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Friday, 5 December 2003, 4:17 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY:
Australia Joins US Missile Defence Programme
Greens Feel Betrayed By Dietary Supplements Move By King
NZ NEWS HEADLINES:
Don't Count Kyoto Out Yet
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Martin LeFevre On Chomsky's "Hegemony or Survival"
Stateside: Rosalea Is Sick Of Police Brutality
First California, Now Ohio Sees The E-Voting Light Too
Hard News & More Is There!
George Monbiot Challenges The 21st Century's Taboo – Oil Supply
Green Left: Gloss Comes Off The Invincible US Army
Sam Smith Discovers A Conspiracy Of The Offspring
Still Feasting On A Turkey's Trip To Iraq
Daily Katya Rivas

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Scoop Was In The House
Critical CAA Report Released
Feds Vs Forest & Bird Over The High Country
US Backs Down On Steel Tariffs
Much Is Made Of Hospital Welfare Policy Musings
Anderton Talks To Ngati Maniapoto
Don Urged To Front On Racist Pamphlet Debate
Stoats Invade Great Barrier - DOC To The Barricades
Rich Detects A Cunliffe Backpeddle On Child Support
Law Society Should Return Renshaw Money
Take Yank Developers Bulldozer Green MP Urges Council
These Were The Days Of Our Select Committees
Liberty Belle And Other Politicians Columns
Economic Segregation Seen In Welfare Policy Suggestions
Money To Help Waitaki Water Submissioners
Parekura Horomia Celebrates Maori Fisheries Bill
Four Weeks Leave Has Substantial Parl. Support
NZ Police Sent To Bougainville
Feds Urge Go Slow On Right to Roam
Employment Law Reforms Announced - FULL COVERAGE

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LEAD STORY:
Australia Joins US Missile Defence Programme

- Green MP Keith Locke says New Zealand will have to review its defence relations with Australia in the light of the Howard government's commitment to America's "Star Wars" programme. See... Star Wars kills-off Anzac spirit [1] and US Abandon Steel Tariffs: Too Right !! [2] and Australia To Participate In US Missile Defence [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00155.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00064.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00028.htm

Greens Feel Betrayed By Dietary Supplements Move By King

- Green MP Sue Kedgley says it is scandalous that the Government is to completely ignore the findings of a Select Committee inquiry into how to regulate dietary supplements. See... Government jumps the gun on year-long inquiry [1] MORE: - NZ First - Minister Mocks Democratic Process [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00112.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00116.htm

NZ NEWS HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00066.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00063.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00061.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0312/S00059.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0312/S00057.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0312/S00055.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0312/S00051.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0312/S00046.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/AK0312/S00044.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/AK0312/S00041.htm

Don't Count Kyoto Out Yet

- In the past ten years, it has been almost impossible to count the number of times that the Kyoto Protocol has been declared ‘dead’. See... Guest Opinion: Kyoto Dead… Don’t Hold Your Breath! [1] See also... Hodgson to international climate change conference [2] EARLIER: - Russia Clarifies Position On Kyoto Protocol [3] - Russian Winter Won't Freeze Kyoto [4] - Russian Politicking Over Kyoto Hot Air [5] - Kyoto Protocol Alive And Kicking [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00054.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00153.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00020.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00045.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00016.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00012.htm

INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00035.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00034.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00033.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00032.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00031.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00029.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Martin LeFevre On Chomsky's "Hegemony or Survival"

- There are two parts to Noam Chomsky's latest book, " Hegemony or Survival ." There is the bulk of the book, in which he gives as scathing analysis of American foreign policy. A See... Meditations: Reflections on Chomsky's Perspective [1] - Click Here To Subscribe To My Scoop And Be In To Win One Of 20 Copies Of Hegemony or Survival [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00063.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/cgi-bin/newsagent/new_user.cgi?form=home

Stateside: Rosalea Is Sick Of Police Brutality

- I'm a bit late with this, largely because I've been feeling sick. Sick of the sight of the police smashing a guy's kidneys in Cincinatti, a sight that has been screened over and over again in news bulletins at all times of day and night. See... Stateside: Vindicare (Part 2) [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00060.htm

First California, Now Ohio Sees The E-Voting Light Too

- Ohio's sweeping review of electronic voting machines turned up so many potential security flaws in the systems that the state's top elections offi cial has called off deploying them in March. See... Scoop Link: Ohio Puts Back It's E-Voting Deadlines [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00062.htm

Hard News & More Is There!

- I asked earlier this week if someone could shed more light on the controversial tax dodge associated with the production of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Yes, I realise that much of it was traversed in Gordon Campbell's Listener story, but I didn't have ... See... Public Address 05/12/03 - Friday Flash [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00061.htm

George Monbiot Challenges The 21st Century's Taboo – Oil Supply

- Every generation has its taboo, and ours is this: that the resource upon which our lives have been built is running out. We don't talk about it because we cannot imagine it. This is a civilisation in denial. See... George Monbiot: The Bottom of the Barrel [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00059.htm

Green Left: Gloss Comes Off The Invincible US Army

- Seven months ago, when the US army rolled into Baghdad, the US war machine seemed invincible. The US rulers seemed to be in reach of realising their goal of conquering Iraq and using it as a secure base from which to establish imperial domination throughout the oil-rich Persian Gulf region. See... Green Left Weekly: Is The US Empire Invincible? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00058.htm

Sam Smith Discovers A Conspiracy Of The Offspring

- I figured that if I was going to be part of a vast right wing conspiracy, I better find out something about it. So in the best fashion of post-modern journalism, I decided to take a poll. See... Sam Smith: The Loneliest Mile In Town [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00057.htm

Still Feasting On A Turkey's Trip To Iraq

- Bill Clinton should be green with envy. George W. Bush, Clinton’s successor and bird of a feather in his quest to stay out of the jungles of Vietnam, in one fell swoop has addressed doubts about both his personal courage and his solidarity with soldiers ... See... Ivan Eland: Let Them Eat Turkey [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00056.htm

Daily Katya Rivas

- Beloved daughter, you all go to confession frequently. When you are confessing, I open My wounds and My blood runs, drop by drop, while the priest gives absolution. See... Katya Rivas: My Cruelest Pains [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00055.htm

Scoop Was In The House

– For yesterday's questions of the day see... Questions & Answers for Oral Answer - 4 December [1] . For earlier questions and answers see... 3 December [2] and 2 December [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00130.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00077.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00044.htm

Critical CAA Report Released

- State Services Minister Trevor Mallard and Associate Transport Minister Harry Duynhoven today welcomed the State Services Commission report by Douglas White QC on conflicts of interest within the Civil Aviation Authority. See... Ministers welcome report findings [1] MORE: - ACT - Report Shows CAA To Be A Debacle [2] - CAA - CAA Director accepts report findings [3] - CAA - CAA addresses SSC report findings [4] - SSC - Release Of CAA Review Report [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00119.htm
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[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00050.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00049.htm

Feds Vs Forest & Bird Over The High Country

- If the Royal Forest and Bird Society wishes to be regarded as an organisation genuinely interested in the tenure review process, then it should get its basic facts right, says John Davis, Chairman, South Island High Country Committee of Federated Farmers ... See... Facts, Not Fairy Stories, Please [1] MORE: - Feds - . Forest & Bird Tests Its Credibility [2] - Forest & Bird - Claims About High Country Privatisation By Eckhoff [3] - Forest & Bird - 35 km Wanaka Lakeshore frontage to be privatised [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00062.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00056.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00054.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00032.htm

US Backs Down On Steel Tariffs

- United States President George W Bush's lifting of steel tariffs is a very welcome outcome, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today. See... Minister Welcomes US Lifting Of Steel Tariffs [1] and

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00158.htm

Much Is Made Of Hospital Welfare Policy Musings

- New Zealand First is urging the Labour government to drop its bizarre scheme that would see beneficiaries receive state funded private hospital treatment whilst the rest of the country queue up at under resourced public hospitals. See... Operations For All [1] - ACT - Dont's Stop There, Labour [2] - ACT -Private Hospitals For All? [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00137.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00152.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00149.htm

Anderton Talks To Ngati Maniapoto

- This summit is timely. Ngati Maniapoto stand at the threshold of an exciting future. Assets from various settlements are coming. There is an increase in Maori business activity. It’s time to unlock the future. See... Ngati Maniapoto Stand At The Threshold [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00151.htm

Don Urged To Front On Racist Pamphlet Debate

- Progressive MP Matt Robson wants to know whether the latest leader of the National Party will speak up for new New Zealanders? Or will he continue to be deaf and dumb as immigrants are verbally abused by his potential coalition partner NZ First. See... Don ''Neville Chamberlain'' Brash please speak up [1] MORE: - ACT - Condemn Peters' Anti-Asian Pamphlet [2] - NZ First - Labour’s Immigration Talkback Campaign [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00150.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00124.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00108.htm

Stoats Invade Great Barrier - DOC To The Barricades

- The Department of Conservation has mobilised a massive trapping effort in the Okiwi Basin on Great Barrier Island in response to signs a stoat or weasel may be in the area. See... Stoat scare on Great Barrier Island [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00148.htm

Rich Detects A Cunliffe Backpeddle On Child Support

- National Party Welfare spokeswoman Katherine Rich is welcoming David Cunliffe's apparent back-down on a move that could have seen more than $400 million of child support debt written off. See... Labour Backs Off Child Support Cop Out [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00146.htm

Law Society Should Return Renshaw Money

- National Party Associate Justice spokeswoman Judith Collins says the Government must act to stop immediately what she describes as 'the legalised theft' of money from the Law Society's fidelity fund. See... Govt must act to stop 'legalised theft' [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00145.htm

Take Yank Developers Bulldozer Green MP Urges Council

- Green MP Mike Ward said today that a visit from a Tasman District Council compliance officer might not be enough to dissuade American property developer Alan Trent from carving up the countryside - but confiscating his bulldozer would. See... Ward flattened by Trent's bulldozer [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00144.htm

These Were The Days Of Our Select Committees

- There were 17 committee meetings, all in the parliamentary complex with one committee holding part of the meeting in Auckland. See... Select Committee Business to 5 December 2003 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00142.htm

Liberty Belle And Other Politicians Columns

- I hate conspiracy theories, so I've been wary of whispers about a secret agenda to overturn Tomorrow's Schools and shove parents out of their children's schooling for good. See... First the State Schools, then the Catholic Schools [1] MORE COLUMNS: - Marc Alexander - Marc My Words: Eat Your Greens [2] - The Column: Anti-Family Zealots [3] - Labour Party - Beehive Bulletin - 5 December 2003 [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00140.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00141.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00136.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00157.htm

Economic Segregation Seen In Welfare Policy Suggestions

- The imminent establishment of no-go zones for beneficiaries raises disturbing questions, says Green MP Sue Bradford. See... 'No-go zones' are economic segregation [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00138.htm

Money To Help Waitaki Water Submissioners

- Environment Minister Marian Hobbs today announced a new Community Assistance Fund to help the public make submissions on the Waitaki catchment resource consent applications. See... Assistance for submissions on Waitaki catchment [1] MORE: Dunne: Smith Turns Aqua Into Sour Grapes [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00134.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00123.htm

Parekura Horomia Celebrates Maori Fisheries Bill

- The first reading of the Maori Fisheries Bill in Parliament this afternoon is a cause for celebration given that is finally before the house after more than 10 years debate. See... Parekura Horomia: Fisheries Settlement Looms [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00133.htm

Four Weeks Leave Has Substantial Parl. Support

- Matt Robson’s speech to Parliament on the second reading of the Holidays Bill which will provide four weeks leave for all. See... Four weeks leave progresses with 33 vote majority [1] MORE: - NZ First - New Zealand First: Yes To Holidays Bill [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00127.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00117.htm

NZ Police Sent To Bougainville

- A small contingent of New Zealand police officers will be sent to Bougainville in Papua New Guinea in the New Year, to re-establish community-based policing in local hotspots. See... New Zealand police bound for Bougainville [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00120.htm

Feds Urge Go Slow On Right to Roam

- Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc) says that recommendations of the Land Access Ministerial Reference Group should temporarily be put on hold. See... Hold Fire On 'Right-to-Roam' Plans [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00059.htm

Employment Law Reforms Announced - FULL COVERAGE

- An Employment Relations Law Reform Bill with key amendments to the Employment Relations Act and other relevant employment legislation has been introduced to the House, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson announced today. See... Employment Relations Law Reform [1] MORE: - Employment Relations Law Reform Bill - Q&A [2] - Employment Relations Law Reform Bill - Summary [3] - Employment Relations Law Reform Bill - Examples [4] REACTION: - Fed Farmers - Good and Bad in Employment Bill [5] - Business Roundtable - . Top Half of the OECD Goal Forgotten [6] - EMA - Employment law reforms worse than anticipated [7] - finsec - Employers written warning undermining collectives [8] - United Future - Dunne: ERA Changes Another Outbreak Of Pink Think [9] - CTU - New Law Prompts Hysterical Reaction from Employers [10] - ACT - Giant Step Backwards [11] - Business NZ - Individual employees under the gun [12] - Greens - Greens welcome workers' Christmas present, if late [13] - PSA - Employment Relations law changes [14] - National - Business gets another kicking care of Labour [15] - CTU -Employment Bill Makes Modest Progress [16] - EPMU - ERA review a "first step" [17] - Nurses - Health Sector Singled Out In Bizarre Strike Clause [18]

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[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00065.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00099.htm
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00046.htm
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00080.htm
[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00042.htm
[15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0312/S00084.htm
[16] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00041.htm
[17] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00040.htm
[18] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0312/S00039.htm

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