Fiji Coup: Martial Law - Escape to Oz With Winz - Health Jobs - Kiwi Killed In Scotland - Fourth Snake - Employment Law
- Inside Political Headlines - Editorial: Transmission Gully
FIJI COUP - MARTIAL LAW: The Dominion leads today with a report that Fiji's military chief, Commodore Frank Bainimarama
declared martial law last night and assumed control of the troubled Pacific Island country as the 11-day coup crisis
reached breaking point. The report is accompanied by a photo of Fiji TV staff sitting in their ransacked office.
Also on the front page:
- ESCAPE TO OZ WITH WINZ: a report that about five families and people facing serious violence are paid by the Work and
Income Department to move to Australia each year;
- HEALTH JOBS: a report that Managers in the Health Ministry and the Health Funding Authority were told yesterday they
would have to reapply for jobs in the merged ministry;
- KIWI KILLED IN SCOTLAND: a report that a NZ man - Christopher Blair, 23 - has died in Scotland after being assaulted
in an alley outside a Glasgow hotel;
- FOURTH SNAKE: a report that the fourth snake in three months to get into NZ has been found at a garden centre;
- EMPLOYMENT LAW: a report that workers should not expect big pay rises under the new industrial relations law, PM Helen
Clark said yesterday;
Inside Political Headlines:
- Contingency plans to evacuate holidaymakers;
- Call made to protect media;
- Australian plans for sanctions;
- Don't be inspired by coup, Samuels advises Maori;
- Big oil companies "could learn from competition";
- Clark looks at plan to phase out diplomats;
- Social impact of casinos sought;
- Alliance's drop in polls triggers meeting;
- Robson praises videotape for violent men;
- Budget boost for Women's Affairs.
EDITORIAL - TRANSMISSION GULLY: Poltergeists hit Gully Plan. Wellington City Council gets cold feet at the last hurdle.