Gordon Campbell: On Julia Gillard (And Simon Power)
Julia Gillard’s ascent to the top job in Australia will face its first major policy test in the next fortnight, as she will have to outline her stance on the claims of asylum seekers – always an explosive political topic across the Tasman.Somehow, Kevin Rudd had become identified with a ‘soft line’ on asylum seekers and refugees – despite the fact that his government had already frozen the asylum claims from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, on the grounds that conditions were improving in both countries (!) and therefore asylum was not warranted. More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/01/gordon-campbell-on-julia-gillard-and-simon-power/

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Questions for Oral Answer - 1 July 2010 [2]

Questions and Answers - 30 June 2010 [3]

Today In Parliament 30.06.10 [4]

Questions and Answers - 29 June 2010 [5]

Today In Parliament 29.06.10 [6]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00021.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00006.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00002.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00475.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00215.htm [6]

Running Costs: Report On MP Expenses "Needs To Be Listened To"
“The recommendations of this report need to be taken seriously. It is important that there is an independent body to review the remuneration and allowances of MPs. There needs to be a system set up that the public can have confidence in,” said Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00043.htm

Movies: Sir Peter Jackson's Review Of Film Commission Released
Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson has received the final report of award winning director and producer Sir Peter Jackson and film academic David Court, reviewing the New Zealand Film Commission legislation. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00013.htm

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Minister can’t give assurance on NZ on Air funding [2]

Commission Welcomes Review [3]

Positive Review of NZ Film Commission [4]

NZFC takes on criticism in Jackson report [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00007.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00004.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00032.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/38031.html [5]

Gordon Campbell: On Julia Gillard, And Simon Power
Some credit is due to Justice Minister Simon Power for finally backing down (right at the last minute) on his plan to strip defendants of their day in court, and their right to personally confront their accusers. The bigger question is how someone as intelligent as Power could ever have got himself into this situation in the first place ... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/01/gordon-campbell-on-julia-gillard-and-simon-power/#power

ALSO:

Courts changes a small step in the right direction [2]

Courts Remote Participation Bill [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00015.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00018.htm [3]

Other 1 July Changes: Consumers To Pay For ACC Minister’s Exaggerations
From Thursday car and motorbike owners will be hit with substantial increases in the cost of registering their vehicles, because of the Minister’s decision to exaggerate financial issues within ACC, Labour ACC spokesperson David Parker says. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00031.htm

ETS Amendment Submission
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00126.htm

ALSO:

Firms warned not to mislead over ETS price hikes [2]

Contact defends ETS pricing decision [3]

Doing our fair share on climate change [4]

Kiwi Families Freeze While Forest Owners Profit [5]

Govt fails to provide climate-friendly choices [6]

NZ Has The Power To Reduce Energy Bills [7]

Reasons for price increases must not be misleading [8]

Gull Says “No!” to Emissions Trading Price Rises [9]

Petrol, power, food to increase with ETS [10]

Twas the night before… the ETS [11]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/30/firms-warned-not-to-mislead-over-ets-price-hikes/ [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/30/contact-defends-ets-pricing-decision/ [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00009.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00010.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00476.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00318.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00852.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00868.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/38033.html [10]

[11] - http://hot-topic.co.nz/twas-the-night-before-the-ets/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+co%2FRbRF+%28Hot+Topic%29" target="_blank [11]

Climate change: Finally!
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[1] - http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/07/climate-change-finally.html" target="_blank

Police: Minister Commends Commissioner Broad’s Service
Police Minister Judith Collins today commended the service of Police Commissioner Howard Broad who will not be seeking another five-year term in the role. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00005.htm

ALSO:

Commissioner axing claims 'untrue' - Police Assn [2]

Howard Broad - Commissioner who invaded Ruatoki [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/38032.html [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00011.htm [3]

Werewolf: Gordon Campbell Interviews Grant Robertson
While the Labour Party and its leader still languish in the doldrums of public opinion, some newer members of the Labour caucus are making a pretty good claim to rehabilitation. More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/06/labouring-in-the-trenches/

Scoop Images: Pay Equity Protest Rocks
The lawn outside Parliament on Wednesday was immaculate as always, but that didn’t stop several dozen demonstrators poring over it in search of a way to close New Zealand’s gender pay gap. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00226.htm

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Transport: Call For Waterview Tenders
The NZ Transport Agency today announced that it is to call tenders to build the Waterview Connection, the biggest and most complex roading project ever in New Zealand. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00012.htm

ALSO:

$2 billion wasted on Waterview [2]

Lack of sustainable development will hurt Auckland [3]

Red letter day for Auckland transport applauded [4]

At Last – Light at End of Waterview Tunnel [5]

NZ Roading Contractors to deliver on Western Ring [6]

The keystone in Auckland’s Western Ring Route [7]

Western Ring Route Announcement Hailed [8]

Industry ready and waiting to deliver on Waterview [9]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00028.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00033.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00022.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00021.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00020.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00019.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00014.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00010.htm [9]

Science Advisor's Interim Report: Won't Someone Think Of The Adolescents?
The Prime Minister has asked his Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, to report on practicable actions that could improve the transition through adolescence for New Zealand’s young people. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00027.htm

Scoop Business: Fonterra Flies Stock Trading Kite
Fonterra Cooperative Group urged its farmer/shareholders to approve plans to make its stock tradable among themselves, freeing up capital for new investments. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/30/fonterra-urges-farmers-to-free-up-co-op-capital/

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Tip Top Kite Day this Sunday [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0901/S00241.htm [2]

GST/ETS: Price Of Alphabet Soup To Rise
The Commerce Commission is reminding businesses of their obligation under the Fair Trading Act not to mislead consumers about the reasons for price increases. The reminder comes ahead of the 2.5 per cent GST increase in October, but is also pertinent to the debate surrounding the effect of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on electricity and petrol prices. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00852.htm

ALSO:

ETS costs add winter of discontent for consumers [2]

Red Alert: Naming the elephants #1 [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00841.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00213.htm [3]

Scoop Business: Best St Laurence Debentures Can Get Is 32 Cents
Secured debenture holders of failed finance company St Laurence Ltd. will get 15 cents to 22 cents in the dollar back from their investment provided the receivers can sell remaining assets in an orderly fashion. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/29/best-st-laurence-debentures-can-get-is-32-cents/

Scoop Business: Gibbs, ‘Fired For Telling The Truth,’ Keeps Chairmanships Of Tower, T&G
Tony Gibbs says he was “fired for telling the truth” from the board of Guinness Peat Group, ending a 20-year association with Ron Brierley after making an unauthorized statement objecting to the investment company’s plan to spin off its Australian assets. Image: TV3 More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/29/gibbs-says-he-was-%e2%80%98fired-for-telling-the-truth%e2%80%99/#more-24910

ALSO:

Gibbs dumped from GPG board over demerger stoush [2]

GPG’s Gibbs “not ashamed” to have broken ranks [3]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/29/gibbs-dumped-from-gpg-board-over-demerger-stoush/ [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/28/gpgs-gibbs-not-ashamed-to-have-broken-ranks/ [3]

Scoop Business: May Wang’s Creditors Accept Settlement
Creditors of May Wang, the businesswomen who has fronted a plan to buy $1.5 billion of dairy assets including the Crafar farms, voted to accept a repayment scheme that will allow her to avoid bankruptcy. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/28/may-wang%e2%80%99s-creditors-accept-settlement/

ALSO:

Who is May Wang? - Campbell Live [2]

[2] - http://www.3news.co.nz/Who-is-May-Wang/tabid/817/articleID/155450/Default.aspx" target="_blank [2]

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Gordon Campbell: Big Oil - are we willing - or able - to deal with the risks?
Everyone has been appalled by the BP oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The dismay has been mixed with incredulity at how BP could so easily get away with skimping on the necessary safeguards, and with flouting the regulations that were meant to govern its activities. More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/06/big-oil-rigging-the-game/

Melody Thomas: Sarah Palin Steals The ‘F’ Word
Despite the fact that I have been a passionate advocate for gender equality since I learned what that was, I have not until now ever managed to call myself a feminist. I think in part that’s to do with the stereotype I must associate myself with in adopting the title... More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/06/sarah-palin-steals-the-f-word/

Cushla McKinney: From Begging Bowl To Petri Dish
Scientists feature prominently on New Zealand’s roll of honour (Ernest Rutherford, Maurice Wilkins, Alan MacDiarmid, Joan Wiffen and Beatrice Tinsley to name but a few), and their present-day contemporaries are equally well regarded both here and internationally... More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/06/from-begging-bowl-to-petri-dish/

Gordon Campbell: On Julia Gillard’s ascent to the top job
Julia Gillard’s ascent to the top job in Australia will face its first major policy test in the next fortnight, as she will have to outline her stance on the claims of asylum seekers – always an explosive political topic across the Tasman. Somehow, Kevin Rudd had become... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/01/gordon-campbell-on-julia-gillard-and-simon-power/

‘The Canary in the Coal Mine’: The Israeli Lobby in San Franciscoo
‘I was the child of the survivors of the Holocaust.’ With that, Roz Rothstein of the activist group Stand With Us that hopes to transform the image of Israel on US campuses sets the moral authority before a small audience at an office on Howard ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00224.htm

Naing Ko Ko: Burma’s 2010 Elections Reveal Ugly Truths
Surprisingly, the military junta of Burma has enjoyed being a media celebrity during the build up to the 2010 elections. The junta announced that a potential election would be held at the end of this year, as an attempt to “guide flourishing democracy”. ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00221.htm

Binoy Kampmark: The Passing of Robert C. Byrd
Few in American politics can lay claim to long periods of durability, but Robert C. Byrd, the conservative Democrat from West Virginia, was one of them. He thrived in the soil (some might say the manure) of Congressional debate and won nine terms. ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00214.htm

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Controversial US Senator Dies, 92 [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00206.htm [2]

Martin LeFevre: Palin Gobbles Up the Dough At Turkey Tech
California State University Stanislaus, known for years as Turkey Tech, is located at the geographical center of California in the most productive agricultural area in the world. It sounds like Sarah Palin felt right at home there for her controversial ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00202.htm

Paul Buchanan: Two Sides of the Afghan COIN
Paul Buchanan writes that the dismissal of General Stanley McChrystal as commander of US and International Security Assistance forces in Afghanistan for what amounted to insubordination goes beyond the issues of civil-military relations in a democracy. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00208.htm

ALSO:

The Resignation of Stanley McChrystal [2]

The Civilian and the General: The Reality Behind the McChrystal Interview Fall-Out [3]

Obama Accepts McChrystal's Resignation [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00193.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00210.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00187.htm [4]

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Godlessness: NZ Atheists Swap Buses For Billboards
The NZ Atheist Bus Campaign will unveil billboards with friendly atheist slogans in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch this week. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00012.htm

Waiting for Gandalf
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/37973.html

Roasts: Radio Host Off Air Following Roast Remarks
The New Zealand Jewish Council and the New Zealand Aids Foundation will receive written apologies from both broadcaster David Fane and his employer, The Radio Network, today and the radio host will be suspended for the remainder of the week. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00802.htm

Cookery: NZ Culinary Win Involved Pork, Apparently
Close though it was, the crackling crumbled New Zealand’s way, leaving the Australian chefs pondering their continuing run of bad luck in international contests and the home team captain, Aoraki Polytechnic’s head of Hotel School Steve Le Corre, bringing home the bacon. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00353.htm

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The Kevin Rudd Saga: Lessons For Politicians
John Muscat, co editor of the New South Wales, Australia, based The New City website has a superb article The Urbanist’s Guide to Kevin Rudd’s Downfall on the United States based New Geography website, providing his perspective on why former Australian ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00586.htm

International Relations: US Remarks With Israeli Defense Minister
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, it’s a pleasure to welcome back an old friend and someone who is certainly deeply involved in every important decision that affects Israel’s security and the prospects for peace. I’m looking forward to talking with Minister ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00445.htm

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