Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Thursday, 30 June 2005, 5:42 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
Scoop Report: NZ Elections Cause Australia And Pacific Leaders To Postpone Forum
Police Arrest Second Man In Dairy Homicide Case
Politicians Indulge In Pre-Tax Debate Verbal Bash Up
Photo Essay: Feel The Style At L'Oréal Colour Trophy Awards
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Amnesty Cites Increase In Violence In Democratic Republic of Congo
Bush Delivers State Of War Speech At Fort Bragg, North Carolina
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Russell Brown Publishes The Great NZ Argument
Suzan Mazur On The Mason’s Mason - Frank Carlucci I
Scoop Reader Opinion: Why Are Kiwi Kids Dying?
Jason Leopold: Yet Another Poacher Becomes Game Keeper
Ray McGovern On Bush’s Unconvincing Iraq Rhetoric
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics):
Green Party Slams Goff Over Zimbabwe Cricket Tour
Govt Lowers GP Health Costs For 18 to 24-year-olds
Foresters Lock Gates To Keep Govt Officials Out
MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:

Scoop Report: NZ Elections Cause Australia And Pacific Leaders To Postpone Forum

Selwyn Manning reports that the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat was asked by the New Zealand government to postpone this year’s summit meetings due to the general election expected to be called in September. The Pacific Forum will now be held in late October in Papua New Guinea. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson Emma Reilly said the forum secretariat was asked by New Zealand if the dates could be changed. See... NZ Election Postpones Pacific Forum Until October [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00411.htm

Police Arrest Second Man In Dairy Homicide Case

- Detectives working on Operation Rendall, the investigation into the June 19 murder of Bhagubhai Vaghela and a series of armed robberies in west and central Auckland this month, last night arrested a 32 year-old Massey man. He will appear in the Waitakere District Court this afternoon where he will be charged with being murder accused's James Lawrie's accomplice in the armed robbery at Valley Wine Merchants, Henderson, on June 11. See... Dairy Homicide team makes second arrest [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0506/S00233.htm

Politicians Indulge In Pre-Tax Debate Verbal Bash Up

- Tax relief is shaping up to be the big issue in this year's election. The Government is offering between 67c and $10 a week - but you'll have to wait three years. They say it's all New Zealand can afford and that any further cuts would mean less money for health and education. The opposition says that we can afford tax cuts – as early as next year. Who’s right? See... Tax Debate Screens Tonight On TV One [1] More:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0506/S00324.htm
[2] - http://www.publicaddress.net/default,2280.sm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00710.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00723.htm

Photo Essay: Feel The Style At L'Oréal Colour Trophy Awards

- A record 505 entrants in New Zealand's most prestigious hairdressing awards has been trimmed back to the top 20 individual stylists. The finalists face off in a live competition in late July to determine the country's supreme hairdresser. Now in its 12th year, the L'Oréal Colour Trophy Awards is the best known and most anticipated professional hairdressing event. L'Oréal Professionnel general manager Anya Haarhoff is delighted with the calibre of this year's finalists. See... Colour, style, fantasy... and that's just the hair [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0506/S00260.htm

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Amnesty Cites Increase In Violence In Democratic Republic of Congo

- Amnesty International today called for calm and restraint by the security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as clashes between police and protestors have already taken place and further demonstrations are planned for 30 June. See... Congo: Further violence feared as clashes erupt [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00524.htm

Bush Delivers State Of War Speech At Fort Bragg, North Carolina

- Our mission in Iraq is clear. We're hunting down the terrorists. We're helping Iraqis build a free nation that is an ally in the war on terror. We're advancing freedom in the broader Middle East. We are removing a source of violence and instability, and laying the foundation of peace for our children and our grandchildren. The work in Iraq is difficult and it is dangerous. Like most Americans, I see the images of violence and bloodshed. Every picture is horrifying, and the suffering is real. Amid all this violence, I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it, and it is vital to the future security of our country. And tonight I will explain the reasons why. See... Bush Discusses Iraq, War on Terror At Fort Bragg [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00509.htm

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Russell Brown Publishes The Great NZ Argument

- This is a very big day for me. My first book, Great New Zealand Argument: Ideas about ourselves is officially on the shelves. Some of the material will be familiar to Public Address readers, from the web feature that started it all. The online versions of the works by David Lange, Keith Sinclair, Bill Pearson, Robin Hyde, Bob Gormack and Jim Traue have been tidied up and checked against originals for print, and new introductions have been written. See... Public Address 29/06/05 - A Very Big Day For Me [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00404.htm

Suzan Mazur On The Mason’s Mason - Frank Carlucci I

- The life of Frank Carlucci I has largely escaped public scrutiny, possibly because he's grandfather to one of the knights of the political chessboard -- Carlyle Group’s Frank Carlucci III -- who is not known for being flashy. His talent for secrecy in the Masonic brotherhood, for example, for which he was rewarded with the highest honor: “sublime prince of the royal secret” was no doubt coded somewhere in the Y chromosome passed along to Frank Carlucci III, who has so far served as deputy director of the CIA, secretary of defense and national security adviser, among other trusted appointments. See... Suzan Mazur: Frank Carlucci I, "Sublime Prince" [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00418.htm

Scoop Reader Opinion: Why Are Kiwi Kids Dying?

- Why are New Zealand children dying of influenza B? I asked this question to Dr Sue Huang, virologist at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), last week. Dr Huang admitted that she ‘was puzzled’, and that the ESR had been unable ... See... Why Are NZ Children Dying Of Influenza B? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00416.htm

Jason Leopold: Yet Another Poacher Becomes Game Keeper

- The audacity inside the Bush administration never ceases to amaze. The latest example of chutzpah from Bush and co. is the announcement that Joseph Kelliher, a former policy adviser with the Department of Energy who currently serves as a commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency that controls the country's natural gas industry, hydroelectric projects, electric utilities, and oil pipelines and has played a critical role in the deregulation of those industries, will be named by the White House Thursday to chair FERC. See... Enron Policy Pimp To Be Named Chair of FERC [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00415.htm

Ray McGovern On Bush’s Unconvincing Iraq Rhetoric

- The editors of the New York Times this morning feign shock that in his speech at Fort Bragg yesterday evening President George W. Bush would "raise the bloody flag of 9/11 over and over again to justify a war in a country that had nothing whatsoever ... See... Ray McGovern: Stay the Crooked Course [1] MORE:

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Green Party Slams Goff Over Zimbabwe Cricket Tour

- The Green Party has accused Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff of completely mishandling the Zimbabwe cricket crisis. "I'm not surprised Martin Snedden has refused to return Phil Goff's phone calls," said Green Party Co-Leader, Rod Donald. "As far as the CEO of NZ Cricket was concerned, he left for the ICC meeting in London on the understanding that all Phil Goff wanted was for Kiwi cricketers not to shake Mugabe's hand. See... Goff's handling of Zimbabwe crisis inept [1] ALSO:

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Govt Lowers GP Health Costs For 18 to 24-year-olds

- Prime Minister Helen Clark and Health Minister Annette King said today that 18 to 24 year olds will benefit from the rollout of lower cost visits to the doctor and lower standard prescription charges from tomorrow, 1 July. More than a quarter of a million New Zealanders are in this age group and enrolled with doctors in the interim PHOs, who can now access the higher subsidy. See… Primary Health Money Rolled Out To 18 To 24-Year-Olds [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00716.htm

Foresters Lock Gates To Keep Govt Officials Out

- The NZ Forest Owners Association is suggesting to its members that they refuse entry to government officials intending to set up carbon monitoring plots in private forests. President Peter Berg has confirmed that the association has suggested to its members that they not allow such entry to their forests until far more substantial consultation has taken place. He says the decision has been taken in response to members’ concerns, that it has not been taken lightly, and that it is not a preferred course of action. See... Kyoto officials face forest lock-out [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00448.htm
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