Scoop: Top Scoops

Tuesday, 14 November 2000, 3:48 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TOP SCOOPS
Scoop Is In The House
Singapore Trade Agreement Signing
Govt Calls For Submissions On R&D
David Miller: The Course Of Democracy Doesn’t Always Run Smooth
Guy’s World: Postal Secrets Revealed
Irony In Goff’s Sentencing Proposal, Says Neeson
Peter Wills Testifies At GM Commission
Swain Ignoring Rural Telecommunication Realities
Govt Should Buy Back Rail Corridors
Fiji: Journalists Charged For Associating With Rebels
APEC Highlights From The White House
Tributes For Leah Rabin From The White House
Corrective Party In Mass Cardiac Arrest
Send Me A Miracle
Harry Potter Movie In Production

TOP SCOOPS

Scoop Is In The House

- Today’s Questions concerned the subjects of: R&D Taxation Treatment – Treaty Clauses In Health Legislation – Biosecurity Breaches – Auckland Transport - Tertiary Education Accountability – People’s Bank – Sustainable Farming Fund – SOE Spending – E-Business – Northland Emergency Helicopters – Palmerston North Unemployment – Good Health Wanganui’s HFA Contract. See... SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 14 November [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0011/S00088.htm

Singapore Trade Agreement Signing

- The Closer Economic Partnership between New Zealand and Singapore will bring exciting new opportunities for the traders, industries and entrepreneurs of each country, Prime Minister Helen Clark said today. See... PM signs historic trade deal with Singapore + Q&A [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0011/S00233.htm

Govt Calls For Submissions On R&D

- “The proposal in the discussion paper the Government is releasing today would make all research expenditure and most development expenditure immediately eligible for tax deduction,” Revenue Minister Michael Cullen says. See... Govt calls for submissions on R&D [1] and R&D Expenditure – Discussion Paper [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0011/S00230.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0011/S00231.htm

David Miller: The Course Of Democracy Doesn’t Always Run Smooth

- For many people the situation following the United States Presidential race has been marked by a sense of bewilderment as to why a week later there still is no decisive outcome from the vote. See... US Elections: What is Letting Democracy Down [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0011/S00081.htm

Guy’s World: Postal Secrets Revealed

- I was told by a postie that the phrase ‘going postal’ was coined for Vietnam War veterans, who had work found for them in U.S. postal service. It was thought that delivering mail would be easy, soothing work that wouldn’t trigger flashbacks to their war experiences. See... Guy’s World: Going Postal In Khandallah [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0011/S00078.htm

Irony In Goff’s Sentencing Proposal, Says Neeson

- Justice Minister Phil Goff's proposal for 'degrees of sentencing' is ironic given that he has been giving hard-hitting speeches for years opposing the idea as put forward in my private members bill, National's Police spokesperson Brian Neeson said. See... Goff's Sentencing Proposals Ironic [1] , ACT Welcomes Sentencing Review [2] and Crimes (Criminal Appeals) Amendment Bill - Goff [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0011/S00227.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0011/S00226.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0011/S00234.htm

Peter Wills Testifies At GM Commission

- At the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, the first of a number of scientific experts critical of genetic engineering advised that New Zealand establish a GE-Free Environment and GE–free food supply. See... Eminent Scientist calls for a GE-Free environment [1] and Peter Wills' Testimony To GM Commission [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0011/S00050.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0011/S00051.htm

Swain Ignoring Rural Telecommunication Realities

- Federated Farmers Telecommunications spokesperson Tom Lambie said the call by the Information Minister, Hon Paul Swain, for small businesses to study up on e-commerce was ignoring the sad reality of rural telecommunications. See... E-Commerce Pointless For Rural Small Businesses [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0011/S00053.htm

Govt Should Buy Back Rail Corridors

- Auckland local body leaders met behind closed doors at Eden Park yesterday to try to create a united front in their effort to find the money to buy rail corridors and infrastructural assets from Tranz Rail for $112 million. See... Government Should Buy Back All Rail Corridors [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/AK0011/S00035.htm

Fiji: Journalists Charged For Associating With Rebels

- SUVA (PMW): Two Fiji Islands journalists based in the northern town of Labasa have been arrested and charged for unlawful assembly and unlawful use of a motor vehicle over the seizure of a military barracks by rebel soldiers, according to media reports. See... Journalists Charged For 'Associating With Rebels' [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0011/S00109.htm

APEC Highlights From The White House

- This annual gathering of APEC Leaders has become an important forum for solving regional economic and trade problems and in advancing APEC's ambitious "Bogor goals" -- calling for free and open trade for developed countries by 2010 and developing countries by 2020. See... Highlights of the APEC Leaders Meetings [1] and Statement on Two New US APEC Initiatives [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0011/S00108.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0011/S00104.htm

Tributes For Leah Rabin From The White House

- Five years ago, when her beloved husband was felled by an assassin's bullet, the proud and graceful presence of Leah Rabin wiped away the tears of the world. Yitzhak Rabin gave his life for peace. But his wife Leah was left with the pain. See... Gore And Clinton on the Death of Leah Rabin [1] and Albright Statement On Death of Leah Rabin [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0011/S00112.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0011/S00105.htm

Corrective Party In Mass Cardiac Arrest

- “It is with profound regret that I must announce the Mass death of the entire membership of the Corrective Party of New Zealand,” said a tearful Father Saint Begorra O'Flattery today. See... Father Saint Begorra O'Flattery's Lament [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0011/S00052.htm

Send Me A Miracle

- The Ash Long bank is now running on empty. In fact, about $85,000 in debt (including GST). We have a small business - two successful TV programs, this online E-newspaper, and other odd jobs - that have a track record of being quite successful. See... Do Miracles Still Happen In Australia? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0011/S00079.htm

Harry Potter Movie In Production

- Warner Bros. is proud to announce that production is underway in the U.K. on the feature film adaptation of the first of JK Rowling’s magical Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. See... Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone - The Movie! [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0011/S00036.htm

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