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Thursday, 22 March 2007, 4:32 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

POLITICS HEADLINES:
FULL COVERAGE: New Zealand PM's State Visit To USA
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY
Section 59: Brownlee Concerned Rod Sparing Being Railroaded Through
The Roger Awards: Countdown To Roger Award Well Worth It For Progressive Enterprises
Water: ChildFund Considers World Water Day
Disabilities: Sheltered Workshop Workers Get Full Employment Protection
Industrial Relations: Trouble At T'Mill Not Happening So Much
MORE POLITICS HEADLINES

FULL COVERAGE: New Zealand PM's State Visit To USA

Bush And Clark Meet Then Face The Press - TRANSCRIPT: President Bush: Madam Prime Minister, welcome. We've had a really fruitful discussion. The Prime Minister and I have visited several times over the course of the years. Every time I've talked to Helen Clark I've found a very straightforward, honest woman who cares deeply about the country she represents. And I really thank you very much for coming back. Image courtesy of NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade See... President Bush Welcomes NZ PM Clark To Oval Office [1]
Video: [2] US President Bush and NZ PM Helen Clark talk to media post their official meeting.
Scoop Audio: PM In Washington D.C. (Day 2 - Part 1)
Scoop Audio & Images: PM In Washington D.C. (Day 2 - Part 2) Helen Clark answers media questions after meeting with US president Bush [3]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00374.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00414.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00375.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00437.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00457.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00442.htm

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00445.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00440.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00406.htm

Section 59: Brownlee Concerned Rod Sparing Being Railroaded Through

National Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says cryptic answers offered in Parliament today lend weight to the suggestion that Labour is planning to "railroad the smacking ban under urgency". "Michael Cullen should come clean. Either Labour plans to take urgency and ride roughshod over our democracy next week or it doesn't. See... Is Labour going to railroad the smacking ban? [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00454.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00281.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00231.htm

The Roger Awards: Countdown To Roger Award Well Worth It For Progressive Enterprises

Last evening Australian based Progressive Enterprises took out the much cherished Roger Award for being the worst Trans-national company operating in NZ. According to the events organisers it is no surprise that Progressive won the Roger after their September 06 national lockout of their supermarket distribution centre workers in an attempt to starve these low-paid workers into submission. See... Progressive Enterprises Wins Roger Award [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00264.htm

Water: ChildFund Considers World Water Day

As the United Nations celebrates World Water Day today we consider how much water is enough to survive. As New Zealanders we don’t generally have to worry too much about our water supply. While we have endured water shortages at one time or another, New Zealand, unlike many other countries globally, is not faced with ongoing problems of water scarcity that hinders our ability to survive or make a living. See... World Water Day: How much water is enough? [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00273.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00274.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00450.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00461.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0703/S00388.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0703/S00252.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00279.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00249.htm

Disabilities: Sheltered Workshop Workers Get Full Employment Protection

The right for disabled people to be paid according to their ability and not where they work has been won with the passing of the Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill, said Disabilities Minister Ruth Dyson. "For 47 years, disabled people have not had the same employment rights or protections as other New Zealanders," said Ms Dyson. See... Working Rights For The Disabled [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00438.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00435.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00436.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00267.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00266.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00263.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00271.htm

Industrial Relations: Trouble At T'Mill Not Happening So Much

Labour Minister Ruth Dyson today welcomed statistics showing this government's Employment Relations Act compares much better than National's Employment Contracts Act across all work stoppage indices. "I have recently received a Department of Labour report measuring work stoppages under Labour's Employment Relations Act compared with the Employment Contracts Act of the 1990s." See... Fewer stoppages under Employment Relations Act [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00433.htm

MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00444.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00443.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00455.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00458.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00460.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00441.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00452.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00453.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00439.htm

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