Top Scoop Stories October 20th 2009 News Summary
Structure Announced: MMP Referendum To Be Held At 2011 Election
Deals: Maori Party Supports ACC Bill To First Reading
Gordon Campbell: Managing The Press Gallery (And Afghanistan)
Conservation: Open Season On Protected Lakes And Rivers?
Arguably A Good Thing: National's Broken Welfare Promises
Q+A: Guyon Espiner Interviews Tariana Turia
Road Funding: "Mayors Are Right – Minister Is Wrong"
Popularity Contests: Kākāpō Knows Who Real Bird Of The Year Is
Scoop Business: Notice Of Meeting
Electricity Market: TrustPower Fined For Misleading Customers
Legal Issues: Coke Asserts Trademark On Christmas
Rosalea Barker: A Trip Down Under In Pictures
Gordon Campbell: Managing The Press Gallery, Afghanistan
Richard S Ehrlich: U.S. Appeals to Extradite Russia's Alleged "Merchant of Death"
Robert Naiman: McChrystal'S 40,000 Troop Hoax
Sherwood Ross: Fraudulent Afghan Election Raises Odds Against U.S. “Success”
Charity: Naked Samoans For One-Show-Only Samoa Benefit
Genocide: Amazon Tribe Down To Five As Oldest Member Dies
Afghanistan: Weapons And Munition Caches Seized
World Environment: Forget Forests At Your Peril
Chamber of Commerce: Free Enterprise Climate Policy
International Law: Burma: Government Impunity For Crimes
Sir Keith Park: UK Commemorates Battle Of Britain Commander
Kyaymon: Burma: Junta's Online Warning To Buddhist Monks
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LEAD STORY
------------Structure
Announced: MMP Referendum To Be Held At 2011
Election
The first referendum on the MMP voting
system will be held in conjunction with the 2011 general
election, Justice Minister Simon Power announced today. "The
National-led Government made a pre-election promise to hold
a referendum on MMP by no later than 2011, and we are
honouring that promise," Mr Power said. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00261.htm
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00264.htm [2]
NZ POLITICS
------------ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00259.htm [2]
Deals:
Maori Party Supports ACC Bill To First
Reading
The Maori Party caucus has decided to
support the introduction of the Injury Prevention,
Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill, to be
referred to a Select Committee. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00265.htm
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00294.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00138.htm [3]
Gordon
Campbell: Managing The Press Gallery (And
Afghanistan)
As a free fire exercise in which
anything at all can be raised, the Prime Minister’s post
Cabinet press conference should be a rewarding experience...
Yesterday though was a prime example of the lean pickings in
actual content. More
»[1]
[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/20/campbell-managing-the-press-gallery-afghanistan/
ALSO:
- Cabinet approves RWC joint bid [2]
- Maori Party puts brave face on RWC outcome [3]
- ACC cuts to sexual abuse counselling [4]
- Maori given cold shoulder under ‘moderated’ ETS [5]
- Free-To-Air Rugby World Cup Ruckus [6]
- ACC Levy Rises, Cover Cuts [7]
- Nat-Maori Deal On ETS [8]
- Full interview with John Key: RWC, ACC [9]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00250.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00253.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00283.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00258.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00139.htm [6]
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00138.htm [7]
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00131.htm [8]
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/28301.html [9]
Conservation:
Open Season On Protected Lakes And Rivers?
News
today that the Government is considering weakening the Water
Conservation Order (WCO) on the Rakaia River is just the tip
of the iceberg, with the Government declaring open season on
our most protected rivers and lakes, the Green Party said.
More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00263.htm
ALSO:
- Kevin Hague [2]
- Rajen Prasad [3]
- John Boscawen [4]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00134.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00120.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00121.htm [4]
Arguably
A Good Thing: National's Broken Welfare
Promises
Information obtained under the Official
Information Act shows that the National government has
failed to implement the welfare policy promises it made
during the 2008 election campaign. Welfare commentator
Lindsay Mitchell said that she had been provided with
information which confirms that none of the promises laid
out below has been implemented... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00286.htm
ALSO:
- ACC Clarifies Assistance for Mental Injury [2]
- Enhancing ACC support for sexual abuse survivors [3]
- ACC cutbacks to counselling spark fight back [4]
- Day Of Action Against Acc Cuts [5]
- ACC Levy Rises, Cover Cuts [6]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0910/S00084.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0910/S00076.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00247.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00281.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00138.htm [6]
Q+A:
Guyon Espiner Interviews Tariana Turia
- Turia
hints that Foreshore and Seabed Act will be repealed:
“I’m really satisfied with the progress we have made”
- “Faults on both sides” in handling of Maori TV rugby
bid - The government now “wastes” a billion on social
services - Turia “very concerned” about ACC reforms;
privatising Work Account would drive up levies
“exorbitantly” More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00274.htm
ALSO:
- Q+A Transcript: Bob Buckle on Tax [2]
- RWC broadcasting shambles continues [3]
- Government-gang partnership crazy [4]
- Meeting with gangs to curb violence [5]
- Turia 'disappointed' with hijacking of Maori TV bid [6]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00275.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00238.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00240.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00243.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/28223.html [6]
Road
Funding: "Mayors Are Right – Minister Is
Wrong"
Transport Minister Steven Joyce is being
mischievous and is just plain wrong to suggest that local
roading funding has increased, Labour’s Transport
spokesperson Darren Hughes said today. “Regional Mayors
don’t believe him, Labour doesn’t believe him, and
that’s because he is 100% wrong,” Darren Hughes said. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00246.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
------------Popularity
Contests: Kākāpō Knows Who Real Bird Of The Year
Is
Proving size isn’t everything, the
critically endangered kākāpō population has shown their
combined pulling power can draw people in from all over the
world, after a Youtube video featuring the now famous
Sirocco the kākāpō received more than million hits this
weekend. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0910/S00325.htm
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0910/S00291.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0910/S00018.htm [3]
Scoop
Business: Notice Of Meeting
Your trusty
Wellington correspondent turned up to the Solid Energy
“annual general meeting” in the Ilott Theatre at the
Wellington Town Hall this week, keen to sample an SOE’s
version of a listed company AGM. More
»[1]
[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/16/smellie-sniffs-the-breeze-notice-of-meeting/
ALSO:
- BeST Bronzes for Whanganui UCOL designers [2]
- Design win-win at BEST awards [3]
- P&O Cruises to Launch Superliner in Auckland [4]
- Summer cruise season underway [5]
- Wellington Tourism Gears up for Cruise Season [6]
- Cruiseabout Confirmed to Dock in the NZ Market [7]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0910/S00080.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0910/S00087.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00429.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0910/S00253.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00430.htm [6]
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00432.htm [7]
Electricity
Market: TrustPower Fined For Misleading
Customers
Listed electricity retailer TrustPower
Ltd has been fined $17,000 for failing to give adequate
information about low user tariff options in letters
purporting to advise customers about their best choice of
tariff. More
»[1]
[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/16/trustpower-fined-for-misleading-customers/
Legal
Issues: Coke Asserts Trademark On
Christmas
Organisers of the Brother Christmas in
the Park event in the Hutt Valley... were informed recently
that the 'Christmas in the Park' moniker is in fact a Coca
Cola registered trademark. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0910/S00241.htm
COMMENT
------------Rosalea
Barker: A Trip Down Under In Pictures
The US
flag atop the new drilling rig next to the road to my
birthplace was in tatters by the time I left town a week
later, shredded by the south wind that had brought
unseasonal snowfalls early in the week of my visit and
dressing my beloved mountain... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00178.htm
Gordon
Campbell: Managing The Press Gallery,
Afghanistan
As a free fire exercise in which
anything at all can be raised, the Prime Minister’s post
Cabinet press conference should be a rewarding experience
– and it commonly does set the political agenda for the
next 48 hours. Yesterday though was a prime... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00175.htm
Richard
S Ehrlich: U.S. Appeals to Extradite Russia's Alleged
"Merchant of Death"
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Newly
obtained documents, prepared by the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA), portray an elaborate sting operation
to capture alleged weapons trafficker Viktor Bout in
Bangkok, and America's current appeal to extradite him ...
More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00177.htm
Andy
Worthington: UK Judges Order Release of Details About
the Torture of Binyam Mohamed by US Agents
In
August 2008, while British resident Binyam Mohamed still
languished in a prison cell in Guantánamo, two British High
Court judges attempted to inform the public about what, in
May 2002, the CIA had told their British counterparts about
how they... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00182.htm
ALSO:
- Abbas and the Goldstone Report [2]
- Recent UN Probe Into Gaza Conflict [3]
- Withdrawal of the Goldstone Resolution [4]
- Iran’s Nuclear Theater Meant to Divert Attention [5]
- Will Goldstone's Report Deliver? [6]
- The Goldstone Report On Gaza [7]
- Fighting for the Right to Walk [8]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00152.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00179.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00057.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00025.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00228.htm [6]
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00191.htm [7]
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00249.htm [8]
Robert
Naiman: McChrystal'S 40,000 Troop Hoax
It's
a time-honored Washington tradition. If you want to bully
the government into doing something unpopular and the public
into accepting it, manufacture a false emergency. Iraq war?
If you don't approve it, mushroom cloud. Banker or IMF
bailout? If you ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00171.htm
Sherwood Ross: Fraudulent Afghan Election Raises Odds
Against U.S. “Success”
The fraudulent Afghan
election of last August 20th has delayed the possibility of
a new regime taking over promptly to replace the corrupt
rule of the discredited, U.S. hand-picked President Hamid
Karzai. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00168.htm
LIFESTYLE
------------Charity:
Naked Samoans For One-Show-Only Samoa
Benefit
Critically acclaimed theatre troupe, The
Naked Samoans are coming out of retirement for a special
one-off performance of their ‘Go Home’ show to raise
money for those affected by the recent tsunami in Samoa. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0910/S00336.htm
WORLD
------------Genocide:
Amazon Tribe Down To Five As Oldest Member
Dies
Ururú was the oldest member of this
close-knit, tiny group and an integral part of it. Altair
Algayer, head of the FUNAI (Brazilian government Indian
affairs department) team which protects the Akuntsu’s land
said, ‘She was a fighter, strong, and ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00252.htm
Afghanistan:
Weapons And Munition Caches Seized
Taliban
extremists operating against Australian and coalition forces
continue to suffer significant setbacks with the discovery
and destruction of two weapon caches by Australian soldiers
in Oruzgan province. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00251.htm
World
Environment: Forget Forests At Your Peril
In
the opening speech to the World Forestry Congress in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, IUCN Deputy Director General Dr William
Jackson said given the rate at which climate change is
happening, no country, rich or poor, could afford to neglect
its forests. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00256.htm
Chamber
of Commerce: Free Enterprise Climate
Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Chamber of
Commerce is throwing its weight behind strong climate
legislation, a spokesman for Chamber President Tom J.
Donahue announced today at the National Press Club. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00254.htm
International
Law: Burma: Government Impunity For
Crimes
The international community should
withhold support for Burma's 2010 elections and not accept
the results of the vote unless the government amends the
country's constitution to end impunity for human rights
violations, the International Centre for Transitional ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00223.htm
Sir
Keith Park: UK Commemorates Battle Of Britain
Commander
14 October 2009 - A statue of Air Chief
Marshal Sir Keith Park, who led the Royal Air Force (RAF)
forces over London and the South East of England throughout
the Battle of Britain, will be unveiled on the Fourth Plinth
in Trafalgar Square on Wednesday ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00220.htm
Kyaymon:
Burma: Junta's Online Warning To Buddhist Monks
A
military government website, “Kyaymon” [meaning “the
mirror”], which operates as an online daily newspaper in
Burmese has criticised two well-known Buddhist monks’
organisations and warned that the Burmese military
authorities will take action against ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00215.htm
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