Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary

Friday, 6 October 2006, 3:44 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

POLITICS HEADLINES:
Environment News: Climate Change Policy Hot - Govt, Nats Release Plans
Politics News: Brash Attempts To Douse Tax-Cut Expectations
Politics News: Bolger Calls For Middle-East Action - Palestine Human Rights Group Claims
Weapons Conference: Protestors Stage Die-In At Te Papa
MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES
TODAY'S POLITICAL COLUMNS

Environment News: Climate Change Policy Hot - Govt, Nats Release Plans

Environment Minister David Parker has outlined a new plan to address climate change challenges: "Climate change is an issue which we cannot solve overnight, or with any one policy. It is an intergenerational issue which we need to address by ensuring that all policies which impact on how we live on this planet take climate change into account. So we have changed the way we address the problem. See... Parker: The way forward on climate change [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00078.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00091.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00079.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00090.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0610/S00058.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00051.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00057.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00060.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00059.htm

Politics News: Brash Attempts To Douse Tax-Cut Expectations

National leader Don Brash has issued a speech to ICANZ Tax Conference in Christchurch: "I’d like to talk about three areas of tax this morning - first about the recent Business Tax Review; then about the taxation of overseas share investments; and finally about National’s position on tax more generally." See... Brash: Opening of ICANZ Tax Conference [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00076.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00081.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00083.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00087.htm

Politics News: Bolger Calls For Middle-East Action - Palestine Human Rights Group Claims

The Palestine Human Rights Campaign (PHRC) of Auckland welcomes the call by a large number of global leaders’ Call for Action on Arab Israeli Issues of October 4. 135 respected global leaders, former presidents, prime ministers including our own Jim Bolger, and heads of international organisations,have joined in a call for urgent international action to comprehensively resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. See... Jim Bolger joins Call for Arab-Israeli Action [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00048.htm

Weapons Conference: Protestors Stage Die-In At Te Papa

15 people died outside Te Papa (Wellington) at lunchtime today to draw attention to the upcoming weapons conference. The New Zealand Defence Industry Association conference will take place at 'Our Place' on 17/18 October. Over the last four years, the Defence Industry Association has been hosting a conference at ‘Our Place’ Te Papa. See... Dead at Te Papa draws attention to Conference [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00058.htm

MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00075.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00080.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00077.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00085.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00089.htm

TODAY'S POLITICAL COLUMNS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00086.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00084.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00082.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00055.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00056.htm

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