28 September 2001

Lord Mayor Of Brisbane Leads Tourism Delegation To NZ

The Minister of Tourism Mark Burton will host the Lord Mayor of Brisbane Jim Soorley and his delegation during a visit to Wellington.

"Jim Soorley is aghast at the kiwi bashing that has occurred in Australia over the Ansett issue and has at his own volition decided to bring a high-powered delegation to Wellington to show support for New Zealand," Mark Burton said.

The Lord Mayor's delegation will hold a series of meetings on Monday with Government ministers, the Tourism Industry Association, Tourism New Zealand, Air New Zealand, and attend a dinner at Parliament hosted by the Prime Minister Helen Clark and Tourism Minister Mark Burton.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>