Top Scoop Stories - 18 December 2007 News Summary

Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 2:00 pm
Article: The Scoop Editor

Today's Top Scoops - December 18, 2007

LEAD STORY:

EFB Battle: Perigo Gets In Early Rhetoric Bomb

NZ POLITICS:

Health: Medicines NZ Strategy Launched
Scoop News: Govt Green Light For New Eden Park

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH:

Horticulture: New business Through Trans-Tasman Science
Commerce: Commission Seeks To Appeal Warehouse Decision
Environment: Information Needed Over Unexplained Seal Deaths

WORLD:

Australia: Whale Watchers Call For Government To Protect Whales
Australia: Rudd Should Make Human Rights A Priority
West Papua: Indonesian Police Arrest, Torture & Kill Papuan People
Final Frontier: NASA'S Top Exploration & Discovery Stories Of 2007

LIFESTYLE:

Comedy: 'Third Conchord' Winner At Comedy Guild Awards
Health: Antibiotic- Resistant MRSA = New Toys
Art: NZ Going To Venice In 09

EFB Battle: Perigo Gets In Early Rhetoric Bomb - This Bill kills the Bill of Rights, specifically the provisions allowing for freedom of speech and association. SOLO Principal Lindsay Perigo reiterates that the Bill thereby kills the government's moral legitimacy. "In the circumstances," says Perigo, "it's timely to release again the Constitution for New Freeland drawn up by Libertarianz--a document to which the wise and honest should repair in these times that try men's souls." More >> [1]

ALSO:

• SOLO - Fascist--Shut Up and You Can Have Your Free Speech [2]
• Republic Of NZ Party - An Assault on Democracy [3]
• Alastair Thompson - Video: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 17 December 2007 [4]
• Scoop Full Coverage - Election Finance Bill [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00226.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00220.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00227.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00234.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00319.htm

Health: Medicines NZ Strategy Launched - Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne today unveiled Medicines New Zealand - a bold new strategy to guide the future access to, and use of, prescription medicines by all New Zealanders. "The medicines environment has changed significantly over the years," he said. More >> [1]

ALSO:

• Access To Medicines Coalition - Medicines NZ falls short of complete overhaul [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00400.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0712/S00070.htm

Scoop News: Govt Green Light For New Eden Park - The Eden Park Redevelopment Board today announced it had received Crown approval for an enhanced design for the redevelopment of Eden Park for hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup. More >> [1]

ALSO:

• NZ Govt - Minister welcomes Eden Park design [2]
• Auckland Regional Council - Ak Regional Council To Consider Eden Park In 2008 [3]
• No More Rates - No ratepayers funds for Eden Park upgrade. [4]
• NoMoreRates.Com - Email sent to Mayor Banks and ARC chair Mike Lee [5]

• Scoop Full Coverage - Rugby World Cup Stadium Debate [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00219.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00388.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0712/S00207.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0712/S00208.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0712/S00209.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00206.htm

Horticulture: New business Through Trans-Tasman Science - New Zealand and Australian scientists say they're delighted with the amount of business likely to be generated out of the AUSGRAINZ collaboration between CSIRO Plant Industry and Crop & Food Research. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0712/S00046.htm

Commerce: Commission Seeks To Appeal Warehouse Decision - The Commerce Commission is seeking leave to appeal the High Court's decision which cleared the way for the three Foodstuffs co-operatives or Woolworths Ltd to acquire up to 100% shares in, or assets of, The Warehouse Group Ltd. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00300.htm

Environment: Information Needed Over Unexplained Seal Deaths - Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick says more information is needed to find out what happened to 15 fur seals found dead on the Marlborough coast... Some of them show signs of being shot, and the circumstances in which they were found also suggest they did not die of natural causes. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00397.htm

Australia: Whale Watchers Call For Government To Protect Whales - Whale watchers have joined a coalition of environmental organisations including Greenpeace, IFAW, Humane Society International, Project Jonah and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society to urge the government to announce their plans to increase whale protection. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00954.htm

Australia: Rudd Should Make Human Rights A Priority - Rudd should be concerned about Australia's own human rights record on refugees and indigenous Australians. The new government has a golden opportunity to reverse the harmful policies and practices of the past decade. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00947.htm

West Papua: Indonesian Police Arrest, Torture & Kill Papuan People - Police in West Papua are killing, torturing and intimidating the province's tribal people with impunity. Police shot dead two Papuan women and injured another as they protested on 5 December near the British and American-owned Freeport mine. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00944.htm

Final Frontier: NASA'S Top Exploration & Discovery Stories Of 2007 - Space science missions were launched to Mars and the asteroid belt. Closer to home, Earth science satellites made a number of key discoveries, such as how waterways beneath an Antarctic ice stream affect sea level and the world's largest ice sheet. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00926.htm

Comedy: 'Third Conchord' Winner At Comedy Guild Awards - Rhys Darby, home for the event between filming scenes in "The Yes Men" alongside Jim Carrey and the upcoming second season of Flight Of The Conchords, picked up two awards; "Best Onscreen Comedy Performance", and "The Kevin Smith Memorial Trophy for Artist Achievement", an award he has now claimed three years in a row. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00227.htm

Health: Antibiotic- Resistant MRSA = New Toys - Southland Hospital's Children's Ward has received some early Christmas cheer with donations of $2,000, Playstations and Christmas trees. The donations follow on from the recent disposal of numerous toys in the ward, due to a Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) cleaning process. More >> [1]

ALSO:

• Southland Hospital - Children's Ward Re-opens Following MRSA Cleaning [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0712/S00076.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0712/S00075.htm

Art: NZ Going To Venice In 09 - New Zealand will have an official presence in 2009 at the Venice Biennale, the world's oldest and most prestigious international forum for contemporary visual art. Creative New Zealand Chair, Alastair Carruthers, said the 2009 event will mark the fourth time that Creative New Zealand has hosted a New Zealand presence at the Venice Biennale. More >> [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00208.htm

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