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Scoop Audio: PM's Presser October 31, 2005
S coop Audio: PM's Post Cabinet Presser October 31, 2005
Report & Images by Alastair Thompson
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The Prime Minister commenced her first Post Cabinet press conference of her third term with a brief readout on what came up in Cabinet today.
She then answered questions from the press Gallery. Topics covered included:
- The
resignation of TVNZ CEO Ian Fraser;
- The status of the
investigation into Taito Phillip Field;
- Foreign
Minister Winston Peters travel plans;
- Greenpeace's
concerns over NZ's approach to a moratorium on deep sea
fishing over sea mounts;
- NZ connections in the UN
Oil-For-Food scandal;
- Peter Dunne & tobacco;
- The
expected house vote for Speaker and deputies;
- The
injured SAS soldier;
- The roll-over motion for bills
before the previous Parliament;
- The timing of next
week's sitting of Parliament.
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ENDS
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.
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