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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Mad
Dog Control Legislation Urgently
Needed!!!
"ARF is a party in crisis. We feel desperately sorry for Artful Dodger Rugless, who has tried and failed to stop the antics of Preb-Bull Terrier tactics.
2:
Orion
Report Shows Defence Is Misleading
Public
A report released today by researcher Nicky Hager shows that defence has been presenting deliberately misleading information to try to win government approval for new combat equipment for the Air Force's Orions. The report presents proof that the "Project ...
3:
HARD
NEWS 21/7/00 - Test Metaphor
Football
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The All Blacks, up three tries and 24 points to nil after eight minutes of a painfully important test match. Then, the All Blacks, shuffling around, missing tackles, while ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Sludge
Report #24 – Jerusalem and Jeremiah
In Today’s Edition: Dover Samuels – And did those feet in ancient time…Jerusalem And Jeremiah - Speight Deep In It –- A Panegyric On The Role Of The Official Spokesperson (From A Grumpy Hack)
5:
Commentary:
We don't care about the modern
world
SUVA: A question for you from Fiji. There's a special prize. Who said: "We don't care about the modern world, we don't have to abide by what the modern world wants. It is right for the Fijians."?
6:
Project
Sirius - Why it should be
cancelled
The government is facing its next major defence decision shortly: whether to spend hundreds of millions on new equipment for the Air Force Orions. Nicky Hager's report on Project Sirius argues it should be cancelled..FULL REPORT..
The sentiments behind United leader Peter Dunn's call for the abolition of the Department of Conservation are understandable, but his solution is unnecessary. The law does not need to change, but DoC's performance does.
8:
Keep
Your Head Down Dover Says
Clark
Prime Minister Helen Clark has categorically denied knowledge of new rape allegations made against former Maori Affairs Minister Dover Samuels, after Mr Samuels blamed her office for leaking the claims.
9:
FIJI:
Speight's Olympic thuggery call
'shameful'
SUVA: Fiji rebel leader George Speight's call for South Pacific people to disrupt the Sydney Olympics in the name of indigenous rights was today branded as "shameful" by the Sunday Post newspaper.
10:
Union
Movement Wants NZers To Act Like
Sheep
“With the passing of the Employment Relations Bill the Government is giving the union movement a monopoly over collective agreements. This is totally unnecessary and unfair,” said New Zealand First Industrial Spokesperson, Mr Peter Brown MP.
11:
ACT
- Post Caucus Retreat Paper
The ACT Caucus, having looked at where New Zealand is today, six years after it was set up, believes what it said in 1994 is still true today. We said in 1994 that New Zealand is at a Crossroads:
She has a glass or two of wine and feels it go straight to her head. He has the same amount to drink and feels fine.
13:
Scoop
Images: The Blood Red
Moon...Again
14:
Government
failing to listen on ERB
Despite the reassurances of the Prime Minister that Government would listen to business concerns over the Employment Relations Bill, any evidence of this has failed to materialise, says the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern).
15:
Fair
Trade Group Seeks Draft Free Trade
Agreement
Fair Trade Group Seeks Singapore Free Trade Agreement Draft From Singapore Government, Condemns NZ Government Secrecy
16:
Scoop
Images: All Blacks vs Springboks At Jade
(1)
Photos of the All Blacks vs Springboks clash at Jade Stadium at the Weekend. The All Blacks won 25 to 12. Images from IMAGE TIME .
17:
Scoop
Images: Wellington's Blood Red
Moon
The following image of Sunday night's total lunar eclipse was supplied by Christopher Picking.
18:
Helen
Clark’s First Big Test: Tamihere Must
Go
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that recent developments in the John Tamihere case will test whether the Labour Government, under Helen Clark’s leadership, is really setting any standard of accountability in New ...
19:
Who
will pay for TVNZ's anti-sponsorship
move?
TVNZ's decision to review the sponsorship of programmes could see taxpayers footing the bill, or programmes which are currently sponsored draining resources away from other local programming, says National's Katherine Rich.
20:
Hon.
Margaret Wilson’s Back Down
Party Leader Graham Capill said, “Margaret Wilson’s back down on some issues in the matrimonial property legislation is a victory for traditional marriage.”
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
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.
Gordon Campbell: On The Coalition’s Awful, Not Good, Very Bad Poll Results
Ian Powell: Policy Vacuum Enables For-profit Corporate General Practice Ownership By Stealth
Gordon Campbell: On Iran Killing Its Rappers, And Searching For The Invisible Dr. Reti
Peter Dunne: MPs Unusually Quiet On Pay Rise
Ian Powell: Cuba And New Zealand: A Relationship Worthy Of Strengthening
Gordon Campbell: On bird flu, AUKUS entry fees and Cindy Lee