NZ Refuge – Australia Defiant – Ealsie Fever – RU486
NZ REFUGE: New Zealand is expected to accept some of the 460 refugees stranded on a freighter off Christmas Island,
after a plea for help from Australia.
AUSTRALIA DEFIANT: Australia ignored growing international criticism and stood by its refusal to allow a Norwegian ship
to offload hundreds of asylum seekers on Australian territory.
EALSIE FEVER: Sydney is in the grip of John Eales retirement fever in the countdown to tomorrow’s tri-nations deciding
rugby test between New Zealand and Australia.
RU486: Controversial abortion pill RU486 is available in New Zealand.
Inside Political Headlines:
- Officer on leave as letter investigated;
- Jane Clifton: Sacrificial lamb lost on the farm;
- Pornography and sexism ‘accepted in department’;
- Car fraud blamed on ‘bum paper’;
- Ministry website linked to offensive material;
- Alliance to refund brochure postage costs;
- Close scrutiny on Maori initiatives questioned.
Editorial: Health plan sadly skewed.