TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
VIDEO & AUDIO: Brash On His Business Roundtable Relationship & Its Interest In NZ Race Relations Policy
RECOMMENDED AUDIO:
Clark Cites 'Leaked Memo' When Questioning Nats' ACC Policy
National's Pledge To Teachers: You Will Be $100 million Better Off
InternetNZ ICT Election Forum To Be Webcast Live Thurs Evening
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
POLL WATCH:
STATE OF IT: Brash Seeks Culture Change – Is Resistance Futile?
Lyndon Hood: Roger Kerr Seeks A Refund On A Faulty Tool
United Nations Urges Israel To Pull Out Of West Bank
MORE WORLD NEWS HEADLINES:
SCOOP COLUMNS:
Jordan Carter Has A Closer Look At Dr Don's Race Speech
Stateside: Broken Levees In New Orleans
Sheila Samples: The Mothers Are Coming!
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:
OTHER NEWS (Just Politics):
Maori Party Announces Treaty Of Waitangi Policy
John Key Challenges Peters To Come Clean On Tax-Cuts
Turia Commits To Keeping National Out Of Government
Brash Releases Treaty Principles Policy
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VIDEO & AUDIO: Brash On His Business Roundtable Relationship & Its Interest In NZ Race Relations Policy
[1] Q: With relation to the race relations policy announced on Monday, would you be willing to say that Roger Kerr and Roger Douglas provided you with good advice? --- Q: What is the business angle on your race-relations policy – how is it good for business? See... Video: Brash Press Conf. On BRT Emails & Race (and/or Audio) MORE ON THIS STORY: Selwyn Manning - Is Resistance Futile? [2] Lyndon Hood - Roger Kerr Seeks Refund On Faulty Tool [3] C.D. Sludge - Don Brash, Roundtable 'Tool' [4] Winston Peters- Hidden Agendas – Who Is Surprised! [5] Steve Maharey - Brash must pull Brownlee into line [6] For full scoop coverage of this story see the.. SCOOP CAMPAIGN DIARY [7]
RECOMMENDED AUDIO:
[1] SCOOP AUDIO: Selwyn Manning on Adelaide Radio with Lisa Leong (Talks about Don Brash’s office having an apparent mole.) [2]
[3] SCOOP AUDIO: Kevin List on Radio Active (Talks about newspaper coverage of Don Brash’s email & fax leaks.) [4]
Clark Cites 'Leaked Memo' When Questioning Nats' ACC Policy
- Helen Clark today challenged the National Party to say how much of Dr Brash’s $3.5 million war chest target came from
the insurance industry. “A leaked memo from the Insurance Council to its members makes it clear that details of
National’s policy to privatise ACC have been deliberately withheld from the public after consultation with the Insurance
Council. “National’s policy opens up to the insurance industry ACC’s levy business of more than $2 billion. That’s all
the ACC’s levy business except the non-earner account," Helen Clark said. See... How much did National get for its ACC policy? [1]
National's Pledge To Teachers: You Will Be $100 million Better Off
- Teachers will benefit by $100 million a year once National's lower taxes are in place. A trip to www.taxcut.co.nz
compares the Labour and National packages. A small number of middle income families are better off with Labour's
package, and every other working New Zealand is better off with National's package. National's package includes most of
Labour's Working for Families payments as well as changes to rates and thresholds. See... $100 Million Tax Cut for Teachers [1] ALSO: Nats - National wants Plain English reporting in schools [2] Labour - Where will Nats slash education funding? [3] Labour - National adopts B'ness Roundtable education plan [4]
InternetNZ ICT Election Forum To Be Webcast Live Thurs Evening
- This Thursday evening InternetNZ, in partnership with a number of related ICT organisations, is convening an Election
Forum, for political parties to present and defend their policies relating to information and communications technology
policy. See... ICT Leaders Online Election Forum 2005 (Thursday) [1]
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Petrol Hits $1.50 – To Ignore It Would Be Stupid [1] Westpac Gets Endorsement For Big New Rescue Helicopter [2] ChCh: Landscaping In Honour Of John Britten [3] Are NZers Losing Touch With Great Outdoors [4] Nelson Arts Festival - The Word Goes Out [5]
POLL WATCH:
Mâori Television TNS Poll – Tainui Electorate [1] Mâori TV TNS Poll – Sharples Ahead Of Tamihere [2]
STATE OF IT: Brash Seeks Culture Change – Is Resistance Futile?
[1] Selwyn Manning writes that as is often the case introductions to concepts of culture-change arrive through fictitious means. Star Trek’s most creepy creation, The Borg, began: "This is the Borg Collective. Prepare to be assimilated. We will add your biological and technological distinctives to our own. You will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile." But should National’s plans to scrap the seven Maori electorates, render the Treaty Of Waitangi irrelevant, and attempt to assimilate all peoples unto the ‘mainstream’ be considered hypothetical? Definitely not. See… Is Resistance Futile? [2]
Lyndon Hood: Roger Kerr Seeks A Refund On A Faulty Tool
- (Satire)To: support@ national.org.nz / From: Roger Kerr / Subject: national party leadership - Some time ago I purchased a new National Party Leader(TM). At first it was barely rating as well as the one I
upgraded from. Then I spoke to a friend about it and he suggested installing a race card - that worked a treat. See... Lyndon Hood: Not The Sharpest Tool In The Box [1]
United Nations Urges Israel To Pull Out Of West Bank
- A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights has called for Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza to be followed by
similar steps in the whole of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, leading to a just and lasting solution of the
Middle East conflict. See... Israel’s Gaza Pullout Must Lead To West Bank Exit [1]
MORE WORLD NEWS HEADLINES:
Malaysia: Last Vietnamese Boat People Return Home [1] UN Seeks Plan To Combat Human Trafficking [2] Iraq: All Sides Must Protect Journalists - Annan [3] UN Expresses Sympathy For Katrina Victims [4] Iraq: UN Pledges Help Following Bridge Tragedy [5]
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SCOOP COLUMNS
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Jordan Carter Has A Closer Look At Dr Don's Race Speech
- I have now spent some time reading Don Brash's speech from Monday, and have reluctantly come to the conclusion that
Don Brash doesn't actually understand what he is talking about. See... New Zealand? Or the new Australia? [1]
Stateside: Broken Levees In New Orleans
- When I moved to this poor part of Oakland last year, one of the things I noticed first about it was the amount of
subsidence and number of potholes in the streets. See... Stateside with Rosalea: When The Levee Breaks [1]
Sheila Samples: The Mothers Are Coming!
- It's an amazing thing. Doctors' offices in New York and Washington will likely be standing-room-only in a couple of
months. I can see it now -- the look on a nurse's face when she asks the vacuous, target-eyed media twits when they are
"due," and ... See... Sheila Samples: The Mothers Are Coming! [1] MORE: David Swanson -A Blog From Camp Casey, Crawford TX [2] Ramzy Baroud - The Power of The Ordinary [3] Sheila Samples - Suddenly, This Summer... [4] Between The Lines - Between the Lines: Interview with Celeste Zappala [5]
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:
Keith Ng & Ors - Public Address 31/08/05 - Imagine! [1] Guest Opinion - Sione Palu: Unitec is a University Wannabe [2] Mark Drolette - Mark Drolette: But What About The Fish? [3] Evelyn Pringle - Halliburton Illegalities, Bush Busts Whistleblower [4] William Rivers Pitt - William Rivers Pitt: Here's the Funny Part [5] Narconews - Day One of Posada Carriles Hearing [6] Bob Fitrakis - Money Trail To Stolen 2004 Ohio Election Exposed [7] Bernard Weiner- UQ Wire: 20 Things We Now Know 4 Years After 9/11 [8] Ivan Eland - Top Ten Reasons to “Undo” Iraq in Due Haste [9]
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OTHER NEWS (JUST POLITICS)
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Maori Party Announces Treaty Of Waitangi Policy
- The Tiriti/Treaty of Waitangi was entered into with our tupuna who were recognised as indigenous people with
sovereign rights. This is the reason the Tiriti/Treaty has both the capacity and the mana to act as a constitutional
document for all people ... See... Tiriti O Waitangi/Treaty Of Waitangi Policy [1]
John Key Challenges Peters To Come Clean On Tax-Cuts
- National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Winston Peters must make it clear to Kiwis whether he supports tax cuts
or welfarism. “This is a simple question really. Either you support initiatives that will allow people to keep more of
what they earn and get ahead through their own efforts, or you support the Labour model of redistribution and welfarism.
“Unlike other political parties, our tax plan has been costed and given the green light by independent experts, yet Mr
Peters continues to dither over whether he supports a fair tax structure that sees 85% of New Zealand taxpayers parting
with no more than 19% tax on extra work. See... Winston Peters wrong on tax [1]
Turia Commits To Keeping National Out Of Government -
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has stated that her party will not support National post election after its leader
Don Brash said he would remove any legislative requirements to Tiriti o Waitangi from the statutes. See... Maori Party Commits To Keeping National Out [1]
Brash Releases Treaty Principles Policy
- National Party Leader Don Brash has today signaled changes to speed up the Treaty process and treat all New
Zealanders on the basis of their need not their race. "There can be no basis for government funding based on race, no
basis for separate Maori electorates, no basis for introducing Maori wards in local authority elections, and no
obligation for local government to consult Maori in preference to other New Zealanders. I meant every word of the Orewa
speech last year, and I stand by those conclusions today. We are one country with many peoples, not two peoples living
in some form of partnership," Don Brash said. See... We Are All New Zealanders [1] ALSO: Brash Speech - We Are All New Zealanders [2] Nats - Statutes Containing “Principles” of the Treaty [3] Labour - Nats try to make souffle rise again [4] Labour - Nats try to divert focus from internal problems Green Party - Brash wants to hack Maori heart out of Kiwi body [5] ACT (Preview Speech) - Dump the Treaty or respect it? [6] NZ First - Brash Attack Becoming Unfocused - Peters
MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:
Govt - Funding for dental therapy to increase [1] Govt - New air quality standards begin clearing our air [2] Govt - Industry plan attracts 1,000 extra road workers [3] Greens - Senator Bob Brown to meet Tampa refugee leader [4] Progressives - Sting Operation Launched On NOS Retailers [5] Progressives - Peters + Brash = Stability? Hello? [6] ACT - Labour's poll driven dental desperation [7] ACT - Labour pits health worker against health worker [8] Labour - Labour revamping dental services for young NZers [9] NZ First - Protecting The Kiwi Way Of Life [10] NZ First - NZF Calls For ACC Review For Physios [11] United - Turner welcomes medical support [12] United - Turner: Pain in the ACC [13]
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