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Scoop Ratings - Rankin, Organic Beer And Ireland
1: Rankin
Column: Free Trade and Economic
Correctness
Last week Reserve Bank governor Don Brash was reported (Herald, 20 August) as having chastised his fellow economists for not having done more to convince the public that free trade is always the best policy for any nation.
2:
Organic
Beer Sales Grow - Greenies May Be
Right
UK supermarkets say demand for organic beer made from organically grown New Zealand hops has grown amid deepening public concern over food safety and the environmental impact of modern farming. John Howard reports.
3:
Don't
Turn us into Irish Component Assemblers
Bank managers and receivers hear the same story every day: businesses never go under through bad management. They fail because of the competition from cheap imports, or the exchange rate, or lack of subsidies. Not long ago, it was the exchange rate. ...
4:
Scoop
Ratings - Yesterday's Top 20
The Top 20 rating items on the Scoop site yesterday were…
5:
Review
Of Public Sector IT Projects
A detailed review of public sector Information Technology (IT) projects and how they compare with other jurisdictions was announced by Associate Minister of State Services Maurice Williamson today.
6:
Questions
For Oral Answer Thursday, 26 August
1999
Paraphrased answers to these questions will be posted to Scoop's Headlines wire shortly after questions conclude around 3pm.
7:
Scoop
Feature: The fight for the
Coromandel
The seat of Coromandel, currently held by National MP Murray McLean but fiercely contested by Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons, promises to be one of the most interesting and potentially significant seats of the looming general election. Jonathan Hill ...
8:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Watson - SFO - Guilty Plea - Age Card - Kids at War - Refugees - Miami - Wanganui - New Plymouth - Air NZ - Black Caps - Pilot Contracts
9:
Remuera
Minister Supports Same-Sex
Commitment
In contrast to the conservative Christian views of Graham Capill, Presbyterian Minister David S. Clark writes that he welcomes talk of same-sex marriages.
10:
Senator's
Welfare Message An Inspiration For
Maori
Australia's only federal Aboriginal politician will make history in his maiden speech tonight urging governments to stop throwing more money at indigenous communities, a message ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said should be heeded by ...
11:
Promotion
is not aim of ALCP
G. Mintrom, (28/7/99) asks how the "pro-cannabis brigade" propose to grow, harvest, distribute, warehouse, sell & advertise marijauna - and who will profit.
12:
Soapbox:
Kei te korero au i te reo
Maori
Those people who know me personally would not describe me as the sort of person who is often lost for words. But during the past weekend I have been very quiet indeed. It's not that I haven't had a lot to say; in fact, the opposite is true. But the ...
13:
Questions
Of The Day (7-12)
Mental Health - Bright Future Scholarships - Fishing Cost Recovery - Hot Spot Policing - Tax Simplification - Home Detention
14:
APEC
Police Digital Radios Canned
A high-tech police digital radio network specially designed to aid security enforcement at Auckland's APEC leader's summit meetings has been canned.
15:
Rebels
Storm Otago University Students
Association
Visit http://www.rebels.org.nz for more information
16:
Rt
Hon Mike Moore's Valedictory
Speech
Mike Moore issued his valedictory speech in Parliament on Tuesday. Scoop is proud to today bring readers the full text of the speech.
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The
House Today: Liquor, SIS and Animal
Products
Today's session of Parliament will begin at 2pm with Questions of the Day. The questions have been posted to the Parliament wire and Scoop will provide paraphrased answers shortly after question time concludes at 3pm.
18:
Questions
Of The Day (1-6)
Employment And Economy - Ascot Hospital - Tony Ryall - Timberlands - Super Universities - Waitangi Tribunal
19:
Privatised
ACC system, ripping employers off
Palmerston North Women's Health Collective paid more than three times too much for work place insurance from the government's own company, @ Work Insurance.
20:
Questions
Of The Day (7-13)
Employment Contracts ACT (much disorder) - Nutrition Survey And Poverty - Agriculture Research - Ascot Hospital - Auckland Mayors - Violent Crime - Wanganui Prison Escape
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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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