TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Possum Bourne Passed Away Last Night
Scoop Is In The House
The Real Deal: America's Parasite is Let Loose On Iraq
Hard News Is There! (With Dennis Dutton Rebuttal)
Powell Finds Time To Check In On The Crackdown In Belgrade
Firas Al-Atraqchi: Look Who's Looking Baghdad
Transmission Will Commence Shortly
Economic Commentary: A Paradigm Shift In The Markets
PINR: A Trans-Atlantic Divide Deepens
On The Ball With Rosalea
Scoop's War - An Address From The Editor
OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
PM Speaks To OECD
Cullen on Low Business Confidence
Agent Orange Inquiry To Be Held
Nats on Sars
Families Bill Makes Dunne Happy
May Day Celebrations Green Style
Sex Worker Adverts Need Regulation: Greens
Wellington ICT Gets Congratulated
King Wants Industry To Co-operate
Fraud Crims On The Rampage
Harry’s Hydrogen Plan
US Model Irrelevant To NZ
GM Legislation Introduced To House
Child adoption Ought To Be Reviewed
Civil Servant Study Opportunities
Feeling Flattered? Mallard A Typical Neo-Socialist?
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Possum Bourne Passed Away Last Night
- It is with deep sadness that we announce Possum Bourne passed away peacefully at 12.58am (New Zealand time) on
Wednesday 30 April at Dunedin Hospital. See... Possum Bourne Passed Away Last Night [1] TRIBUTES: Enduring Champion Mourned - Biography - Possum, who celebrated his 47th birthday on April 13, was New Zealand's top rally driver in the history
of the sport here. See... Biography Of A Motor Sporting Icon [2] - Family - On Behalf Of Possum's Family [3] - Subaru - Possum Bourne died today in Dunedin Hospital [4] - Motorsport NZ Tribute To Possum Bourne [5]
Scoop Is In The House
– For Today’s questions for oral answer see... Questions For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 30 April [1] . - Earlier Q - Tuesday [2]
The Real Deal: America's Parasite is Let Loose On Iraq
- By managing it’s hosts desire, a tapeworm manipulates its host to set aside self-interest and please its parasite.
And so the tapeworm proceeds to consume its host’s energy and health, with the host doing most of the work. See... Mapping the Real Deal: The American Tapeworm [1]
Hard News Is There! (With Dennis Dutton Rebuttal)
- I'm sure I've read more confused, angry, paranoid tracts in the New Zealand Herald than Denis Dutton's effort yesterday, but I can't presently remember when. Dutton opens with his favourite conceit, casting himself as the
keen-minded sceptic in a room full of feeble-minded Kiwi liberals discussing, in this case, the Australian government's
actions during the Tampa refugee crisis: See… HARD NEWS 30/04/03 - So Spare Me The Hectoring . See also HARD NEWS 30/04/03 - Last For The Month [1]
Powell Finds Time To Check In On The Crackdown In Belgrade
- In the middle of the war in Iraq, the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, did an extraordinary thing. He left
Washington for a week to undertake a trip to Turkey, to Nato HQ in Brussels and…to Serbia. Can Belgrade really be on a
strategic par with Ankara and Brussels at this critical time for US foreign policy? See... All News Is Lies: A Falling-Out Among Thieves? [1]
Firas Al-Atraqchi: Look Who's Looking Baghdad
On February 27, 2003 U.S. President George Bush told the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, "We
will seek to protect Iraq's natural resources from sabotage by a dying regime, and ensure those resources are used for
the benefit of the owners -- the Iraqi people…. A liberated Iraq can show the power of freedom to transform this vital
region by bringing hope and progress into the lives of millions." See... Firas Al-Atraqchi: The Thieves of Baghdad [1]
Transmission Will Commence Shortly
- Live transmission kicks in on 9 May 2003 for http://www.transmit.co.nz, an interactive digital showcase, navigating creative Aotearoa NZ content in a connected global society. See... Transmit Live Kicks In 9th May [1]
Economic Commentary: A Paradigm Shift In The Markets
- Equity markets have been having a pretty good April thanks to the "end" of the war in Iraq and the boyish enthusiasm
of speculators coupled with the terror of everyone else that they will be left behind when the market takes off to the
topside. See... SRA Commentary: A New Paradigm [1]
PINR: A Trans-Atlantic Divide Deepens
- The recent tensions between the United States and Western Europe show no sign of abating and further highlight the
growing differences between these former allies. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the traditional threat to Western
Europe dissolved. See... PINR: The Europe - U.S. Divide [1]
On The Ball With Rosalea
- Contrary to last week's bleat, sometimes I *am* where the story is, as happened a couple of weekends ago when I went
to my first ever baseball game. See... Stateside: It's just not cricket [1]
Scoop's War - An Address From The Editor
- The information war has been conducted on numerous fronts. Among the techniques used have been direct attacks on
journalists, deliberate misinformation – i.e. lies, obstruction, legal threats and intimidation, linguistic sophistry,
staged media events, planted information, forgery, and even cointel-pro type slander attacks on commentators and
opposition figures. See... The Role Of Media In The Second Gulf War [1]
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OTHER NEWS (JUST POLITICS)------------
PM Speaks To OECD
- It is an honour and a privilege for New Zealand to be chairing the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) this year,
and for me as New Zealand Prime Minister to address this major parallel forum. See... Rt. Hon Helen Clark: Keynote address to the OECD [1]
Cullen on Low Business Confidence
- “The weakness in headline business confidence is unsurprising given the sluggish state of the world economy and the
uncertainties affecting both the global and the New Zealand environment,” Finance Minister Michael Cullen said. See... Low business confidence levels expected - Cullen [1] ALSO:- Brash - Vision blurred on business confidence [2]
Agent Orange Inquiry To Be Held
- The Green Party is thrilled at the agreement today to hold a select committee inquiry into New Zealanders' exposure
to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. See... Agent Orange inquiry welcomed [1]
Nats on Sars
- New Zealand's first probable case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome means that our border control to prevent entry
of the disease needs to be stepped up, says National Health Spokesperson Dr Lynda Scott. See... SARS border control needs to be stepped up [1]
Families Bill Makes Dunne Happy
- United Future New Zealand leader, Peter Dunne, said today the introduction to Parliament of the Families Commission
Bill represents the highly satisfactory culmination of years of effort by party members and hundreds of thousands of New
Zealanders. See... Dunne celebrates Families Commission Bill [1]
May Day Celebrations Green Style
- Green MPs will be attending May Day celebrations this week in a show of support for workers rights. See... Green MPs celebrate May Day [1]
Sex Worker Adverts Need Regulation: Greens
- Green Party MP Sue Bradford is today calling for an Advertising Code of Practice for the commercial sale of
prostitution services. See... Greens want rules for prostitution advertising [1]
Wellington ICT Gets Congratulated
- Minister of Communications and Information Technology Paul Swain congratulated ‘Positively Wellington Business’ on
the launch of its information and communication technologies (ICT) strategy for the Wellington region. See... Swain congratulates Wellington on its ICT strategy [1]
King Wants Industry To Co-operate
- Health and Food Safety Minister Annette King today called on the dietary supplements and complementary medicines
industry to cooperate responsibly in a voluntary withdrawal from the market of dietary supplements, manufactured by Pan
Pharmaceuticals See... Australian Recall of Pan Pharmaceutical Products [1]
Fraud Crims On The Rampage
- Reports of Auckland fraudsters being let off the hook because police are too overworked to prosecute them comes as
little surprise, says National's Police spokesman Tony Ryall. See... Free rein for fraudsters no surprise [1]
Harry’s Hydrogen Plan
- Hon Harry Duynhoven MP, Associate Minister of Energy, has welcomed the surprise announcement by US Secretary of
Energy, Spencer Abraham, calling for development of international collaboration in advanced research and development
that will support the future deployment ... See... Future development of Hydrogen Economy Discussed [1]
US Model Irrelevant To NZ
- Selective dissemination of recent US welfare reform studies by Act and the National Party have no relevance in New
Zealand and demonstrate nothing more than a frustrated attempt to derail this Government's positive social policy
direction. See... US welfare reforms show one size does not fit all [1]
GM Legislation Introduced To House
- The New Organisms and Other Matters Bill, introduced in Parliament today, will amend laws governing genetic
modification. See... GM legislation introduced [1]
Child adoption Ought To Be Reviewed
- ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today urged the Labour Government to review its approach to
child adoption, after two teenage parents in Dunedin were convicted of neglecting their three-month-old baby girl.
See... Adoption Viable Option For Unprepared Parents [1]
Civil Servant Study Opportunities
- State Services Minister Trevor Mallard today announced the chosen 20 public servants who will attend the inaugural
Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) degree programme at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government
(ANZSOG). See... Talented public servants enter inaugural programme [1]
Feeling Flattered? Mallard A Typical Neo-Socialist?
- Labour has responded to the teaching crisis in a typical neo-socialist, pro-union manner, ACT Education Spokesman
Deborah Coddington said today. See... Mallard's Budget Offering: Quantity, Not Quality [1]