Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Thursday, 10 March 2005, 10:31 am
Article: Alastair Thompson

NOTE... this is largely yesterday's Top Scoops... i.e. a catch up edition...

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY: Reserve Bank Governor Increases OCR To 6.75 Per Cent
Govt's Alcohol Advertising Inquiry Welcomed
SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
SCOOP NEWS REPORTS:
Scoop Report: Crohn's Disease May Be Linked To Cow Bacteria
Indian Ocean: UN Advances Interim Tsunami Alert Plan
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Thieves Greed And Disputed Possession Thailand-Style
OTHER TOP COLUMNS:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
National Says Courts Debt Hits $602 Million
Govt Says Keys Misleading Over Working For Families Claim
OTHER POLITICAL HEADLINES

LEAD STORY:
Reserve Bank Governor Increases OCR To 6.75 Per Cent

[1] Speaking at the release of the Reserve Bank's March 2005 Monetary Policy Statement, Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard increased the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 6.75 per cent. "Our revised economic projections incorporate a stronger outlook for activity in the near-term with the projected slowing in growth now not occurring until later in 2005. World demand and export prices are projected to moderate through 2005." See... Reserve Bank increases OCR to 6.75 per cent [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0503/S00109.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0503/S00109.htm

Govt's Alcohol Advertising Inquiry Welcomed

[1] The Drug Foundation today welcomed the commitment by Government to undertake a Government-led inquiry into alcohol advertising. The Government announced its response to a report of the Health Select Committee on a parliamentary petition calling for a review of alcohol advertising. The Government noted that previous industry-led reviews consistently resisted further restrictions on broadcast advertising. See... Foundation Welcomes Alcohol Advertising Inquiry [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0503/S00087.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0503/S00087.htm

SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00188.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00169.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0503/S00086.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00195.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00193.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00196.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0503/S00108.htm

SCOOP NEWS REPORTS:

Scoop Interview: Cuban Ambassador Addresses Rodney Hide's Claims [1] Miguel Ramirez: "I have been asked by some quarters not to reply back to any of the innuendos of Rodney Hide , as they do not deserve my time (they give me much credit or none to him). But frankly speaking, if I were him I should try to avoid that as many persons as possible could read his weak reply to your prestigious digital publication, showing such a high degree of political inclination towards Washington, that I doubt many would like that." See... Feedback: Cuban Ambassador Responds To Rodney Hide [2] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00058.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00058.htm

Scoop Report: Crohn's Disease May Be Linked To Cow Bacteria

[1] Marietta Gross reports that one million people worldwide are suffering from the enteritis Morbus Crohn disease. Recent studies suggest the disease is transmitted by cattle. People who suffer from the intestine disease Morbus Crohn are more often than not infected with a certain bacterium than people without the disease. See... Physicians Link Crohn's Disease To Cow Bacteria [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0503/S00039.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0503/S00039.htm

Indian Ocean: UN Advances Interim Tsunami Alert Plan

[1] In a bid to set up an immediate interim tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean, which experts believe could have saved scores of thousands of lives in last December’s disaster, a United Nations-sponsored meeting of experts has called on all affected countries to establish emergency contact centres by the end of the month. See... Interim Tsunami Early Warning System Plan Progress [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0503/S00178.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0503/S00178.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0503/S00175.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0503/S00176.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0503/S00180.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0503/S00179.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0503/S00177.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Thieves Greed And Disputed Possession Thailand-Style

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A murky tale of thieves, greed and disputed possession of a ruby-and-pearl-studded gold crown, which may have been worn by a Siamese king but now glistens in San Francisco, is a mystery worthy of Indiana Jones. See Richard S. Ehrlich's - The Indiana-Jones-Like Tale Of A Stolen Thai Crown [1] The Scoop Editor - Super-Cylone Ingrid Heads For Queensland Coast [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00059.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00056.htm

OTHER TOP COLUMNS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00066.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00065.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00064.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00063.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00062.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00061.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00060.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00057.htm

National Says Courts Debt Hits $602 Million

[1] National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall, says a record $602 million was owed to the courts in outstanding fines and reparation debt at December 2004. The debt ballooned by $65 million in the past year. See... Courts debt hits record $602 million [2] RELATED - UF Won't Back 'Plundering' Of Law Fidelity Fund [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00180.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00179.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00180.htm

Govt Says Keys Misleading Over Working For Families Claim

[1] A claim by National's Finance spokesperson John Key that four out of five households will get nothing from Working For Families was misleading, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today. See... John Key Working for Families claims misleading [2] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00174.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00174.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00171.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00177.htm

OTHER POLITICAL HEADLINES

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00182.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00181.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00176.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00173.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00172.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00170.htm

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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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