Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics (For June 22nd)

Thursday, 23 June 2005, 12:02 am
Article: Alastair Thompson

NOTE: This is a catchup edition of Top Scoops from June 22nd.

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY: Apple Protest Sees Dozens Of Tractors Swarm On Parliament
SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:
Police Investigate Rimutaka Forest Carpark For Clues
Quality Public Education Coalition Accuses Govt Of Manufacturing Wananga Crisis
Every Child Counts Org Slams Brash For Poverty Stance
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Peter Calder Defends His Anti-Che Guevara Stance
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
No Right Turn On Criminal Asset Forfeiture
Russell Brown On Kyoto And Other Things
Scott Ritter On The War Against Iran
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:
Sam Smith On John Conyers vs Dana Milbank

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Wine Exporters To Australia Get Tax Rebate
Nats Attack Credibility Of Respected Economist
Tourists Continue Big Spend Up In NZ
MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:

LEAD STORY:
Apple Protest Sees Dozens Of Tractors Swarm On Parliament

[1] More than 1000 angry protestors whose livelihood’s rely on getting kiwi apples into the Australian market swarmed through the streets of Wellington this afternoon. The protest was reasonably lively and a good number of office workers and downtown commuters made use of the free apples carted around by dozens of tractors. See... Apple Protestors Descend On The Capital [2] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00312.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00312.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00506.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00509.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00513.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00515.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00342.htm

SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00495.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00481.htm

NZ LEAD:

Police Investigate Rimutaka Forest Carpark For Clues [1] - Detectives will tomorrow closely examine the area around the Catchpool Road end carpark in the Rimutaka Forest Park to see if it will help shed any light on the disappearance of a Wellington woman. See... Operation Stewart: Forest Park car park examined [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0506/S00166.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0506/S00166.htm

Quality Public Education Coalition Accuses Govt Of Manufacturing Wananga Crisis

- The Minister of Education’s threat issued on Monday to sack the Board of Te Wananga O Aotearoa is part of a crisis manufactured by the government rather than created by the Wananga. See... Govt to Dismiss Wananga as a “Manufactured Crisis" [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0506/S00060.htm

Every Child Counts Org Slams Brash For Poverty Stance

- Don Brash’s remarks on child poverty yesterday are disturbing and fail to acknowledge the lasting impact of poverty on the health and educational prospects of children. On Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report yesterday. Dr Brash said, “these things go up and down” and that he “can’t promise anything in that area." Not so. We expect him to commit to ending child poverty,” said Murray Edridge, spokesperson for Every Child Counts. See... Don Brash disturbing on child poverty [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0506/S00237.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0506/S00236.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0506/S00331.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0506/S00162.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0506/S00193.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0506/S00192.htm

Peter Calder Defends His Anti-Che Guevara Stance

- Several months have elapsed since the publication of two pieces on this page - one written by the Cuban ambassador to New Zealand, Miguel Ramirez Ramos, the other by a representative of two New Zealand-Cuba Friendship Societies, Malcolm McAllister - taking strong exception to assertions I made in the New Zealand Herald and Weekend Herald referring to historical events and present circumstances in Cuba. See... Peter Calder Defends His Che Guevara Writings [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00304.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00340.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00343.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00339.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00338.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0506/S00333.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
No Right Turn On Criminal Asset Forfeiture

- The Government has finally introduced its long-anticipated asset forfeiture legislation to the House as the Criminal Proceeds and Instruments Bill. The bill allows the crown to seize assets from suspected criminals on a civil ("balance of probabilities") standard of proof. But the crown does not have to link the assets to any specific criminal activity; all it has to prove is that the target has engaged in "serious criminal activity" within the last seven years. See... Asset forfeiture: sacrificing justice [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00313.htm

Russell Brown On Kyoto And Other Things

- Don Brash is officially a global warming sceptic. He wants proof that climate change is happening and that it is driven by human activity. Perhaps he should do some more reading, and try and think past September... See... Public Address 22/06/05 - Bits And Pieces [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00311.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00286.htm

Scott Ritter On The War Against Iran

- Americans, along with the rest of the world, are starting to wake up to the uncomfortable fact that President George Bush not only lied to them about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (the ostensible excuse for the March 2003 invasion and occupation of that country by US forces), but also about the very process that led to war. See... Scott Ritter: The War With Iran Has Already Begun [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00303.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00281.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00309.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00301.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00307.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00306.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00305.htm

Sam Smith On John Conyers vs Dana Milbank

- Dana Milbank's snotty attack on critics of White House behavior as revealed in the Downing Street memos illuminates a carefully concealed truth about the media: its definition of objectivity stops at the edge of anything left of center. Standard Democratic policy is okay, even a liberal quote or two, but anything further to the left is simply excluded from coverage unless - as in Milbank's case - it is there to ridicule. See... Sam Smith: The Glass Wall Of Media Coverage [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00308.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00302.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00291.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00266.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00258.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00250.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00228.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00127.htm

Wine Exporters To Australia Get Tax Rebate

- Legislation tabled in Parliament yesterday paves the way for New Zealand’s wine producers who export to Australia to have access to Australia’s wine equalisation tax rebate, Revenue Minister Michael Cullen announced today. “The change is part of a joint trans-Tasman legislative effort that will involve both Australia and New Zealand in the administration of the rebate to New Zealand wine producers who export to Australia,” Dr Cullen said. See... NZ wine producers access Australian tax rebate [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00505.htm

Nats Attack Credibility Of Respected Economist

- "Peter Harris' report 'The Myth of the Exploding Public Sector' is a highly slanted document that uses selective data, and when properly analysed is found sadly wanting," says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. "His mumbo jumbo might convince Michael Cullen but working New Zealanders paying the bills and watching the rorts won't buy it." See... Economist damages his own credibility [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00504.htm

Tourists Continue Big Spend Up In NZ

- The latest statistics for tourism prove yet again the importance of the tourism industry to New Zealand, Tourism Minister Mark Burton said today. He was commenting on the latest Tourism Satellite Account, which showed that Tourism expenditure was $17.2 billion for the year ended March 2004 – an increase of 0.4 per cent on the previous year. See... Tourism spending continues to rise [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00507.htm

MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00503.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00502.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00508.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00494.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00493.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00485.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00484.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00482.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00499.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00486.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00483.htm
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00498.htm
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00497.htm
[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00492.htm
[15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00491.htm
[16] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00490.htm
[17] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00489.htm
[18] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00488.htm
[19] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00487.htm

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