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Monday, 16 April 2007, 4:18 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

POLITICS HEADLINES:
Agenda: Govt Ready To Back Down On Taxpayer Election Funding
Economics: Dollar High - English Blames State Spending
Satire: Computer Software Meets Parliamentary Press Releases Leading To Humour
MORE POLITICS HEADLINES
POLITICAL COLUMNS

Agenda: Govt Ready To Back Down On Taxpayer Election Funding

Justice Minister Mark Burton has given his clearest hint yet that the Government may be ready to back down on state funding of election campaigns. State funding has been proposed as part of a Government package to reform election campaign laws. Greens Co-Leader Russell Norman confirmed Saturday on the TVOne programme “Agenda” that one of the proposals the Government had talked to his party about was paying two dollars for every vote parties gained at an election. See... Agenda Snippets – Saturday 14 April 2007 [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00239.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00251.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00268.htm

Economics: Dollar High - English Blames State Spending

“Labour’s spending and its plan to accelerate spending are two of the reasons behind a relentless rise in the Kiwi dollar,” says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. “The Reserve bank Governor has pointed out that ‘expansionary’ fiscal policy is set to keep interest rates higher for longer. Those attractive interest rates are clearly behind the rise and rise of the Kiwi. See... Govt spending plays part in dollar rise [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00271.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00275.htm

Satire: Computer Software Meets Parliamentary Press Releases Leading To Humour

Computer programmers often leave 'Easter Eggs' in software - special features or surprises that can be revealed by some secret combination of events. Some early Unix systems, for example, responded to the command "make love" with "not war?". More recently, the 1997 version of Excel contained a flight simulator. And then there's the 'Exploding Lara Croft' trick. In honour of the recent holy season, I present the list of little-know local easter eggs. See... Lyndon Hood: Real Life Easter Eggs [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00234.htm

MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00253.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00270.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00267.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00274.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00279.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00262.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00260.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00250.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00252.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00269.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00190.htm

POLITICAL COLUMNS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00265.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00254.htm

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