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POLITICS
HEADLINES:
Sludge Report: Will Bollard Get
Mean On Pre-Christmas Spenders?
QUESTIONS OF THE
DAY
The Hollow Men: Nicky Hager Responds to
Don Brash
Fiji Coup: Clark Calls On
Military Elements To Overthrow
Bainimarama
Veteran News: Govt Reaches
Agreement With Returned Vietnam Vets
Politics: Robson-on- Politics Leads To Robson At
Privileges Committee -
Foreign Affairs:
Mid-East Ambassadors Group Discuss Lebanon, Iran, Iraq
and Israel
Disturbing Report Exposes Tonga
Military/Police Abuses
Statistics: Census
Results Out And Online
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Sludge
Report: Will Bollard Get Mean On Pre-Christmas
Spenders?
Scoop's CD Sludge reports on the
Monetary Policy Statement - This morning's MPS is in fact
fairly encouraging for kiwi battlers - householders and
consumers - and even to its farmers and exporters. Interest
rates are not up yet; the inflation outlook is mildly
encouraging; and – most importantly for homeowners – the
Reserve Bank is no longer picking a fall in house prices in
the coming year. See... Sludge
Report #173: Meanwhile Down At t'Bank [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00120.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00162.htm
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00142.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00132.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00088.htm
The
Hollow Men: Nicky Hager Responds to Don
Brash
Yesterday Don Brash circulated a long rebuttal
of my book The Hollow Men. In the interests of accuracy I
should respond to his substantial points. Out of a 350 page
book, with nearly 1000 detailed references, Don Brash has
found two minor inaccuracies. I am happy to take his word
about both of them. But neither detracts from the book.
See... Nicky
Hager Reply to Don Brash [1]
ALSO:
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00123.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00108.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00405.htm
Fiji
Coup: Clark Calls On Military Elements To Overthrow
Bainimarama
Scoop's Lyndon Hood reports from
Parliament - In response to Fiji's military
orchestrating a coup d'etat, Helen Clark and Winston Peters
announced a range of sanctions against Fiji, describing the
actions of Fiji's Commodore Bainimarama and his soldiers as
disgraceful and grossly illegal. She also front-footed
support for any 'elements' in the Fijian military that might
choose to overthrow the Commodore and return the elected
government to power. See... Audio:
PM, Foreign Minister on Fiji Sanctions [1]
ALSO:
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00116.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00135.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00119.htm
Veteran
News: Govt Reaches Agreement With Returned Vietnam Vets
Defence Minister Phil Goff and Veterans Affairs
Minister Rick Barker today announced details of the
government's response to the recommendations of the Joint
Working Group report on the concerns of Viet Nam veterans.
See... Agreement
Reached by Government and Vietnam Vets [1]
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[1]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00139.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00143.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00099.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00098.htm
Politics: Robson-on- Politics Leads To Robson At
Privileges Committee -
The former Privileges Committee Chairperson Matt Robson turned up this morning to sample some of the medicine he would once have dished out. Mr Robson - the current deputy leader of the Progressive Party - was hauled before the Privileges Committee after writing some robust political commentary. See... Attack On Dunne Leads To Privileges Committee [1]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00098.htm
Foreign Affairs: Mid-East Ambassadors Group Discuss
Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Israel
A group of Australian based Arab Ambassadors has been on a joint visit to New Zealand over the past two days. Today they held a relatively poorly attended - but highly informative - press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Wellington. See... Scoop Audio & Images: Arab Ambassadors Talk Peace [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00094.htm
Disturbing Report Exposes Tonga Military/Police
Abuses
No Right Turn writes that last
month, the New Zealand government sent soldiers and police
to Tonga "to help maintain law and order". At the time I was
deeply uneasy about this move, as it smacked of propping up
a corrupt feudal regime against its own people. But I didn't
know quite how bad it was. The National Centre for Women and
Children has been interviewing those detained by the police
in the wake of the riots, and produced a most disturbing
report. See... No
Right Turn: Tonga - What We Supported [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00114.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00331.htm
Statistics:
Census Results Out And Online
Results from the 2006
Census show that New Zealand's usually resident population
grew faster between 2001 and 2006 than in any five-year
period between censuses in the last 30 years, Statistics New
Zealand said today. In the five years to 2006, the
population increased by 7.8 percent (to reach 4,027,947),
compared with 3.3 percent between 1996 and 2001. See... Census
Shows Accelerating Growth Across Country [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00069.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00097.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00104.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00099.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00098.htm
[6]
- http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/default.htm
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