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Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 4:04 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

POLITICS HEADLINES:
Pacific News: Clark Moves To Soothe Australia/Melanesia Impasse
Business: Govt Responds To Small Business Report
MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES
NEW POLITICAL COLUMNS

Pacific News: Clark Moves To Soothe Australia/Melanesia Impasse

Scoop Report: Pacific Islands Forum, Nadi, Fiji - Selwyn Manning writes that Helen Clark is brokering a solution to an impasse between Australia and Melanesian leaders. On arriving in Nadi she sought counsel, then met with seven Pacific leaders in a bid to keep the Pacific Forum on track. See... Australia's Dominance Drives Wedge Into Pacific [1]
ALSO:

95bFM Audio: [3] Scoop's Selwyn Manning talks to bFM's Noelle McCarthy from the Pacific Island Leaders Forum.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00347.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00493.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00353.htm

Business: Govt Responds To Small Business Report

The government is already acting on most of the latest recommendations of the Small Business Advisory Group, Small Business Minister Lianne Dalziel says. Lianne Dalziel today released the government’s response to the Small Business Advisory Group’s second report, which contains 12 recommendations to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs). See... Government makes a difference for small business [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00438.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00440.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00435.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00437.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00433.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0610/S00434.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00253.htm

MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00423.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00429.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00425.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00436.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00431.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00430.htm

NEW POLITICAL COLUMNS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00428.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00427.htm

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