Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary

Friday, 22 June 2007, 4:17 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

POLITICS HEADLINES:
World Trade News: Doha Break-Down A Setback For WTO - Goff
New Bain Trial: O'Connor Wants It On The Telly
Reserve Bank: Peters Bringing Reserve Bank Act Rewrite to Parliament
Scoop News: McCarten Rules Out Run For Mayoralty, Backs Hubbard
Private Members Bills: Bradford launches Bill to lower voting age to 16
Politics: First Turia, Now Locke - Will The PM Be The Next Speaker At ACT's Conference?
Politics: Full Shane Jones Speech On Fay And Richwhite
Public Service: Department flouts rules on five contracts, $500,000
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

World Trade News: Doha Break-Down A Setback For WTO - Goff

New Zealand Trade Minister Phil Goff said the break-down of trade talks overnight in Potsdam was a serious setback for the WTO Doha negotiations. “We needed to see progress made by Brazil, EU, India and the United States on the issues between them that have been blocking movement towards concluding the round. However the G4 members have not moved far enough in their respective offers to allow a compromise to be reached and that makes it hard to pull together a deal in the foreseeable future." More >> [1]

ALSO:

• WRCC - Doha Round Cannot be Allowed to Fail [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00460.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0706/S00385.htm

New Bain Trial: O'Connor Wants It On The Telly

"The NZ Police Association welcomes the Solicitor General's decision to retry David Bain and advocates a televised trial," Police Association President Greg O'Connor said today. "A retrial is absolutely necessary, said Mr O'Connor. "In fact so much of the case has been played out in the court of public opinion, influenced by sound bites and headlines, we believe there is a strong case for the trial to be televised." More >> [1]

ALSO:

• Solicitor General - Decision in Relation to the Retrial of David Bain [2]
• NZ Police - Police Preparations Continue For Bain Retrial [3]
• NZ Police - Bain Family Murders Dunedin CIB - Press Release [4]
• Greens - Fair trial for Bain a virtual impossibility [5]
• Privy Council - David Bain V The Queen - Privy Council Judgment [6]
• 95bFM: Mikey Havoc & Joe Karam on David Bain Case [7]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0706/S00263.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0706/S00282.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0706/S00264.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0706/S00226.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00439.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00225.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00307.htm

Reserve Bank: Peters Bringing Reserve Bank Act Rewrite to Parliament

With the New Zealand dollar reaching 22 year highs overnight, crippling our export sector and further eroding our economic potential, the time for hollow rhetoric is over and real action must be taken, says Winston Peters. "In light of this, New Zealand First will be bringing an amendment to the Reserve Bank Act, before the next adjustment to the Official Cash Rate on 26 July..." More >> [1]

ALSO:
• Keith Rankin - Rankin: The Reserve Bank's Unfortunate Experiment [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00464.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0706/S00314.htm

Scoop News: McCarten Rules Out Run For Mayoralty, Backs Hubbard

Report and Images by Joseph Barratt - Amidst growing expectations on the left of New Zealand politics, former Alliance president, Unite Union head, and political strategist Matt McCarten has ruled out campaigning for the Auckland mayoralty. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0706/S00308.htm

Private Members Bills: Bradford launches Bill to lower voting age to 16

Green Party MP Sue Bradford has announced she will be putting forward a Bill - the Civics Education and Voting Age Bill - in the next Parliamentary private members ballot, to lower the voting age. "The main effect of the Bill would be to lower the voting age to 16 - and this change would go hand in hand with making civics education a compulsory part of the national education curriculum." More >> [1]

ALSO:
• NZAAHD - What does an 18-yr-old know a 16-yr-old doesn't? [2]
• Joint Media Statement - Youthful Councillors Back Lower Voting Age [3]
• Young Labour - Young Labour calls for inclusive democracy [4]
• Young Nationals - Bradford Wrong Again [5]
• Out-Link - No Right Turn points out bill would require 75% support [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00410.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0706/S00258.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0706/S00261.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0706/S00268.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0706/S00267.htm
[6] - http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/06/bugger.html

Politics: First Turia, Now Locke - Will The PM Be The Next Speaker At ACT's Conference?

Green Party MP Keith Locke has confirmed that he will speak at the ACT New Zealand Auckland South Regional Conference this coming weekend. Mr Locke will speak to ACT members about how parties with different world views are able to work together in a friendly and constructive way to achieve meaningful change. In this context he will look at similarities and differences between ACT and the Greens. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0706/S00257.htm

Politics: Full Shane Jones Speech On Fay And Richwhite

Earlier this week Labour MP Shane Jones under parliamentary privilege accused expatriate businessmen Sir Michael Fay and David Richwhite of plundering NZ and destroying NZ's rail transport industry. Mr Jones called for Sir Michael Fay to be stripped of his knighthood. Mr Jones was speaking in a special debate on the settlement of insider trading proceedings. More >> [1]

ALSO:
• Securities Commission - Midavia, Richwhite insider trading case settled [2]
• Bell Gully - Statement on behalf of David Richwhite [3]
• Maori Party - Urgent Debate: Insider Trading Dr Pita Sharples [4]
• CAFCA - Don’t Flog Off Ak Airport - Learn From Transrail [5]
• Scoop Audio - Audio: Wammo n Kevin List: Parliament vs Richwhite [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00381.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0706/S00292.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0706/S00263.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00365.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0706/S00201.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0706/S00280.htm

Public Service: Department flouts rules on five contracts, $500,000

National Party Associate Labour and Industrial Relations spokeswoman Paula Bennett says the Department of Labour has confirmed that it flouted the rules on five contracts worth more than $500,000. “The contracts should have been put to tender. They weren’t.” More >> [1]

ALSO:
• NZ Govt - Department of Labour increases productivity [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00423.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00425.htm

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00457.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00411.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0706/S00375.htm

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