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Thursday, 19 October 2006, 4:26 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

POLITICS HEADLINES:
Timor-Leste: UN Reports On Violence - Peters Calls For Action
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY
Auditor-General's Report Update
Housing: Nats Blame Labour For Bolshey Tenants
Road Safety: Police Ditch McDonald's Sponsorship, Clown Sad
Politics News: Politicians To Be Surveyed On Raising Drinking Age
MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES

Timor-Leste: UN Reports On Violence - Peters Calls For Action

Foreign Minister Winston Peters is urging key players in Timor-Leste to respond cautiously and positively to the United Nations Special Commission of Inquiry's report into violence that shook the country earlier this year. The report recommends that a number of senior government figures be investigated or prosecuted over the unrest that led to the deaths of 37 people in April and May. See... Peters calls for positive response to Timor report [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00366.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00392.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00354.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00358.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00402.htm

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00367.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00324.htm

Auditor-General's Report Update:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00380.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00223.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00181.htm

Housing: Nats Blame Labour For Bolshey Tenants

National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Chris Carter is now reaping what Labour has sown over the past seven years. "It's not surprising that the occupants of a state house in Auckland are refusing to leave, given that for years Labour has been promoting unrealistic expectations among those who rely on the state for some assistance." See... Labour fuels unrealistic housing expectations [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00369.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00350.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00357.htm

Road Safety: Police Ditch McDonald's Sponsorship, Clown Sad

The Police have cancelled a multimillion-dollar road safety sponsorship programme with McDonald’s in adherence to a misguided ideology about commercial involvement, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. He is releasing a memo from McDonald’s to staff that says the Police are ending their 20-year partnership, including the well known ‘Make it Click’ campaign. See... Police cancel McDonald’s road safety programme [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00364.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00368.htm
[3] - http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/0610/power_mcdonalds.pdf

Politics News: Politicians To Be Surveyed On Raising Drinking Age

The New Zealand Drug Foundation today began a survey of members of Parliament on their support for the raising the drinking age. Results from the survey will be updated on the Drug Foundation's drinking age website -- www.20years.co.nz . See... MPs Surveyed on Drinking Age Vote [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0610/S00074.htm

MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00373.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00362.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00382.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00370.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00372.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00381.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00218.htm

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