Reach Amicable Settlement [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0207/S00113.htm
Work Stoppages
- Seven work stoppages ended in the March 2002 quarter, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. All stoppages in this quarter were complete strikes. The stoppages involved 4,258 employees with a loss of 4,505 person-days of work. See... Seven Work Stoppages End in March 2002 Quarter [1] REACTION: - Margaret Wilson - Work Stoppage Numbers Low [2] - CTU - Work Stoppages Low Compared With Past Levels [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0207/S00107.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00516.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0207/S00114.htm
Katya Rivas
- “At Jesus’ request, the “Prayer Groups” of Cochabamba and La Paz were to join forces and work together. See... Katya Rivas: Ask for Perseverance [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00136.htm
CAMPAIGN 2002
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Such Bittersweet Tragedy
- Friends, Wellingtonians, countrypeople, lend me your ears. I come for your party vote, not for your electorate one. Laila Harre will win the Waitakere seat, So we need your party vote to bring more Alliance M.P.s into Parliament with her. The evil that parties do lives after them. The good is oft interned at the ballot box. See... The quality of campaigning is not strain'd [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00195.htm
The Parties’ Promises Priced
- There will be job losses, sharp interest rate rises, tax increases and a fire sale of publicly-owned asset sales unless Labour and the Progressive Coalition form the next Government, Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton predicted today. See... Parties can’t pay for promises [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00536.htm
Swot Up On Every Alliance Policy Online
- Alliance Leader Laila Harré today announced that the full Alliance policy programme for 2002 is now available on the Alliance website www.alliance.org.nz. See... Full Alliance Policy Programme Now On Website [1] . See also... Alliance releases Trade and Sovereignty Policies [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00537.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00531.htm
Social Justice Costs
- The Alliance Tax Policy would raise the money needed to cure the worst ills of New Zealand society, and put money back into the pockets of low and middle income earners. See... Taxation - Fairness and Social Spending [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00518.htm
Choose National For When The Golden Weather Turns
- “Warnings from Deutsche Bank that economic growth is going to halve during the coming year is another wake-up call for voters that the golden weather is coming to an end,” says National's Finance spokesman David Carter. See... It's The Economy, Stupid! [1] and NZ Quarterly Economic Forecasts - July 2002 [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00527.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0207/S00121.htm
Free GP Visits For The Elderly Pledged
- The Auckland superannuitant population of over 100,000 will get free GP visits if Jim Anderton’s Progressive Coalition is back in government, says Deputy Leader Matt Robson. See... Over 100,000 Auckland superannuitants get free GP [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00533.htm
Labour Tough On The Border
- Mr Sutton said that Labour's biosecurity policy, released today, demonstrated that commitment to maintaining New Zealand's environment. See... Labour Launches Biosecurity Policy [1] and Labour On Biosecurity [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00524.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00525.htm
Robson Faces Sensible Sentencers
- Thank you for the invitation to speak tonight. I’m Matt Robson representing Jim Anderton’s Progressive Coalition Party. See... Matt Robson To Sensible Sentencing Trust [1] . See also… Parties must get behind new prisons’ [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00522.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00521.htm
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