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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 1 December 2009
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 1 December 2009
1: Philippines:
The Maguindanao Massacre
Asian Human Rights CommissionAs it has been widely reported, 57 people-including two human rights lawyers and 30 journalists - were slaughtered on November 23 in Maguindanao, a province in central Mindanao. While much of the stories and worldwide condemnation focused on the number ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00831.htm
2:
Govt
aspiring to mine another National
Park
Green PartyThe Green Party today confirmed rumours that the Government is considering removing mining protection from 20 percent of Mount Aspiring National Park. “The rumble of Brownlee’s bulldozers just got louder,” said Green Party co-leader Metiria ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00472.htm
3:
Obama
Administration's Efforts on HIV/AIDS
US State DepartmentAs Valerie Jarrett leaves, I want to thank her for her leadership on this and so many issues here in the White House and in the Administration, and for her personal testimony as to the importance of this issue for her, for President Obama, for all ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00019.htm
4:
United
Antiwar Movement Tells Obama: No
Escalation
www.antiwar.comWashington, DC - On November 30th, representatives of 34 antiwar groups delivered an open letter to President Obama strongly opposing his anticipated decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan with the commitment of tens of thousands of additional U.S. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00020.htm
5:
The
Honduran Resistance Wins the
Elections!
Julie Webb-PullmanAs the polling booths closed this evening in Honduras, there didn't need to be a vote-count to declare the winners. With an abstention rate of at least 65%, the people in resistance have the overwhelming majority.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00340.htm
6:
Dave
Wolland Cartoon: Brash Recovery Plans
Dave WollandDave Wolland Cartoon: Brash Recovery Plans Cartoon Comment from Dave Wolland Click for big version More at http://davewolland.blogspot.com ENDS
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00016.htm
7:
Briefing
on the Honduran Elections
US State DepartmentWelcome to the briefing room. We’re very pleased to have with us today Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary for West Hemisphere Affairs, and he’ll give you some remarks on the elections in Honduras yesterday and the way forward.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00021.htm
8:
Top
Scoop Stories December 1st 2009 News
Summary
The Scoop EditorLEAD STORY Mine! Govt Aspiring To Mine Another National Park NZ POLITICS ACC: Levies To Increase Coming For You?: Police Powers Extended Kiwiright Video: How NZers Stopped An Unfair Copyright Law Hospitals: Serious And Sentinel Health Events Report Released ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00018.htm
9:
Aussies
throw a big spanner in the ETS works
Federated FarmersThe Australian Emissions Trading Scheme has been thrown into chaos with Tony Abbott rolling Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Australian Liberal Party. Mr Abbott’s first action as Leader, is to seek a referral of the Australian Emissions Trading ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00021.htm
10:
Taskforce:
35 Recommendations to Bridge Income
Gap
2025 TaskforceThe 2025 Taskforce has made a total of 35 recommendations to the Government which it says would bridge the income gap with Australia by 2025 – an income gap currently sitting at around $64,000 a year for a family of four. As well as the recommendations ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00340.htm
11:
Volunteering
New Zealand Focus
Volunteering New ZealandIf your community organisation or volunteer service has arranged a special event for International Volunteer Day, we would like to know about it and all New Zealand to know about it.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00008.htm
12:
Voting
News: Humboldt's Nov 3 ballots go
public
Voting NewsVoting News: Humboldt's Nov 3 ballots go public, NY 23 election pilot update, Glasgow KY ditching e-voting Humboldt's Nov 3 ballots go public, NY 23 election pilot update, Glasgow KY ditching e-voting
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00017.htm
13:
KiwiFM:
Why PM Must Be Decisive On Copenhagen
Scoop AudioAudio: Selwyn Manning & Wallace Chapman discuss how PM Key has finally realised that the Copenhagen leaders' summit meeting on climate change is significant. He says he may attend. For far too long the PM has been limp on this issue. Why is that so?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00341.htm
14:
National
is considering mining in National
Parks
New Zealand Labour PartyThe National Government is still considering further undermining New Zealand’s clean, green reputation by allowing mining in National Parks, Labour Conservation spokesperson David Parker says. “New Zealand’s ability to call itself clean and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00010.htm
15:
2025
Report - Time To Get Conversation
Underway
New Zealand Young Nationals“The Young Nats support Dr Don Brash’s hopes that this initial report will spark a nation-wide debate about how New Zealanders can better our living standards and bridge the income gap with Australia,”says Daniel Fielding, Young Nats President. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00020.htm
16:
2025
and All That: the 2009 Brash Report
Keith RankinThe task set for 2025 taskforce (chaired by Don Brash) - to identify ways in which New Zealand's annual economic growth might average at least 4.5% per capita for 15 years - must be understood for what it is: an exercise in politics, not economics.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00006.htm
17:
Full
Coverage: 2025 Taskforce Report
Scoop Full CoverageThe 2025 Taskforce has made a total of 35 recommendations to the Government which it says would bridge the income gap with Australia by 2025 – an income gap currently sitting at around $64,000 a year for a family of four.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00002.htm
18:
NZ
has chance to develop world class tax
system
New Zealand GovernmentNew Zealand has the opportunity to develop a world class tax system, according to Revenue Minister Peter Dunne. Giving the closing address to the Tax Working Group’s conference today, Mr Dunne said that the policy debate the Working Group has led ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00016.htm
19:
Snapper
to enter Auckland market in 2010
SnapperSnapper - New Zealand's leading contactless ticketing and payment system - today announced it will be widely available in the Auckland market in 2010, offering its small value payments platform across the retail sector and for most public transport ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0912/S00022.htm
20:
Binoy
Kampmark: When men do stare at goats
Binoy KampmarkThere is a line at the start of Grant Heslov’s The Men Who Stare at Goats : ‘More of this is true than you would believe.’ The line is off putting – what is, or isn’t true? The audience is none the wiser, and the traces to the original book ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00013.htm
21:
Schoolchildren
cast their vote on climate change
WWFLocal Wellington school children, representing young people from across the country, have today (Tues) cast their vote for the future of the planet in a giant Earth-shaped ballot box in the capital - ahead of next week's crucial UN climate summit in Copenhagen.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00015.htm
22:
Prisons'
staff supporting Samoa's rebuild
Department Of CorrectionsPrison Services staff in the Northern Region are continuing to offer support to colleagues, prisoners and the people of Samoa affected by the tsunami in September. “Staff in the Northern Region have felt the effects of the tsunami particularly heavily. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00024.htm
23:
MARKET
CLOSE: NZ shares gain; RBD leads, Ryman
up
BusinesswireDec. 1 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares rose for a second day, led by Restaurant Brands, amid optimism about the prospects for the fast-food franchise operator that has revamped its stores to win back customers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0912/S00025.htm
24:
National’s
Foolishness Will Cost NZ Dearly
ACT New ZealandNational’s rush to push through the Emissions Trading Scheme before the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen has now left New Zealand exporters at a huge disadvantage following today's defeat of Australian Liberal Party Leader Malcolm Turnbull, ACT ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00013.htm
25:
New
Strategic Plan for ASEAN Tourism Under
Way
ASEANBANGKOK, 30 November 2009 – A new strategic plan for tourism in the ASEAN countries of Southeast Asia will be prepared to help the region achieve an integrated ASEAN Community by 2015. The plan will recommend a wide range of policies and reforms in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00834.htm
26:
Gangs
laws comes into effect today
New Zealand GovernmentPolice have expanded surveillance powers which enable them to apply for an interception warrant to investigate participation in an organised criminal group, and for a wider range of serious violent offences. The maximum penalty for participation in an organised ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00006.htm
27:
Industry:
Mt Aspiring speculation
"scaremongering"
StraterraStraterra, which represents New Zealand’s natural resources industries, has branded Green Party claims that Mt Aspiring Park could be opened to mining as “scaremongering”. Straterra Chief Executive Richard Michael said that the natural resources industry ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00007.htm
28:
Daily
Press Briefing - November 30
US State DepartmentMR. KELLY: Okay. Good afternoon. The Secretary has a very busy schedule today. You know that she’s meeting with the Australian prime minister, Mr. Rudd. They’re discussing a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, Asian regional architecture, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00018.htm
29:
Biodiesel
Grant Scheme is a success
Bioenergy AssociationFollowing Labour’s recent criticism of the Biodiesel Grant Scheme, Brian Cox, Executive Officer of the Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ) has maintained that the current biodiesel assistance scheme is producing benefits and giving confidence to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00019.htm
30:
Union
to release The Warehouse’s “Wal-Mart”
plans
National Distribution UnionThe National Distribution Union will for the first time publicly release details of The Warehouse’s “Wal-Mart” style employment plans at stopwork meetings in Auckland this Wednesday 2 December. Details of negotiations between New Zealand’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0912/S00008.htm
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