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Brash Steps Down as National Leader
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Scoop Report and Photoessay: Tonga Faces Crossroad
Health: Lab Testers Set To Boil Over
Legislation: Union Welcomes Probationary Employment Bill Being Made Redundant
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Brash Steps Down as National Leader
[2] National Party President Judy Kirk supports and respects the decision by National Party Leader Don Brash to step down as the party’s leader. “Dr Brash is an outstanding New Zealander who has made an extraordinary contribution to this country and to this party,” says Mrs Kirk. “On becoming leader, 13 months after his election to Parliament, Dr Brash rebuilt National’s support following the 2002 election.” See... Statement on Don Brash’s resignation [3]
SEE:National - Brash Resignation Speech Notes [4] NZ Govt - Cullen on National leadership [5] Maori Party - Resignation of Dr Don Brash [6] Alliance Party - Alliance says hold the champagne on Brash tumble [7] Scoop Satire - Lyndon Hood: Leaked Brash Email Of The Day [8]
Scoop Audio and Images: [9] Brash Resignation Press Conference
Scoop Audio and Report: [10] John Key talks to media immediately after Dr Brash's resignation as National Party Leader
Earlier:Scoop Report - Images & Audio: Nicky Hager "Hollow Men" Presser [11] Lyndon Hood - Nicky Hager - Guilty of Journalism? [12] Scoop Full Coverage - The Hollow Men [13]
SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:
Questions For Oral Answer - Thursday, 23 Nov 2006 [1] Questions And Answers - Wednesday 22 November 2006 [2] Questions And Answers - Tuesday, 21 November 2006 [3]
Scoop Report and Photoessay: Tonga Faces Crossroad
Twenty four hours after rioters tore through Tonga's capital town looting and burning, leaving a sea of blazing
buildings in their wake, New Zealand's Helen Clark said there were two futures on offer for the Pacific. "One is poverty
and conflict; the other is peace and development." The comment accurately paints a crossroad for Tonga, for Solomon
Islands, Fiji, for Melanesia in general. The comment acknowledges how accurate the United States' most recent handle for
the Pacific is: The Arc of Uncertainty. See... Scoop On Assignment: Tonga Faces Crossroad [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - Defence Personnel to Assist Tongan Authorities [2]
Health: Lab Testers Set To Boil Over
District Health Boards say talks with a mediator planned for Friday and Monday are the best chance of preventing the
week-long strike threatened by laboratory workers. Lab workers at 15 DHBs have threatened to strike for seven days from
next Wednesday in support of a claim for more than a 20% increase in pay and conditions. The action will also affect
three private labs and the New Zealand Blood Service. See... Mediation Scheduled For Lab Workers Talks [1]
ALSO:National - Strike shuts down elective surgery [2] Hawkes Bay DHB - Contingency planning for strike action advanced [3] Hawkes Bay DHB - 0800 number for patients to check strike action [4]
Legislation: Union Welcomes Probationary Employment Bill Being Made Redundant
The EPMU welcomed the decision by Parliament to reject the National Party’s 90 No-Rights Bill and congratulates the four
parties that voted it down and the thousands of New Zealand workers who stood against it. If passed, the Bill which
would have stripped workers of all employment rights for their first 90 days in a new job. See... EPMU welcomes defeat of No-Rights Bill [1]
ALSO:Maori Party - Harawira: Probationary Employment Bill Speech [2]
MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:
NZ Govt - Govt committed to ending violence against women [1] NZ Govt - Peters names new High Commissioner to Samoa [2] Progressive Party - Minister sets sea lion limit [3] NZ Govt - Switch on the sunshine [4] Maori Party - Sharples: Income Tax Bill; First Reading [5] NZ First - Donnelly Welcomes Universities of Technology Bill [6] ACT - Bacon Lady: Corrections' Next Personal Grievance? [7]
POLITICAL COLUMNS:
Don Brash - Don Brash Writes: Resignation Speech Notes [1] Matt Robson - Robson-On-Politics - Thursday 23 November 2006 [2]
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