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The Dominion
Community Services Card – Oscars – Hotel Fall – Standard and Poors – Kirsty Bentley – Ansett Sale – Inside Political Headlines – Editorial: Economy
COMMUNITY SERVICES CARD: The Dominion leads today with a report that thousands more people on low incomes will be eligible for cheap healthcare after the Cabinet agreed yesterday to raise the threshold for eligibility for the Community Services Card.
OSCARS: The front-page photo shows actor Russell Crowe and his niece Chelsea at the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood last night.
Also on the front page;
- HOTEL FALL: a report that a woman fell to her death from a fifth floor balcony at a Rotorua hotel yesterday morning;
-STANDARD AND POORS: a report that New Zealand has escaped an expected credit rating downgrade that would have made interest rates rise and the dollar weakened;
- KIRSTY BENTLEY: a report that Kirsty Bentley’s family says they felt like they were on trial as police investigated her murder;
- ANSETT SALE: a report that New Zealand airlines are in for a shakeup. The sale of Ansett NZ was confirmed yesterday, the same day Qantas announced it was interested in buying a slice of Air New Zealand.
Inside Political Headlines:
- New tax breaks election promise, says
Opposition;
- Maharey defends use of report on job
schemes;
- PM issues warning over TVNZ news;
- Woman
pays $260 for date with Clark;
- Bulk funding set to be
scrapped;
- Urgent change on citizenship law urged;
-
Decision to cut wine promotion funds defended;
- Sunken
boat’s fate “in hands of insurers”;
- Joint smoking
working party;
- Library application
withdrawn.
EDITORIAL – ECONOMY: The economy is bowling on
nicely but warning shots are being fired across the bows of
the new
government.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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