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POLITICS HEADLINES:
Timor-Leste: UN Reports On Violence - Peters Calls For Action
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY
Auditor-General's Report Update
Housing: Nats Blame Labour For Bolshey Tenants
Road Safety: Police Ditch McDonald's Sponsorship, Clown Sad
Politics News: Politicians To Be Surveyed On Raising Drinking Age
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Timor-Leste: UN Reports On Violence - Peters Calls For Action
Foreign Minister Winston Peters is urging key players in Timor-Leste to respond cautiously and positively to the United
Nations Special Commission of Inquiry's report into violence that shook the country earlier this year. The report
recommends that a number of senior government figures be investigated or prosecuted over the unrest that led to the
deaths of 37 people in April and May. See... Peters calls for positive response to Timor report [1]
ALSO:United Nations - Violent Crisis That Shook Timor-Leste [2] Pacific News:National - Peters has no faith in Tokelauans [3] NZ Govt - Hayes' Tokelau contradiction a joke, says Peters [4] Indonesia Human Rights Committee - PM Urged To Ensure West Papua Is On The Agenda [5]
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:
Questions For Oral Answer - Thursday, 19 October 2006 [1] Questions and Answers - Tuesday, 17 October 2006 [2]
Auditor-General's Report Update:
Office of the Speaker - Reimbursement of unlawful expenditure [1] Republicans - Constitutional Crisis [2] Scoop Full Coverage - AG Report & Reaction [3]
Housing: Nats Blame Labour For Bolshey Tenants
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Chris Carter is now reaping what Labour has sown over the past seven
years. "It's not surprising that the occupants of a state house in Auckland are refusing to leave, given that for years
Labour has been promoting unrealistic expectations among those who rely on the state for some assistance." See... Labour fuels unrealistic housing expectations [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - State houses cannot be inherited as of right [2] National - State house fraud not isolated - so how many? [3]
Road Safety: Police Ditch McDonald's Sponsorship, Clown Sad
The Police have cancelled a multimillion-dollar road safety sponsorship programme with McDonald’s in adherence to a
misguided ideology about commercial involvement, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. He is releasing a memo from McDonald’s to staff that says the Police are ending their
20-year partnership, including the well known ‘Make it Click’ campaign. See... Police cancel McDonald’s road safety programme [1]
ALSO:Greens - Schools safer without McDonald's sponsorship [2] McDonald's Memo On Police Relationship (PDF) [3]
Politics News: Politicians To Be Surveyed On Raising Drinking Age
The New Zealand Drug Foundation today began a survey of members of Parliament on their support for the raising the
drinking age. Results from the survey will be updated on the Drug Foundation's drinking age website -- www.20years.co.nz
. See... MPs Surveyed on Drinking Age Vote [1]
MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:
NZ Govt - Longer arm of the law collects more fines [1] Progressives - Labour weekend brings in Accord on garden weeds [2] National - National calls in Auditor-General [3] National - Govt hides literacy and numeracy results [4] Greens - Time to dump Guy Fawkes and celebrate Matariki [5] United Future - Dunne celebrates first year of C & S achievements [6] Department Of Corrections - Liam Ashley Death Investigation Progressing [7]
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