Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Thursday, 2 June 2005, 5:40 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY: Nat's New Billboards – 2nd Edition
Massive Wind Farm Proposed For Makara Hills
SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE
Immunisation Advisory Centre Response To Meningococcal Gold Rush
Government Deploys 50 SAS Personnel To Afghanistan
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
European Union Heads Rocked By Netherlands No Vote
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
How The Help America Vote Act Isn't
Mark Drolette Assesses PNAC's Star Wars Ambitions
Greg Palast On The Watergate Revelations
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:
Motornet: Diesel Peugeots Delight
What Your Broker Doesn't Know Or Won't Tell You!

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Prisoner's Compensation Legislation Passes After Turbulent Debate
ACT Digs Inside Michael Cullen's Budget 2005
PM Gives Horse To Japanese Shinto Temple
Greens Shocked At Cops Marketing For Maccers
MORE PARLIAMENTARY HEADLINES:

LEAD STORY:
Nat's New Billboards – 2nd Edition

A Scoop reader writes... [1] "I think the Nats have done graffiti artists a great service with their cutting edge series of billboards. This is my take on the 'real' messages underneath all the c**p." See... Culture Jamming: Nat's New Billboards Amended [2] . MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00043.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00037.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00386.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00043.htm

Massive Wind Farm Proposed For Makara Hills

- Meridian Energy announced today it is seeking resource consent to develop a wind farm west of Wellington. The proposed wind farm, called Project West Wind, has the potential to be the best performing wind farm in the world. It is expected to generate enough electricity to power up to 110,000 average homes, equivalent to every home in Wellington City, Lower Hutt and Porirua. See... Wellington Wind Farm On Meridian's Generation List [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00046.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00045.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00042.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00047.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00061.htm

SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE

- Today the house - sitting under urgency - passed Prisoner's Compensation legislation through all stages and then adjourned at around 4pm.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00047.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00033.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0505/S00775.htm

Immunisation Advisory Centre Response To Meningococcal Gold Rush

- Re: The May 2005 Meningococcal Gold Rush, second edition [1] , press release by Barbara Sumner-Burstyn and Ron Law. This 61-page edition introduces no new meaningful data to the information on MeNZB™ that has not already been considered and responded to. See... IMAC Response To Gold Rush 2nd Ed. [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00352.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0506/S00015.htm

Government Deploys 50 SAS Personnel To Afghanistan

- Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Mark Burton today announced the re-deployment of around 50 New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) personnel to Afghanistan for up to 180 days from June this year. See... New Zealand contributions to Afghanistan [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00041.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0506/S00016.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00033.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

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[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0506/S00002.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0506/S00016.htm

European Union Heads Rocked By Netherlands No Vote

- European Commission president José Manuel Barroso: "The people of the Netherlands, like the voters of France, have chosen to say no to the ratification of the Constitutional Treaty. This is a choice that we respect. The result of the democratic ballot taken in the Netherlands comes at the end of a rich and intense debate and deserves a profound analysis, to which we must now dedicate the necessary time." See... Netherlands Say No To EU Constitution [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00045.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00036.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00034.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00032.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00030.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00029.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
How The Help America Vote Act Isn't

- In spite of the federal government's repeated failures to meet statutory deadlines imposed by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), the U.S. Department of Justice has declared that the States must meet their HAVA deadlines, even without the HAVA-mandated ... See... Ellen Theisen: Is HAVA Being Abused? (Part II) [1] and Is HAVA Being Abused? [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00032.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00010.htm

Mark Drolette Assesses PNAC's Star Wars Ambitions

- As any politically-minded American should know, it's never a bad idea to regularly revisit the document that enumerates the core principles by which the American government operates. See... Mark Drolette: Spaced Cowboy's Space Cowboys [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00030.htm

Greg Palast On The Watergate Revelations

- I've been gagging all morning on the Washington Post's self-congratulatory preening about its glory days of the Watergate investigation. See... Greg Palast: Washington Post Still Sucks [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00028.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00027.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00014.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00029.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00035.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00019.htm
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[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00026.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00025.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00034.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00031.htm

Motornet: Diesel Peugeots Delight

- There are plenty of reasons why punters are attracted to French vehicles, and in particular, the offerings of Peugeot. Flair, original design, plush interiors and an almost guaranteed comfortable ride are some. Now there’s a couple more. See... MOTORNET: Diesel Delights - Peugeot 407 & 307 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00020.htm

What Your Broker Doesn't Know Or Won't Tell You!

- Right from the beginning, this book started changing my perception and beliefs on share trading. I found myself starting to get enthusiastic about the prospect of share trading. What brought this change was the author’s refreshingly simple philosophy and methodologies, giving me “hope” that maybe share trading isn’t out of the realms of the everyday person. See... Book Review: Exploding The Myths [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00018.htm

Prisoner's Compensation Legislation Passes After Turbulent Debate

- While the Labour Government is arguing under urgency in Parliament that compensation should be payable to prisoners who allege ill treatment, its lawyers are arguing the opposite in a courtroom just across the road, says National’s Justice spokesman. See... Labour’s curious stand on prisoner compo [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00049.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00060.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00040.htm

ACT Digs Inside Michael Cullen's Budget 2005

- Newly dumped Treasury budget papers confirm health spending is unsustainable and out of control, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. See... Budget papers reveal massive incompetence [1] and Hide - Speech to Cambridge Rotary [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00057.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00059.htm

PM Gives Horse To Japanese Shinto Temple

- Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today in Tokyo that New Zealand is gifting a replacement horse to Toshogu Shrine, one of the most important shrines in Japan. The replacement horse, named Kotuku – meaning rare and sacred visitor – will be shipped to Japan later this year. See... NZ gift to Shinto shrine in Tokyo [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00052.htm

Greens Shocked At Cops Marketing For Maccers

- The Greens are calling for the Government to develop guidelines for corporate sponsorship of government departments, after revelations that the Police are handing out McDonald's vouchers to school kids. See... Cops handing out fast food vouchers tasteless [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00050.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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