TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Sludge Report: The Thankyou Speech That Wasn’t, Is
Sutton & Gibbs Presser: Latest On ENZA Vs Growers
PM’S PRESSER: Horomia’s House And Mark Prebble’s Fashion Advice
Correctives: Bulging Contours Under Cycle Shorts More Offensive Than Rankin’s Skirts
Fiji Murders: Couple’s ‘Lifestyle’ Condemned
IT Excellence In Its Multifarious Forms Recognised
David Miller: Don’t Blame It On The Short Skirts
If Older People Live Better, Lets Re-think Super
Leased Executives: Govt Breaks Public Sector Thrift Promise
Lowered Drinking Age Failed By Inadequate Policing
Scoop Images: Water Privatisation Protested At Ike’s
Scoop World: Anti-globalisation Movement Targets Debt

TOP SCOOPS

Sludge Report: The Thankyou Speech That Wasn’t, Is

- Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou! And thank God too! It’s been a long hard road, but here we are. Being honoured by your peers is the greatest honour of all. See... Sludge Report #95 – Thankyou [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00052.htm

Sutton & Gibbs Presser: Latest On ENZA Vs Growers

- Tony Gibbs: I don't want to go into detail about what we said to Jim Sutton. It is helpful to have the Government involved. We're setting up processes to get this resolved. See... Jim Sutton And ENZA Chairman Tony Gibbs - Presser [1] MORE: - Nats - National Offers Govt Support Over ENZA Problems [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00164.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00141.htm

PM’S PRESSER: Horomia’s House And Mark Prebble’s Fashion Advice

- Head of the Prime Minister’s Department Mark Prebble had never given Prime Minister Helen Clark advice on what to wear, and wouldn’t have even if she did wear short skirts, Miss Clark said yesterday at her post cabinet press conference. See... Dr Prebble Had No Sartorial Advice For Me, PM Says [1] . Meanwhile, according to Clark, revelations that a Tologa Bay house administered by Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia has been condemned as unfit for human habitation have strengthened rather than weakened Housing Minister Mark Gosche’s call for a crackdown on landlords with sub-standard rental properties. See... Horomia’s House Helps Gosche’s Cause, PM Says [2] MORE: - Parekura Horomia - Tolaga Bay Property [3] - David Carter - Gosche Action Over Landlords Hypocritical [4] - Mark Gosche - Substandard Housing Concern – Govt [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00047.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00045.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00132.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00131.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00124.htm

Correctives: Bulging Contours Under Cycle Shorts More Offensive Than Rankin’s Skirts

- “Christine Rankin is quite entitled to wear whatever she likes but we do wish to raise some issues of sartorial challenges within the public service!!! See... Correctives: Rankin's Choice Of Dress Defended!!! [1] . See also... Rank Photographers And Rankin's Cleavage [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00021.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00042.htm

Fiji Murders: Couple’s ‘Lifestyle’ Condemned

- Police Commissioner Isikia Savua has embarked on a gay-bashing trail. Over the past week, Savua has condemned the alleged lifestyle of murder victims John Scott and Gregory Scrivner. See... Police Commissioner On Gay Bashing Trail [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0107/S00026.htm

IT Excellence In Its Multifarious Forms Recognised

- Projects as varied as providing apparel for New Zealand’s Defence Force, a motor vehicle crash analysis system and the world’s first internet-based wool trading system were amongst the winners at the Computerworld Excellence Awards, held in Auckland last Friday (July 6). See... Innovation And Can-Do Attitude Reaps Rewards [1] and Computerworld Excellence Awards - Winners [2] FULL EXCELLENCE AWARDS COVERAGE: - Woolpro - Innovation Wins Award For Christchurch Company [3] - Scoop Images: Scoop Honoured For Excellence [4] - Scoop Deemed Excellent In Computerworld Awards [5] - Scoop Update #1: Our Day Of Reckoning Approaches - Scoop Update #2 - Scoop Almost Triumphant! [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0107/S00027.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0107/S00026.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0107/S00028.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00051.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0107/S00037.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00039.htm

David Miller: Don’t Blame It On The Short Skirts

- To suggest that Christine Rankin’s dress sense is the reason she is now out of a job is ludicrous no matter which side of the issue you are on and I see little point in using this case to further a feminist or political agenda. See... David Miller: A Point of View On Christine Rankin [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00050.htm

If Older People Live Better, Lets Re-think Super

- The government should re-think its superannuation priorities in light of the Ministry of Social Policy report on the living standards of older New Zealanders, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. See... Super Policies Not Fair To Workers, Research Shows [1] MORE: - Lianne Dalziel - Living Standards Of Older New Zealanders Research [2] - Age Concern - "Older People’s Living Standards Report Welcomed" [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00145.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00163.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00022.htm

Leased Executives: Govt Breaks Public Sector Thrift Promise

- The Labour Party's election-year promises have been consigned to the rubbish bin, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. See... 'Leased Executives' Cost More Than PM [1] and Leased executives in the state service - Govt [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00159.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00139.htm

Lowered Drinking Age Failed By Inadequate Policing

- Policing of the lower drinking age has to toughen up, said Annabel Young MP today. Pact On Drinking Age Broken [1] and Are The Drinking Laws Being Enforced? [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00157.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00160.htm

Scoop Images: Water Privatisation Protested At Ike’s

- The Water Pressure group are holding a protest outside Ike's villa in Grey Lynn to stop the council from taking down his anti-Metrowater signs. Ike's front lawn is covered with signs. The signs speak out against the privatisation of water services. See... Scoop Images: Water Pressure Group At Ike’s House [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00020.htm

Scoop World: Anti-globalisation Movement Targets Debt

- The peoples of the world are on the march against neoliberal globalisation. Building on decades of struggle, Jubilee 2000 mobilized 70,000 people to protest the 1998 G7 Summit in Birmingham and a festival of resistance shut down the WTO meeting in Seattle in December 1999. See... July 15-21: Global Week of Protest Against Debt [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0107/S00027.htm

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