Scoop: Top Scoops + Campaign 2002

Friday, 26 July 2002, 4:09 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Scoop Update: Phew!
Hard News Is Here
Poll Watch: Labour And National Continue To Fall
Poll Watch: Worse Signs For Labour
Howard's End: Arrogance In the Public Service
Labour Ruined Us, Says Millenium People
Sutton Welcomes US Agriculture Trade Proposal
Real Deal: DOJ Refuses Catherine Fitts $2.5M Pay
UQ Wire: Insider Trading & 911 Part 2
Gene Spin: From Our Centrifuge To Your TV
Katya Rivas

CAMPAIGN 2002
Students, Keep Left
Nats Would Strip Workers’ Rights, Says CTU
Clark Caught Out, Says Peters
Choose Small Parties For Female Representation – Gordon
Prebble’s Letter: Fun Times Ahead In Parliament
Honest Govt Needs ACT On The Cross Benches
Disabled Candidate Lauds Labour’s Record
The Muriel Factor

Scoop Update: Phew!

- Well, we are nearly there. A few more days and we will have a new Government. So be sure to get out and vote tomorrow. Otherwise you can only blame yourself if you end up with something less than you desire. See... Scoop Update #8 – Phew! [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00200.htm

Hard News Is Here

- GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... God, that was weird. The election campaign, I mean. Whose fault is it? Well Labour's for calling it in the first place, but I think the blame goes wider than that. See... HARD NEWS 26/7/02 - God, That Was Weird [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00198.htm

Poll Watch: Labour And National Continue To Fall

- TV1’s Colmar Brunton Poll and TV3’s NFO Poll have recorded remarkably similar results on the night before the final day of the election campaign. Today will not be recorded among National Party Leader Bill English's finest moments. See... Poll Watch: TV1 And TV3 Final Election 2002 Polls [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00194.htm

Poll Watch: Worse Signs For Labour

- The final political poll for the 2002 election campaign published in the NZ Herald this morning has produced the Labour Party’s worst public polling result so far. See... Poll Watch: Herald-Digipoll Labour Drops Under 40% [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00196.htm

Howard's End: Arrogance In the Public Service

- When Minister's in this Government admit they have difficulty in getting public servants to listen and comply with their instructions, it's time for a new coalition Government of parties who are able to bring the public service bureaucrats under control. See... Howard's End: Arrogance In the Public Service [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00197.htm

Labour Ruined Us, Says Millenium People

- “Millennium People became a pawn in a political game played out by two callous politicians, Cullen and Clark. Our successful business has been destroyed as a result,” Director Wayne Ball said today. See... Labour Government Destroys Business [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00263.htm

Sutton Welcomes US Agriculture Trade Proposal

- Proposals for international agriculture trade reform by the United States were bold and to be applauded, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today. See... NZ Welcomes US Agriculture Trade Proposal [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00693.htm

Real Deal: DOJ Refuses Catherine Fitts $2.5M Pay

- It's been almost six years, and Catherine Austin Fitts [Scoop's Real Deal Columnist] still hasn't been paid. The government owes her $2.5 million plus interest for work done by Hamilton Securities, her former investment bank and financial software developer. See... Real Deal: DOJ Refuses Catherine Fitts $2.5Mn Pay [1] and Real Deal: “How the Money Works" in Your Place [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00191.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00192.htm

UQ Wire: Insider Trading & 911 Part 2

- No member of Congress is publicly, as yet, questioning the hazy areas of "private client banking" -- repeatedly described by the U.S. Senate and Justice Department as being a vehicle for drug money laundering -- and apparent conflicts of interest linked to documented 9/11-related insider trading in United Air Lines stock. See... UQ Wire: Connecting Dots - Profits Of Death Pt. 2 [1] and UQ Wire: Connecting Dots - Profits Of Death Pt. 1 [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00190.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00169.htm

Gene Spin: From Our Centrifuge To Your TV

- Almost every significant public utterance from the gene-tampering trade has been massaged, morphed, varnished & warped by the depraved trade of mercenary deception - PR. See... P.R. Language-Sabotage To Push Gene-Tampering [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00201.htm

Katya Rivas

- Beloved one, soul that belongs to Me, leave your distractions and nourish yourself with My presence. I want you to arrange things so that you go back home soon. See... Katya Rivas: Only Enthusiastic On Tangible Things [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00195.htm

Students, Keep Left

- The New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) is encouraging tertiary students to vote for a centre left coalition government tomorrow to ensure that universal student allowances and reduced fees are high priorities for the next government. See... Students Urged to Vote For Centre Left Coalition [1] and MMP Delivers Real Student Choice Tomorrow [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00268.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00269.htm

Nats Would Strip Workers’ Rights, Says CTU

- “National deserves to be annihilated at the ballot box for including exploitation of young workers as a plank of its election policy,” the Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. See... National Economic Policy Would Deny Young Workers [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00266.htm

Clark Caught Out, Says Peters

- They have a stark choice. Labour attempted to sneak an election through in the middle of winter to get a majority. The polls and the pundits say they have failed. See... Latest Polls Make Choice Critical - Winston Peters [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00689.htm

Choose Small Parties For Female Representation – Gordon

- Alliance MP Liz Gordon is urging women considering backing a minor party on Saturday to look closely at the gender balance of their party lists before casting a vote. See... Minor Parties - Proportion Of Women In Parliament [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00686.htm

Prebble’s Letter: Fun Times Ahead In Parliament

- The polls are showing great volatility. Labour's support is ranging from 46 to 38%; National is between 26 and 21%; NZ First is as high as 11 and as low as 8; the Greens range from 9 to 6; United 7 to 4; and ACT 10 to 5. Election day turnout is going to be critical. The next Parliament looks certain to be interesting. See... Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington 26/7/2002 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00692.htm

Honest Govt Needs ACT On The Cross Benches

- Opinion polls show voters are moving away from the two old parties and Helen Clark has lost her gamble that Labour could govern alone, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. See... ACT Will Continue to be the Party of Influence [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00684.htm

Disabled Candidate Lauds Labour’s Record

- Labour's Disability Issues policy launched this week by Minister Ruth Dyson signals major progress towards the kind of society so badly wanted by New Zealand's' disabled community. See... Disabled Candidates back Labour policy [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00264.htm

The Muriel Factor

- If you have agreed with my weekly columns and with ACT’s vision for a free, safe and prosperous society then please support my re-election to parliament by giving ACT your party vote. See... Muriel Newman: ACT – the real alternative [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00683.htm

ENDS

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