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Published: Wed 8 Sep 1999 05:21 PM
Today's top 20 rating items on Scoop are...
1: UN Compound In Dili Defended By Indonesian Army
Speaking from the UN Compound in Dili by phone to Radio New Zealand New Zealander Andrew Ladley of the UNAMET mission says the compound is now secure as it is being defended by a new army unit which has just arrived.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9909/S00048.htm
2: Labour Leader's Credibility Put At Issue
"Labour Leader Helen Clark's credibility has been dealt a major blow with defamation proceedings against her over her claims about surgery at Ascot Hospital," Health Minister Wyatt Creech said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00167.htm
3: Te Kaha Deploys To Assist In East Timor
The Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jenny Shipley and the Minister of Defence, Hon Max Bradford, this morning announced the Government had agreed to deploy HMNZS Te Kaha to Darwin.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00162.htm
4: History will judge National's reluctance
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that the National Government's excuses for President Habibie and the Indonesian Government are wearing very thin.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00164.htm
5: Foreign Ministers Timor Meeting Will Not Be Today
Arrangements will not be able to be made in time for an urgent meeting of foreign ministers today to discuss the crisis in East Timor.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9909/S00047.htm
6: Questions Of The Day On East Timor
APEC And East Timor - Slaughter In East Timor - Indonesia's Attendance At APEC
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9909/S00044.htm
7: Column on East Timor by Campaigner Colin Iles
For the merest moment in time the East Timorese glimpsed the possibility of an end to 24 years of the brutal and illegal occupation that had cost a third of their population.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9909/S00049.htm
8: East Timor: We Must Keep Hope Alive
As the forces of chaos gather strength in East Timor APEC faces its greatest challenge. Scoop's Alastair Thompson argues we owe it to the people of East Timor not to give up hope.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9909/S00041.htm
9: Dealing with the Balance of Payments crisis
The balance of payments deficit has reached a crisis point. At $6,374 million in the last year, every New Zealander is spending $33 dollars a week more on imported goods, than we earn from the sale of our nation's exports, said Alliance leader Jim ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00168.htm
10: Labour's Employment Relations policy
WORKING TOGETHER: LABOUR ON EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS Labour believes that legislation governing employment relations should recognise the interdependence of workers and employers; promote and sustain economic growth; and assist in achieving a fair distribution ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00144.htm
11: Soapbox 51: Taking the future seriously
Political parties are chattering about the `knowledge-based economy' phrase, but is their heart really in it?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9909/S00039.htm
12: National Radio Midday Bulletin
EAST TIMOR: Australia - Indonesian Attendance At APEC - Ministers' Meeting - UN - Dili - NZ Military - Protest --- OTHER NEWS: APEC Traffic Problems - Scott Watson Trial - Y2k and Health - Labour Social Security Policy
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/NM9909/S00054.htm
13: Finally a fair workplace relations policy
Labour's employment relations policy would right many of the wrongs of the past nine years by redressing the imbalance of the Employment Contracts Act and by encouraging collective organisation and good faith bargaining.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO9909/S00041.htm
14: New Direction For State Services Commission
State Services Minister Simon Upton has announced a major change of direction for the State Services Commission. The announcement is the key element of a major re-assessment of monitoring within the core public sector that has already seen new arrangements ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00134.htm
15: UN Provides Bait For East Timor Disaster
Events over the past week have now brought the true situation in East Timor into the open, and in the process the innocence and naiveté of the wider international community has been harshly exposed. Scoop's Alastair Thompson analyses the latest ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9909/S00020.htm
16: Labour social security policy offers fresh vision
Labour's social security policy is tailored to offer New Zealanders security and opportunity in the new century, says Labour Leader Helen Clark.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00173.htm
17: Hobbs offers alternative to National voters
Labour Wellington Central candidate Marian Hobbs said she will campaigning vigorously for local votes from National Party supporters in light of the almost certainty of National pulling out of the Wellington Central race.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00131.htm
18: The Dominion
Ethnic Cleansing - Meningitis - Troops Ready - Brash Salary - IR Policy - Iwi Agreement - State Services Commission - Bugging
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/NM9909/S00053.htm
19: Welfare for the 21st Century - Labour
Social security under Labour will work harder to include people in society rather than shut them out, says Labour social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00174.htm
20: The case for scrapping the ECA
"Labour will repeal the Employment Contracts Act because it is unfair, contravenes important ILO conventions and has failed to increase productivity or growth," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00147.htm
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