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House: Debate On Liquor Recommences

Wednesday, 25 August 1999, 5:28 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

The debate on the continued committee stages of the liquor laws amendment legislation has commenced and is expected to take the remainder of the evening at least.

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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