Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
Pilger Predicts G8 Will Refuse Poverty Relief For Africa
GPJA Says Time Helen Clark Sorted Out Zimbabwe Tour Issue
Cullen Says National Ed-Tax-Break Would Mean More Bureaucrats
Metservice Predicts Fine Weather For Saturday's Rugby Test
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
UNICEF Calls For Action To Address Crimes Against Children
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
MP's HR Consistency Assessed - From Zaoui To Zimbabwe
Bonus Joules Proposes A Solution To The Kyoto Conundrum
Paul Buchanan On US Special Forces Losses
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics):
Dyson Tells The Elderly How To Plan For Enjoyment
PM Announces Intended Law Change For Solo-Pensioners
Peters Chomping At He Bit For Campaign To Begin
MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:

Pilger Predicts G8 Will Refuse Poverty Relief For Africa

LONDON — The front page of the June 12 Observer announced, “$55bn Africa debt deal ‘a victory for millions'”. The “victory for millions” is a quotation of Bob Geldof, who said, “Tomorrow 280 million Africans will wake up for the first time in their lives without owing you or me a penny...” The nonsense of this would be breathtaking if the reader's breath had not already been extracted by the unrelenting sophistry of Bob Geldof, Bono, Prime Minister Tony Blair, British treasurer Gordon Brown, the Observer et. al. See... John Pilger: G8 Will Not Ease Third World Poverty [1] MORE G8 COMMENT:

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GPJA Says Time Helen Clark Sorted Out Zimbabwe Tour Issue

- Phil Goff has told NZ Cricket's Martin Snedden that the government does not want the tour to proceed. But GPJA's John Minto says this is well short of a formal request for this tour to be abandoned. "This would be best done with Helen Clark meeting with the full council of New Zealand Cricket and making a formal request on behalf of the government and people of New Zealand. This formal request would point out the similarities in the situation of the 1976 All Blacks who toured South Africa entertaining whites while black school children were being murdered in the streets of Soweto," GPJA stated today. See... Zimbabwe Tour - Time for Helen Clark to Step in [1] ALSO:

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Cullen Says National Ed-Tax-Break Would Mean More Bureaucrats

- Don Brash writes that his planned tax deduction is designed to ease the financial pressures on parents, particularly on second-income earners and employed sole parents. But Finance Minister Michael Cullen says it spells more bureaucrats but less money for quality early childhood education. See... More bureaucrats, less early childhood education [1] ALSO:

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Metservice Predicts Fine Weather For Saturday's Rugby Test

- After several days of rain in the north, MetService meteorologists are forecasting that showers will clear away in time for the third rugby test between the LIONS and the ALL BLACKS at Eden Park on Saturday evening. See... MetService forecasting a dry third test [1]

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UNICEF Calls For Action To Address Crimes Against Children

- With 1,300 children under age 14 dying in homicides or assaults every year in the European Region alone, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on Governments, UN agencies, professionals, civil society, communities, families and children themselves to act now to uproot the scourge of violence against youngsters. See… Europe-Central Asia Must Act on Child Violence [1]

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MP's HR Consistency Assessed - From Zaoui To Zimbabwe

- Phil Goff today outlined the steps the Government would be taking now that they have suddenly realised that our cricket team is going to Zimbabwe. "Naturally, we deplore Zimbabwe's human rights record and we will do everything we reasonably can to stop this situation recurring," said Goff, whose main achievement as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade is the opening of free trade negotiations with China. See... NZ MPs Care About Human Rights All Of A Sudden [1]

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Bonus Joules Proposes A Solution To The Kyoto Conundrum

- Hurray. So New Zealand has suddenly lost a billion dollars ‘value’ because of our expenditure of our carbon credits. Yesterday we had half a billion dollars in credits. Today we are a carbon debtor by half a billion dollars. Great. I never could understand how carbon trading could work for us. Now it is time to start taking Kyoto seriously and making some real money out of it. See... Bonus Joules: When Is A Hole Not A Hole? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00091.htm

Paul Buchanan On US Special Forces Losses

- The downing of a US helicopter in Eastern Afghanistan with 16 Special Forces soldiers represents the single worst combat loss by the US in that country since the invasion of late 2001. The loss is made all the more grave when considering the investment that goes into the training and equipment of special forces troops—in this case 8 Navy SEALs and 8 Army Aviation special operators sent on a mission to rescue a four man SEAL reconnaissance squad lost after coming under fire in Kunar Province. See... Paul Buchanan: On Special Ops Military Investment [1]

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Dyson Tells The Elderly How To Plan For Enjoyment

- Coping without a car Older people who stop driving can remain independent and do the things they enjoy if they plan ahead and have a positive attitude, Senior Citizens Minister Ruth Dyson said today. Launching the pamphlet, ‘How will you get around when you stop driving?’ at Parliament, Ms Dyson said older people’s quality of life depended on being able to get around easily when they could no longer drive. See... Coping without a car [1]

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PM Announces Intended Law Change For Solo-Pensioners

- Helen Clark told a meeting of Grey Power members in Nelson this afternoon that the Labour-led government was introducing legislation which ensures that all superannuitants living alone can be paid the single, living alone rate of New Zealand superannuation. See... Law change to make NZ Superannuation fairer [1]

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Peters Chomping At He Bit For Campaign To Begin

- Helen Clark should front up to the people of New Zealand as any responsible leader would and set the election date, says Rt Hon Winston Peters. “Her silly game of smoke and mirrors over the election date has already cost Labour big time in the polls and the situation will only get worse for them if she keeps playing games with New Zealanders," Winston Peters said. See... Set the Date PM - The Country is Waiting [1]

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