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TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
Politics: Key Not A 'Hardcore Hard Right Winger'
Questions of the Day
Scoop Satire: Calls For Calm As Parliamentary Ceasefire Falters
Entertainment: Popularity May End Up Deciding Audience Favourite!
Justice: Gov General To Open First Restorative Justice Centre At AUT
Arts/Oddspot: Beige Brigade Make Pilgrimage To Palmy For Underarm Play
Employment: Oz Union Calls Bosses $8.5 Million Pay Obscene and Pledges Support For Kiwi Workers
MORE HEADLINES
WORLD NEWS:
Afghanistan: UN Security Council Extends Force For Another Year
UN Audio News
Haaretz.com Reports On An Israeli War Crime
D. Michael Van De Veer In Nepal: Something's Up In Kathmandu
More World Headlines
Photo Essay: Education for Children in Congo Armed Conflict Zone
SCOOP COLUMNS:
Rosalea Barker & EVERYBODY Remembers September 11th
John Gideon - Voting Machine Train Wreck In Progress
Bush Is Found Guilty By The Bush Crimes Commission
Keith Olbermann’s Special 911 Comment on Bush
More Scoop Comment & Opinion
OTHER NEWS (Just Politics):
Electricity: Commissioner Not Reappointed - Political Interference?
Disarmament: NZ Wants Iran To Stop Its Nuclear Shenanigans
Family Violence: Nats Pull Out Of Multi-Party Group
Conservation: Govt Wants To Stop Some Bottom Trawling
More Politics Headlines
Tonga: King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Dies In Auckland
Employment: Entire NZ Union Movement Goes To War With Aussie Corporate Giant
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Politics: Key Not A 'Hardcore Hard Right Winger'
In a clear bid for leadership of the National Party, MP John Key says in a radio interview he believes the minimum wage should keep rising and implied that Dr Brash is one of the 'hard right wingers' who believes in getting rid of the minimum wage altogether. "Is Mr Key ignorant of his party's hard right wing stance on the minimum wage, or is he attempting to rewrite it as part of his power play for leadership?" says Minister of Labour Ruth Dyson. See...Brash 'hardcore hard right-winger' says Key [1] ALSO:National - Statement from Don Brash re request for privacy [2] Public Address 14/09/06 - You Know What ... [3] Independent - What's in today's Independent Financial Review [4]
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:
Questions For Oral Answer - Thursday, 14 Sep 2006 [1] Questions And Answers - Wednesday, 13 Sep 2006 [2] Questions And Answers - Tuesday, 12 Sep 2006 [3]
Scoop Satire: Calls For Calm As Parliamentary Ceasefire Falters
- New Zealand's legislative assembly is about to enter the sixth full day of a Speaker-imposed ceasefire, but initial
indications are that the hard-won peace will not last. Volleys of barracking, or as it has come to be known 'barraging',
have already begun to fly and the Speaker has called for restraint. The lull in hostilities followed weeks of
unprecedented rhetorical violence.See... Hood: Shaky Parliament Ceasefire Enters Sixth Day [1]
Entertainment: Popularity May End Up Deciding Audience Favourite! -
With one week to go until the 2006 Radio Active 89FM Handle the Jandal awards, the 15 finalists for the Golden Jandals
have indulged in a vote-rigging frenzy through the competition’s txt-vote system. “It’s the measure of how many friends
these bands, filmmakers and artists have. Nigel No-Mates doesn’t win anything,” said Radio Active station manager Dave
Gibbons. “So, get txting.” See... Nigel No-Mates doesn't win anything [1]
Justice: Gov General To Open First Restorative Justice Centre At AUT
- New Zealand's first tertiary centre specialising in restorative justice matters will be launched at AUT University by
the Governor-General, His Excellency Anand Satyanand, on Friday, September 15. The Restorative Justice Centre will be
based at AUT's Institute of Public Policy. See... Restorative justice to be launched by G-G [1]
Arts/Oddspot: Beige Brigade Make Pilgrimage To Palmy For Underarm Play -
The Beige Brigade will be in attendance at tonight's global, world international premiere of the play, The Underarm, up
at Centrepoint in sunny Palmerston North. We will be making a road trip up from Wellington with our driver hired from
Student Job Search at the wheel. We are hoping for red carpet treatment and looking forward to the Australian characters
getting some stick. See... Beige Brigade Travel To Underam Play's Premier [1]
Employment: Oz Union Calls Bosses $8.5 Million Pay Obscene and Pledges Support For Kiwi Workers -
The national secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia Paddy Crumlin has pledged financial, industrial and political
support for 600 locked out NZCTU distribution workers. "We will do whatever it takes to get these workers justice. Its
obscene company executives pocket multi-million dollar salaries, while working families have to struggle to keep their
heads above water," he said. See... Australian Union Will Do Whatever it Takes For NZ [1] ALSO:NDU - Workers return company's offer in giant envelope [2] NDU - Lawfulness of Lockout Challenged - Offer Rejected [3] NDU - Summary of Offer from Employer (PDF) [4] Progressive - Statement from Progressive Enterprises Ltd [5] Maori Party - Nothing Progressive about Ripping Off Workers [6] Maritime Union - Maritime Union steps up support [7]
MORE HEADLINES:
Robson-On-Politics - Wednesday 13 September 2006 [1] Ambush marketing in sport – the issues [2] Goff: Launch of the 2006 Landmine Monitor Report [3] Farmers Take Environment Seriously [4] NZers comfortable with animal testing, research [5]
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WORLD NEWS
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Afghanistan: UN Security Council Extends Force For Another Year
- The Security Council today extended for another year the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in
Afghanistan, which has been beset by an increasing number of terrorist attacks in recent months. See... Extension Of Security Force’s Mandate: Afghanistan [1] ALSO:Immunization Drive In Afghanistan [2] Nato Forces Should Do More To Curb Drug Trade: UN [3]
UN AUDIO NEWS:
Scoop Audio: [1] UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is to Focus on Lebanon and the Middle East as His Term Ends. Also, The Situation in Darfur is Desperate: Annan - Annan Urges Continued Efforts to Reform the Security Council - Experts Say Migration Now a Global Phenomenon - Annan Urges International Community to Offer Assistance to Lebanon - UN Envoy Urges End to Uncertainty in Kosovo Status Talks.
Haaretz.com Reports On An Israeli War Crime
- "What we did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs," the head of an IDF rocket unit in
Lebanon said regarding the use of cluster bombs and phosphorous shells during the war. See... IDF Commander: 1Mn + Cluster Bombs Used In Lebanon [1]
D. Michael Van De Veer In Nepal: Something's Up In Kathmandu
- NEPAL - Sept.13, 2006 - Over 20 truck-loads of the mystery weapons that were intercepted in India aboard
Russian-planes were stopped outside of Kathmandu early this morning and have now entered the city. See... D. M. Van De Veer: Trouble & Anarchy In Kathmandu [1]
MORE WORLD HEADLINES:
Australia - Aussie Soldiers Return To Sydney After Months In Baghdad [1] Global - Statistics Show Migration As A Dynamic Force [2] Kosova - Annan Calls For More Flexibility In Kosovo Talks [3] Nepal - UN Food Agency Battles Landslides To Reach Hungry [4] Africa - Congo's Leading Presidential Candidates To Meet [5]
Photo Essay: Education for Children in Congo Armed Conflict Zone
- Over two years since the official end of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an estimated 30,000
people continue to perish every month in conflict-related deaths. Over 4 million people have been displaced. The
physical abuse of civilians by the military continues largely unpunished, and children remain at high risk of use by
armed groups, family separation and rape. See... Photo Essay: Education For Children In DR Congo [1] ALSO:Save The Children - Armed conflict creating child humanitarian crisis [2] NZ Defence Force - Defence Force supports Rewrite the Future campaign [3]
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SCOOP COLUMNS
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Rosalea Barker & EVERYBODY Remembers September 11th
- Well, it’s P-CANDY day, when the 51st state of the Union is GZ. Sorry, just got carried away with the two-letter
abbreviations for Pennsylvania, New York, District of Columbia, and Ground Zero. Small minds are amused by small things,
but really what can you do in the face of such large issues? See... Stateside With Rosalea: 9/11 Remembrance, Part 2 [1] & Stateside With Rosalea: 9/11 Remembrance, Part 1 [2] MORE 911 ANNIVERSARY COMMENT & OPINION:Russell Brown & The PA Crew - Public Address 11 & 12/09/06 – The 9/11 Posts [3] & Public Address 13/09/06 - Big Norm [4] Russ Wellen - The Fear Factor Is More Than Just a Reality Show [5] William Rivers Pitt - The Day After the Day [6] Cindy Sheehan - It's Personal [7] UQ Wire - LA Times Time Mag & WashPost On 911 Truth [8] Jason Leopold - Iraq and 9/11 - The Truth Is Out [9] David Swanson - Dedicating September 11th to Bush [10] Truthout.Org - Marc Ash: September 11th, Truthout.Org Report [11] Doug Giebel - The Perversion Of Democracy [12] Michael Collins - Film Review: 9/11 Press for Truth [13] Anne Else - Letter from Elsewhere: Bringing Terrorism Home [14]
John Gideon - Voting Machine Train Wreck In Progress
This morning voters in much of Maryland awoke with plans to go to the polls early and then head off to a normal day.
Unfortunately when they got to their polling places they only found locked doors. See... John Gideon: Train Wreck In Maryland Primary [1] MORE:John Gideon - Daily Voting News For September 13, 2006 [2] , September 12, 2006 [3] & September 11, 2006 [4]
Bush Is Found Guilty By The Bush Crimes Commission
- The testimony that I presented in January to the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity
Committed by the Bush Administration was related to the evidence found in the Downing Street Memos. This evidence is
connected to Count 1 in the Wars of Aggression Indictment being delivered today, which reads: "The Bush Administration
authorized a war of aggression against Iraq." See... Bush Crimes Commission Verdict: Bush Is Guilty [1] MORE RELATED COMMENT: Cindy Sheehan - Cindy Sheehan: Hey George [2]
Keith Olbermann’s Special 911 Comment on Bush
- "History teaches us that nearly unanimous support of a government cannot be taken away from that government, by its
critics. It can only be squandered by those who use it not to heal a nation’s wounds, but to take political advantage.
Terrorists did not come and steal our newly-regained sense of being American first, and political, fiftieth. Nor did the
Democrats. Nor did the media. Nor did the people. The President — and those around him — did that." See... Blogwatch: Keith Olbermann 9/11 Comment Transcript [1] MORE ON/FROM THE PEOPLE'S KEITH: Bill Berkowitz - Keith Olbermann's finest hour [2] Keith Olbermann To Rumsfeld - "Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?" [3]
MORE SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:
Kelpie Wilson The Good News Is Local [1] Ernest Partridge - The Scorpion, The Frog, And The Corporation [2] Tanveer Jafri - Tanveer Jafri: Bin Laden's Religion? [3] Bernard Weiner - "The Flying Wi-Fi" -- Working Out the Bugs [4] Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar - US vs. Iran (II) - Hybrid War [5] Nasser Amin - Muslims Are Trying To Integrate Despite New Labour [6] Mary Pitt - Mary Pitt: The Disgraceful Plight Of American Poor [7] Dahr Jamail - Dahr Jamail: Meanwhile in Baghdad ... [8] Ann Wright - A Camp for Democracy in US Capital [9] Between The Lines - Over-the-Counter Sale of Morning-After Pill In US [10] Between The Lines - DC Demolition Of New Orleans' Public Housing [11] Sheila Samples - Sheila Samples: No Mercy [12] Greg Palast - Palast Charged with Journalism in the First Degree [13] Tlaxcala Translation - The Geopolitics Of Latin American Foreign Debt [14] Evelyn Pringle - Glaxo Promotes Mental Disorders - Then Paxil [15]
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OTHER NEWS (JUST POLITICS)
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Electricity: Commissioner Not Reappointed - Political Interference?
- The acrimonious sacking of Electricity Commissioner Roy Hemmingway confirms the failure of the Government’s
electricity policies and its bullying style towards independent statutory officers, says National’s Energy spokesman,
Nick Smith. “Labour set up the Electricity Commission, appointed Mr Hemmingway, and said it would resolve New Zealand’s
electricity problems. The problems have got worse and now they are using Mr Hemmingway as a scapegoat. See... Sacking confirms Govt’s failure on electricity [1] ALSO:NZ Govt - Commission Chair to step down in November [2] NZ Govt - Strong interest in NZ Energy Strategy [3]
Disarmament: NZ Wants Iran To Stop Its Nuclear Shenanigans -
Disarmament Minister Phil Goff today met with Iran's ambassador to New Zealand, His Excellency Mr Kambiz Sheikh-Hassani
and conveyed to him New Zealand's concerns on Iran's nuclear program. "I have made New Zealand's position to the
Ambassador absolutely clear. Iran needs to suspend its programme for enriching and reprocessing uranium, and research
and development related to it. See... Goff Conveys Concerns To Iran's Ambassador [1]
Family Violence: Nats Pull Out Of Multi-Party Group
- The government's work to eliminate family violence from all New Zealand communities was carrying on and would not be
affected by National's decision not to contribute to the multi-party group... "Work to eliminate family violence is led
by the Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families," Mr Benson-Pope said. "The Taskforce and the multi-party group
are two quite separate entities. See... Family violence work continues [1] ALSO:NZ Govt - Multi-party group sets scene for further work [2] United Future - Turner regrets National stance on family violence [3]
Conservation: Govt Wants To Stop Some Bottom Trawling
- Foreign Minister Winston Peters, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton, and Conservation Minister Chris Carter said the
government was seeking an immediate moratorium on the high seas outside areas where competent Regional Fisheries
Management Organisations (RFMOs) existed or were under negotiation. See... NZ to take strong stance on bottom trawling [1] ALSO:Green Party - NZ must take first step on bottom trawling ban [2] Joint Release - Govt proposes soft stance at UN on bottom trawling [3] Seafood Industry - Industry supports effective fisheries management [4]
MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:
NZ Govt - Maori Party misses the mark [1] NZ Govt - Goff: Launch of the 2006 Landmine Monitor Report [2] NZ Govt - Electricity to be included in Commerce Act review [3] NZ Govt - Consultation begins on Alcohol Advertising Review [4] NZ Govt - $2 million boost for Mäori economic development [5] NZ Govt - Dunne welcomes child support changes [6] NZ Govt - Government consults on biofuels sales obligation [7] NZ Govt - Comment on stadium [8] National - Data cleansing continues at Waitemata DHB [9] National - Health Ministry $3 million payout bungle [10] National - Multimillion-dollar consultants' fee questioned [11] National - Chadwick finally wakes up to crime solution [12] National - Strikes: Will Labour finally take note? [13] National - Maharey in denial over school leavers' stats [14] National - When does recruitment campaign really start? [15] Maori Party - Harawira: Government confused and confusing [16] Maori Party - Maori Party Raises the Flag of Self-determination [17] Maori Party - Maori Party Warns Tangata Whenua [18] NZ First - Health System - Who's in Charge? [19] Greens - Govt's silence on Auckland plans unacceptable [20] Greens - Bill to get alcohol advertising off TV and radio [21] Greens - Family First gets it wrong again on S59 [22] Greens - Injuries to officers highlight taser dangers [23] ACT - Mental Health Utopia Complete By 2016 [24]
Tonga: King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Dies In Auckland -
Prime Minister Helen Clark today extended her condolences and sympathies to the people of Tonga at the loss of their
Head of State, His Majesty King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV. King Tupou IV died overnight in Auckland, aged 88 years, after a
long period of poor health. Helen Clark also extended the New Zealand Government’s sincerest condolences to Her Majesty
Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho on the death of her husband. See... King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV [1] ALSO:Government of Tonga - A King who reigned until the end [2] Tongan Palace Office - The King of Tonga at peace [3] NZ Govt - Prime Minister to attend funeral in Tonga [4] NZ Govt - Peters expresses sadness at death of Tongan King [5] NZ Govt - Goff, Laban Offer Condolences to Tonga, NZ Tongans [6] National - National sends condolences to Tongan Royal Family [7] The Maori Party - The Sun has Set [8] Green Party - Condolences to Tongan people [9] United Future - Dunne on death of King of Tonga [10] Governor General - Governor-Gen saddened by death of King of Tonga [11] Su'a William Sio - Tribute to King & People of Tonga [12] Transit New Zealand - Auckland Harbour Bridge flags fly at half mast [13] Air New Zealand - Air New Zealand Adds Extra Seats to Tonga [14] Television NZ - In-Depth Coverage of King of Tonga's Funeral [15]
Employment: Entire NZ Union Movement Goes To War With Aussie Corporate Giant
- The crude use of the power of a corporate against vulnerable workers was how Ross Wilson, the Council of Trade Unions
president described the battle between the locked out supermarket workers and their boss Progressive Enterprises –
Progressive's parent company is the Australian corporate giant Woolworths. Progressive Enterprises owns Foodtown,
Woolworths and Countdown. Union delegates today called for a nationwide boycott of these supermarkets. See... NZ Workers Band Together Against Aussie Corporate [1] ALSO:NDU - Meetings at 12 Noon to Discuss Progressive Offer [2] CTU - Resolution: Progressive Dispute [3] EPMU - Union challenges all MPs to dig deep [4] NDU - Schedule of Escalating Lockout Events [5] Progressive Party - Namesake Should Act Progressively [6] Maritime Union - Union backs distribution workers battle [7] Progressive Enterprises - Statement Re: Maritime Union [8] Greens - Boycott of Progressive Enterprises urged [9] National Distribution Union - First Pay Day With Nothing [10]