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The Christchurch Press
SENTENCING LAWS yesterday the government annouced a range of new sentancing laws - which will implement tougher sentences for the worst offenders and more lenient for mercy killings, or after years of abuse.
EGG SCAM A poultry farmer has been fined $35,000 plus court costs over a labeling scam.
STRAIGHT A TEACHER Christine O'Brien has been awarded an Australian Scholarships Group National Excellence in Teaching Award.
DEKA 43 stores will close with the loss of 1,500 jobs thoughout the country.
BLAKIE Timothy David Taylor has been remanded in custody without plea. He will appear at a pre-depositions conference in the Christchurch District Court on April 19.
Inside political stories:
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Debate on spouses heats up
- Free speech stifled in
Rankin withdrawal - MP
- Shipley concerned at relations
with Aust
- Tax law change too complex, say MPs
- Hunt
rules out imported timber for Beehive
Editorial: Necessary
controls
Sport: Disease found in Middle East
World:
Sinclair - all class as top guns
fire
Peter Dunne: Luxon Gets Out His Butcher's Knife - Briefly
Binoy Kampmark: Warring Against Encryption, Australia Is Coming For Your Communications
Gordon Campbell: On Fast Track Powers, Media Woes And The Tiktok Ban
Binoy Kampmark: Censorship Wars, Elon Musk, Safety Commissioners And Violent Content
Gordon Campbell: On The Public Sector Carnage, And Misogyny As Terrorism
Ramzy Baroud: NATO’s Never-ending War: The 75-Year-Old Bully Is Faltering