Today's Top Scoops - 14 May 2008
Australia Budget: JP Morgan Says Federal Budget Offers No Surprises + Australia Govt Budget - Delivering Our Commitments + Budget buries Renewables as if it was Dirty Coal
Questions
For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Election
2008: Russel Norman IV - The Cost Of Being
Green
Disasters:
New Zealand Extends Sympathy After China
Earthquake
Employers: PPCS Proposes Slaughter Of Oringi Plant + Oringi meat works closure + Work And Income Supporting Oringi Workers
Earthquake
China: UN Ready To Help Victims Of Deadly China
Quake
Food
Crisis: International Task Force On Global Food Crisis
Opens New Website
Myanmar:
Without More Aid, Burma Faces Second Catastrophe
Biotechnology:
Thousands Gather For Meeting On Biosafety
Treaty
Michael Collins: Another Supreme Outrage - Polite
Fascism Contracts The Right To Vote
Middle
East: Yasmine Ryan Reports On Beirut's Latest
Nightmare
<Arts:
Auckland To Show Off Organs To World
Culture
Vulture: La Boheme - Ghetto Chic At The NBR Opera
Plastic
Arts: Minister Paints Picture Artist Resale
Royalty
Child
and Youth Issues: Putting New Zealand Charities In The
Limelight
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LEAD STORY
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Australia Budget: JP Morgan Says Federal
Budget Offers No Surprises - JP Morgan Reports
that Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan's maiden Budget
delivered what was expected, including a mammoth budget
surplus which, thanks to the mining boom and the boost to
company tax receipts, is the biggest for nearly a decade (as
a share of GDP). The Treasurer hinted pre-Budget that there
would be few surprises and he delivered - this was a
"rabbit-free" Budget. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Australian Govt - Australia Govt Budget - Delivering Our Commitments [2]
- Link Out To Aust-Fed-Budget - Australian Government, 2008–09 Commonwealth Budget - Home [3]
- Project SafeCom - Budget buries Renewables as if it was Dirty Coal [4]
- TV3 Video - Australian Labour government announces first budget [5]
- TV3 Video - John Key interview: The Aussie budget and what NZ can learn [6]
- TV3 Video - A look at the AUssie budget [7]
- KiwiFM - KiwiFM: Wallace n John Key Talk PreBudget Politics [8]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0805/S00263.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00168.htm
[3]
- http://budget.australia.gov.au/
[4] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00185.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/international/8037.html
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/8041.html
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/8038.html
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00189.htm
NZ POLITICS
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QUESTIONS
OF THE DAY:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00229.htm
Election
2008: Russel Norman IV - The Cost Of Being
Green - Al Gore's climate change made saving
the planet look like such a cool lifestyle option
- but the bills have now begun to arrive, and that's taking
some of the sheen off being green. Last Friday, Gordon
Campbell talked about the costs and benefits of being Green
with the party's Co-Leader Russel Norman. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://election08.scoop.co.nz/gordon-campbell-interviews-russel-norman/
Disasters:
New Zealand Extends Sympathy After China
Earthquake - Acting Prime Minister Michael
Cullen today extended New Zealand's sympathy to China
following a large earthquake which has affected the
country's central region. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Minister extends sympathy to Chinese NZers [2]
- TEAR Fund - Focus firmly on Myanmar despite China earthquake [3]
- TV3 Video - Huge earthquake kills at least 8533 in central China [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00217.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00205.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0805/S00189.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/international/7992.html
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Employers:
PPCS Proposes Slaughter Of Oringi Plant - PPCS
is proposing to close its Oringi sheep and lamb processing
facility near Dannevirke. PPCS Chief Executive Keith Cooper
said the proposed closure was part of the company's
right-sizing programme. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Oringi meat works closure [2]
- Work and Income - Work And Income Supporting Oringi Workers [3]
- CTU - Redundancies need for meat industry merger talks [4]
- TV3 Video - PPCS to close Oringi meat processing plant with 466 jobs lost [5]
- TV3 Video - Tough times for Tiwai and Oringi - what's the cause? [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0805/S00248.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00212.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0805/S00197.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0805/S00188.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/8002.html
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/7995.html
WORLD
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Earthquake
China: UN Ready To Help Victims Of Deadly China
Quake - A UN Disaster Assessment and
Coordination (UNDAC) Team alert was sent out yesterday to
alert China that the world body is ready to help if needed,
Elizabeth Byrs of the Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA) told reporters. More
>> [1]
ALSO
- Children Suffer Hugely In China's Earthquake [2]
- Earthquake China: Sorrow, Pledges Of Help After Deadly China Quake [3]
- US State Dept Briefing: May 12, 2008 [4]
- UK Govt - China Earthquake: British Geological Survey Data [5]
- UK Govt - UK Foreign Secretary On Chinese Earthquake [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00167.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00162.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00156.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00157.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00158.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00159.htm
Food
Crisis: International Task Force On Global Food Crisis
Opens New Website - After holding its first
meeting this week in New York, the new international task
force on the global food crisis, which is chaired by United
Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has opened a new
website to provide updates on its activities. More
>> [1]
EARLIER/RELATED
- Global Food Crisis: Inaugural Meeting Of Food Crisis Task Force [2]
- Rice Production To Hit Record High In 2008, But Prices Still Up [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00174.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00154.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00155.htm
Myanmar:
Without More Aid, Burma Faces Second
Catastrophe - Unless more access to Myanmar is
granted to allow aid to flow more quickly to victims of this
month's deadly cyclone, a second catastrophe could result,
the United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned today. More
>> [1]
MORE
- Burma: British PM Demands Aid Access To Cyclone Victims [2]
- UK Govt - First UK Aid Flight Off To Burma, More On Standby [3]
- UN WFP Steps Up Aid To Cyclone-Stricken Burma [4]
- Red Cross Update: Myanmar [5]
- Cyclone Nargis: U.S. Preparations For Relief Efforts For Burma [6]
- U.S. Military Positions Forces Ready To Help Burma [7]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00183.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00161.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00160.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00146.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00142.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00130.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00131.htm
Biotechnology:
Thousands Gather For Meeting On Biosafety
Treaty - More than 3000 participants from 147
countries have assembled in Bonn, the former German capital,
for the start of a week-long meeting on how to improve their
commitments to ensuring the safe use of modern biotechnology
as outlined under a UN-backed treaty. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00163.htm
COMMENT
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Michael Collins: Another Supreme Outrage - Polite
Fascism Contracts The Right To Vote - They wear
their robes but leave the hoods off, the polite justices of
the Supreme Court. They write decisions then issue them in a
formal setting, behind the columns of a capitol monument,
with a history that confers a dignity not deserved. The
Court ... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00179.htm
Middle
East: Yasmine Ryan Reports On Beirut's Latest
Nightmare - So Lebanon is to be once again
sacrificed on the alter of fuzzy geostrategic objectives.
There are of course local enablers - on both sides - acting
under the influence of their foreign backers. Yasmine Ryan
unravels the complexity of Lebanon affairs... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00161.htm
LIFESTYLE
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<Arts:
Auckland To Show Off Organs To World - Around
100 organists will be in Auckland 30 May -1 June for a
Congress. This is your chance to hear some of the city's
finest organs played by German organist and Music Director
Hayko Siemens. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0805/S00148.htm
Culture
Vulture: La Boheme - Ghetto Chic At The NBR Opera
- On a cold Saturday night the prospect of a
couple of young waifs falling in love and one of them
passing away due to poor insulation seemed quite plausible.
More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00181.htm
Plastic
Arts: Minister Paints Picture Artist Resale
Royalty - Legislation that seeks to ensure a
fair economic deal for artists and provide enhanced
protection of their intellectual property, has today been
introduced to Parliament. The Bill would establish a royalty
payment scheme for artworks resold on the secondary art
market. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00208.htm
Child
and Youth Issues: Putting New Zealand Charities In The
Limelight - Stacey Jones and Alison Mau are two
of many people putting the heart back into business. That's
one of the key aims behind Limelight, a new nationwide
online business and community directory service that
provides direct benefits for Kiwi charities. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0805/S00135.htm
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