TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY: Investigation Into Porirua Hospital Abuse Claims
Brash’s Off To Washington Without MFAT Assistance
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Jack Straw Cites Israel Assassinations As Illegal
INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES
SCOOP COLUMNS:
LINK: Scoop's Selwyn Manning Remembers Cassino In The Listener
Hard News Is There!
A Triple Pack From Stateside With Rosalea
Budget 2004: Agenda IVs Maharey & Key
Budget 2004: An Eco-Economy Perspective
Ashcroft's Terror Play Draws Cynicism
Images: Remembering WWII In Chicago
Chuckman Cartoon
Robert Higgs: Do You Remember Nuremberg?
When Full Sovereignty Is Something Less
OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Multi-Million Dollar Grants To Back Quest For Gold
Call For A Ban On In-Humane Live Cattle Exports
Coddington Backs Maxim Call For Educational Choice
Chlamydia Infection Rate Needs Illumination – Stewart
Nandor Welcomes Restorative Justice Guidelines
Nick Smith Addresses The State And The Family
Franks Welcomes Douglas Remarks On ACT Leadership
Politics According To ACT – The Letter
Early Childhood Budget Biffo Continues
Brash Is Onboard The Chinese Free Trade Railroad
Nuclear Explanation Sought From Dr Don
Ken Shirley Looks To Create A New Bastion Point
Jim Anderton To Soldier On In 2005
Maharey Urged To Accept CPIT Mea Culpa
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LEAD STORY:
Investigation Into Porirua Hospital Abuse Claims
- The Crown is currently investigating 62 claims that have been filed in relation to allegations made about treatment
at various psychiatric institutions including Porirua. See... Porirua abuse claims being investigated [1]
Brash’s Off To Washington Without MFAT Assistance
- National Party leader Don Brash leaves tomorrow for a two-week visit to Washington, London and Beijing - a trip where
much of the emphasis will be on trade. See... Emphasis on trade in Brash's overseas trip [1]
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
PM to attend D-Day commemorations [1] IRD Publishes Unpaid Monies List [2] Sunday Star-Times Leads Way At Qantas Awards [3] Rubicon's Tenon Bid Not Appealing Enough [4] Scambusters launch website [5] Thousands of calls to CYFS go unanswered [6] Government moves to preserve NZ's digital heritage [7]
Jack Straw Cites Israel Assassinations As Illegal
- LONDON -- The British Foreign Minster, Jack Straw, criticized on Saturday the continued Israeli assassination policy
and the Apartheid Wall construction in the occupied Palestinian territories, regarding such Israeli practices as
‘illegal’. See... British FM: Israel’s Assassination Policy Illegal [1] ALSO: Israel Assassinates Two Palestinians in Gaza [2] - Middle East Media Centre Audio Reports [3] - Photo stories on Palestine/ Articles about Budrus [4]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES
National Geographic: End Of The Cheap Oil [1] EU - Latin America: Commitment needed on rights [2] Croatia: recommendations to prevent torture [3] Security Council Discusses Draft Iraq Resolution [4] WHO Attempts To Control Ebola Outbreak In Sudan [5]
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0405/S00337.htm
Greenpeace Orange Roughy Protest Roughed Up
SCOOP COLUMNS:
LINK: Scoop's Selwyn Manning Remembers Cassino In The Listener
- For the men who returned to the site of one of New Zealand's bloodiest battles, the strongest memories were of their
comrades who never came home. See… The Listener: Back to Cassino By Selwyn Manning [1] . See also… Scoop Full Coverage – PM's Trip To Cassino
Hard News Is There!
So the Sunday Star Times' follow-up to its ''shock'' story on the supposed loweriang of the age of consent came in the
form yesterday of a brief, pompous editorial offering ''congratulations'' to Justice minister Phil Goff for ditching the
age-gap defence ... See... Public Address 31/05/04 - What We Did ... [1]
A Triple Pack From Stateside With Rosalea
- Hillary Clinton Does Dumb Blonde - The silly old job counsellor at my soon-to-be-no-longer workplace thinks I'm clinically depressed. She obviously
hasn't caught up with the latest acronyms on the subject. Anyone can see I'm suffering from e-gads!:
electronically-garnered anxiety and depression syndrome! See… Stateside with Rosalea: Barbie Goes To Washington [1] - Memorial Day Images - The wreaths are piped aboard the SS Jeremiah O'Brien. Twelve wreaths were presented on the Sunday voyage, some by
families and others by organizations such as the Marine Engineers Benevolence Association. See... Stateside with Rosalea: Seaman's Memorial Photos [2] - … Meanwhile In Georgia - You have to love those Libertarians. On a Memorial Day holiday weekend when the airwaves are dominated by
reminiscences about WWII because of the dedication of the new memorial in DC, they're holding their national
presidential nominating convention in Atlanta, GA. See... Stateside with Rosalea: Convention Watch [3]
Budget 2004: Agenda IVs Maharey & Key
- Q: The Working for Families package has been the budget's headline act, why then with money in the pot must families
wait a year or more for the benefits? See... Agenda Interviews: Steve Maharey And John Key [1]
Budget 2004: An Eco-Economy Perspective
- This report is based on the Fiscal Strategy Report and the Executive summary of the 2004 Budget documents. The budget
proves the Labour government is a right wing government whose spending is almost static in real terms. See... Eco-Economy: The Budget Hoax 2004 [1]
Ashcroft's Terror Play Draws Cynicism
- Will George W. Bush use terrorism to become America's Pinochet? Attorney-General John Ashcroft is priming the public
for a terrorist attack, which can only mean Bush is sharpening his blades to behead the Constitution. See... Wasserman: Will Bush Become America's Pinochet? [1] MORE: - Open Letter To Ashcroft - Terrorists on FBI 'Wanted List' Already in Jail? [2]
Images: Remembering WWII In Chicago
- Numerous Midwest peace, justice and religious organizations placed over 100 coffins on Federal Plaza in downtown
Chicago for Iraq War Memorial Day on Thursday. See... Sonia Nettnin: Iraq War Memorial Day [1] MORE MEMORIAL DAY COMMENT - Terry Baum - Guest Opinion: Count The Dead [2]
Chuckman Cartoon
- UK PM Tony Blair recieves an award from the Chimp in Chief - Cartoon by John Chuckman See... Chuckman Cartoon: Blair's Just Reward [1]
Robert Higgs: Do You Remember Nuremberg?
- After World War II, the U.S. government, in cooperation with the governments of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union,
and France, established an International Military Tribunal to bring to justice the leaders of the European Axis regimes.
See... Robert Higgs: US War Crimes In Iraq & Afghanistan? [1]
When Full Sovereignty Is Something Less
- On what grounds does the Neocon/Bush Regime assume the right to "give" sovereignty to any other nation-state? How can
Mr. Bush pledge "complete and full sovereignty" when simultaneously 14 U.S. Military bases are currently under
construction in Iraq? See... Analysis: Bush Pledge To Give Sovereignty To Iraq [1]
Finance Minister Michael Cullen Addresses The Media
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OTHER NEWS (JUST POLITICS)------------
Multi-Million Dollar Grants To Back Quest For Gold
- The government is backing New Zealand's elite athletes with a new multi-million dollar grants system, Sport and
Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard announced today. See... Government funds new grants for elite athletes [1]
Call For A Ban On In-Humane Live Cattle Exports
- Green MP Sue Kedgley today called on the Government to ban the trade in live cattle exports for slaughter rather than
devising a wafer-thin set of regulations designed more for public relations purposes than any alleviation in animal
suffering. See... 'Live' cattle exports a death sentence for cows [1]
Coddington Backs Maxim Call For Educational Choice
- Labour must give parents - regardless of their ethnicity or wealth - greater choice in their children's education,
after a Maxim Institute report identified poor families as being hit hardest by school zoning, ACT New Zealand Education
Spokesman Deborah Coddington says. See... Being Poor Shouldn't Mean Poor Education [1]
Chlamydia Infection Rate Needs Illumination – Stewart
- Now that the Government is committed to spending $10b on health in the coming year it must address the unacceptably
high rates of chlamydia infection among both pregnant women and teenagers, said New Zealand First’s health spokesperson,
Barbara Stewart. See... Chlamydia Campaign Needed Immediately [1]
Nandor Welcomes Restorative Justice Guidelines
- Green MP Nandor Tanczos says guidelines launched today by the Government should help make restorative justice work
for victims and offenders. See... New Guidelines Should See Restorative Justice Done [1] MORE: - Govt - Restorative Justice guidelines released [2]
Nick Smith Addresses The State And The Family
- Politics is about fighting for change. Tonight I want to reflect on the rocky battles I have had with family law, and
set out why reform is necessary. See... Families And The State - Correcting The Balance [1]
Franks Welcomes Douglas Remarks On ACT Leadership
- ACT New Zealand Leadership candidate Stephen Franks today welcomed ACT Party founder Sir Roger Douglas' comments on
the requirements for the ACT leadership. See... Franks Welcomes Leadership Comments [1]
Politics According To ACT – The Letter
- Today's issue of ACT's The Letter concentrates on last weeks budget as well as touching upon the search for a new ACT
leader and the judiciary. See... The Letter - Monday 30 May 2004 [1] MORE COLUMNS: - Marc Alexander - Marc My Words - Cullen's Budget Hard to Swallow [2] - Muriel Newman - The Column: ACT Leadership Election Primary [3]
Early Childhood Budget Biffo Continues
- Trevor Mallard is lying about National's position on Budget initiatives for early childhood education, says
National's Education spokesman, Bill English. See... Trevor telling tales re early childhood education [1]
Brash Is Onboard The Chinese Free Trade Railroad
- National Party Leader Don Brash says he backs every effort to win a free trade agreement for New Zealand with the
largest economy in the world, contrary to claims made by Helen Clark today. See... Don Brash responds to PM's 'desperate comments' [1]
Nuclear Explanation Sought From Dr Don
- Rt Hon Winston Peters has asked Don Brash to publicly explain what he means when he says he would not change New
Zealand’s nuclear free legislation “at this point”. See... What Does "At This Point" Mean? - Peters [1]
Ken Shirley Looks To Create A New Bastion Point
- The radical hotheads who are deliberately flouting the law at East Cape's Potaka Marae are doing so as a challenge to
sovereignty, and the Government's right to govern, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. See... No More Dithering On Potaka Marae [1]
Jim Anderton To Soldier On In 2005
- Jim Anderton's address to the Wigram 2005 candidate selection meeting will be posted on the party's Website:
www.progressive.org.nz See... Jim Anderton selected to contest Wigram in 05 [1]
Maharey Urged To Accept CPIT Mea Culpa
- Steve Maharey must accept Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology's offer to pay back $80,000 that it spent
on inducements in breach of the rules, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. See... Minister must accept CPIT payment [1]
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