Today's Top Scoop Stories - News Summary
TODAY'S TOP SCOOP STORIES
SCOOP LEAD STORY
Environment: Stern Warning On Climate Inaction
NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Climate Change: Carbon Issues Dominate PM's Presser
MORE HEADLINES:
Legislation: Bill Banning Retail Fireworks Sales In The Ballot
Politics: Will Preb's 'Don's Gone' Call Leave Him With An Eggy Face?
Arts: Esteemed Soloists Winging Way To NZ
SCOOP INTERNATIONAL LEAD STORY:
Papua
New Guinea: Children Suffer Under Police
Corruption
UN AUDIO NEWS:
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SCOOP LEAD
STORY
Environment: Stern Warning On Climate
Inaction
The most comprehensive review ever carried out on
the economics of climate change was published today. The
Review, which reports to the Prime Minister and Chancellor,
was commissioned by the Chancellor in July last year. It has
been carried out by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the
Government Economic Service and former World Bank Chief
Economist. See... Stern
Review on the Economics of Climate change [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00579.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00575.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/#stern

NEW ZEALAND
LEAD:
Climate Change: Carbon Issues Dominate PM's Presser
This afternoon the Prime Minister
sustained a barrage of questions on sustainability and other
ecologically associated issues. The question and answer part
of the post cabinet tete-a-tete between the PM and the media
appeared to exist in an alternate universe – one where the
words Taito Philip Field, Thai Tiler and 'Auditor-General's
election spending report' did not exist. See...
Scoop Audio: PM's Presser - Will
Interest in Sustainability Be Sustainable? [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00467.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00588.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00587.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00547.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00546.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00353.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00360.htm
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0610/S00573.htm
[9]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0610/S00114.htm
[10]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0610/S00290.htm
[11]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0610/S00298.htm
[12]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00571.htm
[13]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00568.htm
MORE
HEADLINES:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00591.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00367.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0610/S00570.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0610/S00269.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0610/S00110.htm
Legislation:
Bill Banning Retail Fireworks Sales In The Ballot
A bill seeking to ban the retail sale
of fireworks to individuals has been placed in the ballot
for Members’ Bills by Wellington Central MP Marian Hobbs.
“Earlier this year, people from the electorate approached
me with concerns about the illegal lighting of fireworks
throughout summer. This illegal and irresponsible use of
fireworks has been a nuisance and caused distress to many
people.” Marian Hobbs said. See... Fireworks
Safety Bill [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00577.htm
Politics: Will Preb's 'Don's Gone' Call Leave Him With
An Eggy Face?
According to the former leader of the ACT party, Richard
Prebble, National Leader Dr Don Brash's problems are even
greater than the media have been reporting. Writing in his
latest political newsletter Prebble explains that before the
Independent story appeared Dr Brash had told senior MPs that
he wished to resign for personal reasons. He had told his
family of his decision, hence the need to return home to
explain he had been pursuaded to stay on. See... The
Letter – Monday, 30 October 2006 [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00464.htm
Arts: Esteemed Soloists Winging Way To NZ -
Esteemed soloists Julian Rachlin (Violin and
Viola) and Richard Hyung-ki Joo (Piano) play two concerts
only for Chamber Music New Zealand in Auckland and
Wellington on the 21 and 22 November 2006. This is their
first visit to New Zealand and the last concert it the 2006
celebrity season. See... Chamber
Music NZ Present Understated Virtuosity [1]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0610/S00270.htm
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS:
Papua New Guinea: Children Suffer
Under Police Corruption
Police violence against children remains rampant in Papua
New Guinea, despite recent juvenile justice reform efforts,
Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Children
and others in police custody are often raped and tortured.
“Police rapes and torture are crimes, not methods of crime
control,” said Zama Coursen-Neff, senior researcher for
Human Rights Watch’s Children’s Rights Division.
“These brutal tactics have destroyed public confidence in
the police.” See... PNG:
Govt Must End Police Child Brutality [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00574.htm
UN
AUDIO NEWS:
UN Audio:North Korea's Nuclear
Test a Matter of Deep Concern to the IAEA: Elbaradei -
Counting Begins In Congo After Largest Ever Election
Operation By UN - Annan Urges Youth to Join Efforts to
Realize Millennium Development Goals – SPECIAL FEATURES:
Human Rights In North Korea And Myanmar: the situation is
deteriorating in these two troubled nations, according to
the UN rights experts who continue to be barred from
entering the countries. See… UN
Audio News [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00581.htm
MORE
WORLD HEADLINES:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00576.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00575.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00573.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00571.htm