Scoop: Top Scoops + Campaign 2002

Wednesday, 17 July 2002, 4:33 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Poverty On Election Agenda – Public Meeting Today
Is Tranz Rail At $2.33 A Bargain?
Howard’s End: UK Lure For NZ Health Workers
Poll Watch: Mr Moderate Could Be The Joker
China’s Suppression Campaign Hits Auckland
PPTA Offers Mallard No Election Favours
Satire: Dramatic Monologue With George W.
Real Deal: Edgewood Technology Services (Pt. 2)
Not Important! Think Again: Money Laundry Special
UQ Wire: Investment Espionage & The White House
Katya Rivas

CAMPAIGN 2002
Cullen Tuts Over National’s Figures
How Loose Is Cullen On Inflation?
What Laila’s Got For Workers
NZ First The Best Insurance – Peters To Business
Life Will Mean Life When I’m PM, Says English
Scare Tactics Threaten Economic Growth – Anderton
Farmers Fans Of Golden Weather, Not Labour
Labour Offers More Than A Charter For Broadcasting
Govt’s NCEA Implementation Inept, Says Smith
Robson Offers Superannuitants Some Winter Warmth
Dalziel Hails Return To State Accident Compensation

Poverty On Election Agenda – Public Meeting Today

- "Politicians are forgetting the basic issues that are facing New Zealanders. The Wellington People’s Centre wants to place poverty on the election agenda!" See... Political Accountability For Poverty, Meeting 16/7 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00169.htm

Is Tranz Rail At $2.33 A Bargain?

- The Green Party is calling for the urgent repurchase of New Zealand’s railway network. See.. Rail Buyback A Priority – Greens [1] FLASHBACK:... C.D. Sludge #28-…TranzRail Shouldn’t Just Slow Down – It Should Be Stopped [2] + Feedback: Railroad Extortion [3] … #29 … If It Looks Like A Dog... [4] MORE: - Richard Prebble - A Huge Leap Backwards [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00451.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0009/S00074.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0009/S00079.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0009/S00087.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00456.htm

Howard’s End: UK Lure For NZ Health Workers

- New Zealand will have to work much harder to keep its doctor's and nurses from travelling to Britain following the announcement of a massive $NZ 20 billion house-building program mostly aimed at housing key health workers. See... Howard's End: Tax & Spend UK Budget [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00120.htm

Poll Watch: Mr Moderate Could Be The Joker

- Yesterday’s NZ Herald DigiPoll shows the Labour Party, “would win 58 seats - tantalisingly short of a majority in the 120-seat Parliament, even with Jim Anderton's support. …Assuming he retains his Ohariu-Belmont seat United Future leader Peter Dunne could hold the crucial 61st seat and the balance of power if Helen Clark decided to spurn the Greens and NZ First.” See... Poll Watch: Herald DigiPoll - Dunne In Hot Seat [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00124.htm

China’s Suppression Campaign Hits Auckland

- The removal of a sign advertising the Falun Gong, by Auckland Airport after requests from the Chinese Embassy, plainly contributes to a broader campaign denying freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. See... Chinese Govt Campaign Against Freedom [1] MORE: - HRC - Freedom Of Expression Must Be Protected [2] - Keith Locke - Auckland Airport Bows To Pressure [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00173.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00174.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00445.htm

PPTA Offers Mallard No Election Favours

- If the Government wanted a smooth ride into this election, it should have resolved pressing problems in the secondary education sector 16 months ago, PPTA president Jen McCutcheon said today. See... Don't Panic Mr Mallard - Settle! [1] MORE: - Nats - Bullying Tactics Won't Sort Teachers' Row [2] - Govt - Get Real PPTA [3] - Govt - Give kids a chance [4] - Govt - Trevor Mallard Letter To Jen McCutcheon [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0207/S00034.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00436.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00410.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00432.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00431.htm

Satire: Dramatic Monologue With George W.

- The last time I wrote at length in my journal, in January, the first of the business debacles was just starting to unfold. Course, I had to tell a major whopper -- that I didn't know Kenny Boy all that well -- but there wasn't a lot of damage and the story basically fell by the wayside. Especially once we ratcheted up the War-on-Terror and patriotic themes. See... Scoop Satire: Inside George Bush's Diary [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00123.htm

Real Deal: Edgewood Technology Services (Pt. 2)

- Just as Fitts was beginning to demonstrate how quickly the Afro-American mothers of HUD's Edgewood Terrace project in Washington, D.C. could master computer programs, data processing and software design she began to sense the approach of an oncoming bulldozer. See... Real Deal: Edgewood Technology Services (Part 2) [1] and Real Deal: Edgewood Technology Services (Part One) [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00115.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00101.htm

Not Important! Think Again: Money Laundry Special

- The United States is in the process of creating a national network of informers. Thus, in imitation of some of the nastier regimes around the world, including those against which the US waged the Cold War, the Bush regime is in the process of recruiting people to spy on their fellow citizens. If you doubt this read the following. See... Not Important! Think Again: Money Laundry Special [1] . See also... Not Important? Think Again - July 15th [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00122.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00118.htm

UQ Wire: Investment Espionage & The White House

- There is growing evidence that the FBI and other government intelligence entities are more closely linked to the documented accumulation of pre-9/11 insider trading profits than was originally thought. See... UQ Wire: Investment Espionage And The White House [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00119.htm

Katya Rivas

- In times of affliction, I enrich the souls I love, with My greatest Graces. See John the Baptist who, chained and cramped in jail, knew of the work I did. See... Katya Rivas: Benefits That Come From Affliction [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00121.htm

Cullen Tuts Over National’s Figures

- “The National Party’s accounting would make even Enron executives blush,” Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today. See... National’s Accounting Would Make Enron Blush [1] . See also... Cullen Speech To Business NZ Conference [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00475.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00474.htm

How Loose Is Cullen On Inflation?

- “Michael Cullen is doing neither himself nor New Zealanders any good with ill-informed and politically self-serving comments about inflation and monetary policy,” says National Party Leader Bill English. See... Cullen's Tolerance Of More Inflation A Concern [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00469.htm

What Laila’s Got For Workers

- Alliance Leader and Associate Minister of Labour, Laila Harré, released the Alliance’s Employment Relations policy today in advance of a speech to Business New Zealand. See... Alliance releases Employment Relations Policy [1] SEE ALSO: - Alliance - Labour won't introduce 4 weeks annual leave [2] - EPMU - Workers Will Fight For Holiday - Union [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00443.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00471.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0207/S00104.htm

NZ First The Best Insurance – Peters To Business

- You are prudent business people who know about managing risk. The risk is a Labour government on its own, or one that is pulled to the left by the Greens, or one that can work productively with New Zealand First. See... Low Growth Is No Growth - Peters Speech [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00466.htm

Life Will Mean Life When I’m PM, Says English

- While Helen Clark clearly could not be bothered attending today's Law and Order march in Wellington the least she can do is let people know how she voted in the 1999 referendum on tougher sentencing, says National Party Leader Bill English. See... English Supports Victims Of Crime [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00476.htm

Scare Tactics Threaten Economic Growth – Anderton

- If there is anything that can slow our economic growth and shatter what has been built by the Clark/Anderton Government over the last three years it is a return to the policies of the past and the negativity they bring with them. See... Where to from here? - Jim Anderton Speech [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00444.htm

Farmers Fans Of Golden Weather, Not Labour

- “Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton is in la-la land if he thinks farmers or the rural sector are fans of Helen Clark or her Labour Government,” says National's Agriculture spokesman Gavan Herlihy. See... Sutton In La-La Land Over Farmer Support [1] MORE: - Jim Sutton - Labour True Champions Of Rural People [2] - Laila Harre - Alliance releases Agriculture Policy [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00468.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00465.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00438.htm

Labour Offers More Than A Charter For Broadcasting

- The next Labour government will continue to develop partnerships with all those involved in the broadcasting sector to ensure more local content, Broadcasting Minister Marian Hobbs said today. See... Broadcasting partnerships promised [1] and Labour Party Broadcasting Policy [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00472.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00473.htm

Govt’s NCEA Implementation Inept, Says Smith

- The Government's failed implementation of the new school qualification is the real scandal of this election, says National Education spokesperson Nick Smith, in today releasing a survey of teachers on the NCEA. See... Survey Confirms NCEA Qualification Debacle [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00463.htm

Robson Offers Superannuitants Some Winter Warmth

- Fifteen dollars a month rebate on power bills during winter for all superannuitants is a cornerstone commitment for the Progressive Coalition, candidate Matt Robson told a meeting of Greypower members in Christchurch today. See... Progress in cabinet – not threats [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00459.htm

Dalziel Hails Return To State Accident Compensation

- “Labour has delivered on its commitment to return the ACC scheme to its founding principles of community responsibility, comprehensive entitlement, complete rehabilitation, real compensation and administrative efficiency. See... Dalziel releases Labour’s ACC policy [1] and Labour On ACC [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00439.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00440.htm

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