Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary

Thursday, 23 November 2006, 5:00 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

POLITICS HEADLINES:
Brash Steps Down as National Leader
SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE
Scoop Report and Photoessay: Tonga Faces Crossroad
Health: Lab Testers Set To Boil Over
Legislation: Union Welcomes Probationary Employment Bill Being Made Redundant
MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES
POLITICAL COLUMNS

Brash Steps Down as National Leader

Listen To Don Brash's Press Conference & View Pictures [1]
[2] National Party President Judy Kirk supports and respects the decision by National Party Leader Don Brash to step down as the party’s leader. “Dr Brash is an outstanding New Zealander who has made an extraordinary contribution to this country and to this party,” says Mrs Kirk. “On becoming leader, 13 months after his election to Parliament, Dr Brash rebuilt National’s support following the 2002 election.” See... Statement on Don Brash’s resignation [3]
SEE:

Scoop Satire - Lyndon Hood: Leaked Brash Email Of The Day [8]
Scoop Audio and Images: [9] Brash Resignation Press Conference
Scoop Audio and Report: [10] John Key talks to media immediately after Dr Brash's resignation as National Party Leader
Earlier:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00414.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00348.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00348.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00453.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00452.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00459.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00350.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00416.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00414.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00415.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00368.htm
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00410.htm
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00405.htm

SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00448.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00431.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00402.htm

Scoop Report and Photoessay: Tonga Faces Crossroad

Twenty four hours after rioters tore through Tonga's capital town looting and burning, leaving a sea of blazing buildings in their wake, New Zealand's Helen Clark said there were two futures on offer for the Pacific. "One is poverty and conflict; the other is peace and development." The comment accurately paints a crossroad for Tonga, for Solomon Islands, Fiji, for Melanesia in general. The comment acknowledges how accurate the United States' most recent handle for the Pacific is: The Arc of Uncertainty. See... Scoop On Assignment: Tonga Faces Crossroad [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00412.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00432.htm

Health: Lab Testers Set To Boil Over

District Health Boards say talks with a mediator planned for Friday and Monday are the best chance of preventing the week-long strike threatened by laboratory workers. Lab workers at 15 DHBs have threatened to strike for seven days from next Wednesday in support of a claim for more than a 20% increase in pay and conditions. The action will also affect three private labs and the New Zealand Blood Service. See... Mediation Scheduled For Lab Workers Talks [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0611/S00100.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00457.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0611/S00101.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0611/S00102.htm

Legislation: Union Welcomes Probationary Employment Bill Being Made Redundant

The EPMU welcomed the decision by Parliament to reject the National Party’s 90 No-Rights Bill and congratulates the four parties that voted it down and the thousands of New Zealand workers who stood against it. If passed, the Bill which would have stripped workers of all employment rights for their first 90 days in a new job. See... EPMU welcomes defeat of No-Rights Bill [1]
ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00340.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00436.htm

MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00450.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00454.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00458.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00443.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00463.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00462.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00461.htm

POLITICAL COLUMNS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00453.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00346.htm

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