Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Monday, 30 May 2005, 6:17 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY: Meningococcal Gold Rush - 2nd Ed.
Scoop Column: Peters Challenges Kiwis To Consider A Darker Side Of God’s Own Country
Scoop Link: Zaoui Friends Targeted In SIS Operation
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
French Voters Say NON! To EU Constitution
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Rosalea Barker Want's YOU To Go To Wairoa
An Interview With The New US Anti-War Poster Child
The World Bank, International Aid and The Ghettoization of Palestine
It's Not Just A Book That Has Been Desecrated
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
National Announces Party List
United Future Policy For Election 2005
MORE PARLIAMENTARY HEADLINES:

LEAD STORY:
Meningococcal Gold Rush - 2nd Ed.

[1] Following publication on Scoop.co.nz of Barbara Sumner Burstyn and Ron Law’s report, Investigation: The Meningococcal Gold Rush [2] - a report into the flawed science and bad policy of the MeNZB™ vaccine - the Ministry of Health declined to respond publicly. Instead the Ministry response was a private 14-page document sent to a number of medical practitioners and public health professionals. Today Barbara Sumner Burstyn and Ron Law respond in detail to the Ministry's critique of their research. See.. The Meningococcal Gold Rush - Second Edition [3] For more background see… SCOOP FEATURES [4] RELATED:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00352.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0502/S00064.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00352.htm
[4] - #features
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[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0505/S00211.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0505/S00207.htm

Scoop Column: Peters Challenges Kiwis To Consider A Darker Side Of God’s Own Country

- During the 1981 Springbok tour it was observed that New Zealand had a scab, and once picked it lifted, releasing the pus of racism to flow. The metaphor was again put to test at New Zealand First’s immigration policy launch at Orewa on Friday. The scene there was best described by another more famous cliché: fear and loathing… in Orewa. Scoop's Selwyn Manning writes that it was the emergence of the dark side of New Zealand politics. See... State Of It: Fear And Loathing… In Orewa NZ [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00349.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00360.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00701.htm
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[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0505/S00296.htm

Scoop Link: Zaoui Friends Targeted In SIS Operation

- Scoop Link: New Zealand Security Intelligence Officers (SIS) have conducted an operation gathering information on Ahmed Zaoui from acquaintances and friends in the greater Auckland region - the Sunday Star Times has reported. The Star Times' Donna Chisholm reported: "Men identifying themselves as SIS agents have arrived unannounced at the homes of Algerian refugees in Auckland and quizzed them about Ahmed Zaoui. See... Scoop Link: SIS Agents Investigates Zaoui Friends [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00350.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00723.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0505/S00216.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00732.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0505/S00422.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0505/S00128.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0505/S00256.htm

French Voters Say NON! To EU Constitution

- Deutsche Welle Reports after a large voter turnout, France has overwhelmingly said "non" to the proposed EU constitution. Projections released immediately after polls closed show between 54.5 and 55.6 percent voted against the document. See... Scoop Link: France Votes No To EU Constitution [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0505/S00464.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0505/S00452.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0505/S00462.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0505/S00459.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0505/S00458.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0505/S00455.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Rosalea Barker Want's YOU To Go To Wairoa

- Circus Barker for a day, I'm here to tell you not to miss the Inaugural Maori Film Festival in Wairoa on Queen's Birthday Weekend. Given that I never could figure out why Northland didn't have a thriving spaghetti Western film industry up there among the sand dunes, it's no surprise that I'm thrilled to see that at least one other region of the country is defining itself around the film industry. See... Stateside With Rosalea: Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00369.htm

An Interview With The New US Anti-War Poster Child

- Thom Hartmann here with you on AM 620 KPOJ in Portland and we're also going to record this and play it on our national program. Thanks so much, Mr. Galloway for being with us today. See... Thom Hartmann: IV with British MP George Galloway [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00367.htm

The World Bank, International Aid and The Ghettoization of Palestine

While George Bush had his first White House meeting with Mahmoud Abbas - a summit giving Bush a platform for his phony $200 million “aid” package - devastating new realities are being constructed in Palestine. The Apartheid Wall and accompanying infrastructure of Jewish-only bypass roads, military zones and settlements, are rapidly moving towards the permanent ghettoization of the Palestinian people. See… Jamal Juma: "Developing" Israeli Apartheid [1] MORE VIEWS FROM THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00362.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00363.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00357.htm

It's Not Just A Book That Has Been Desecrated

- The reported desecration of the Quran by US guards at the infamous Guantanamo prison, as originally reported by Newsweek on May 9, 2005, was not - as it should’ve been - an opportunity for a thorough examination of US army practices, and thus human rights abuses, toward Muslim inmates in the numerous detention camps erected throughout the world. See... Muslim Lives are Desecrated, Not Just Their Book [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00354.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

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[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00356.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00355.htm

National Announces Party List

- National Party President Judy Kirk today announced the National Party’s list ranking for the upcoming General Election. She says National’s 2005 list will bring many new faces to Parliament after the upcoming election. See... National announces 2005 list ranking [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00718.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00721.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00719.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00720.htm

United Future Policy For Election 2005

- United Future will: * Make the first $3000 of earned income tax-free, as part of the Working For Families package. * Increase the other tax thresholds by $5000 to offset the increase in inflation (i.e. the 33% rate will apply to income over $43,000 rather than $38,000, and the 39% rate will apply to income over $65,000 rather than $60,000). See... United Future Policy For Election 2005 [1] ALSO: Dunne at the centre of things [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00731.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00730.htm

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