Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Thursday, 1 September 2005, 12:25 am
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
VIDEO & AUDIO: Brash On His Business Roundtable Relationship & Its Interest In NZ Race Relations Policy
RECOMMENDED AUDIO:
Clark Cites 'Leaked Memo' When Questioning Nats' ACC Policy
National's Pledge To Teachers: You Will Be $100 million Better Off
InternetNZ ICT Election Forum To Be Webcast Live Thurs Evening
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
POLL WATCH:
STATE OF IT: Brash Seeks Culture Change – Is Resistance Futile?
Lyndon Hood: Roger Kerr Seeks A Refund On A Faulty Tool
United Nations Urges Israel To Pull Out Of West Bank
MORE WORLD NEWS HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Jordan Carter Has A Closer Look At Dr Don's Race Speech
Stateside: Broken Levees In New Orleans
Sheila Samples: The Mothers Are Coming!
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics):
Maori Party Announces Treaty Of Waitangi Policy
John Key Challenges Peters To Come Clean On Tax-Cuts
Turia Commits To Keeping National Out Of Government
Brash Releases Treaty Principles Policy
MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:

VIDEO & AUDIO: Brash On His Business Roundtable Relationship & Its Interest In NZ Race Relations Policy

[1] Q: With relation to the race relations policy announced on Monday, would you be willing to say that Roger Kerr and Roger Douglas provided you with good advice? --- Q: What is the business angle on your race-relations policy – how is it good for business? See... Video: Brash Press Conf. On BRT Emails & Race (and/or Audio) MORE ON THIS STORY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00281.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00264.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00263.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00226.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00791.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00778.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/E05CampaignDiary.html

RECOMMENDED AUDIO:

[1] SCOOP AUDIO: Selwyn Manning on Adelaide Radio with Lisa Leong (Talks about Don Brash’s office having an apparent mole.) [2] [3] SCOOP AUDIO: Kevin List on Radio Active (Talks about newspaper coverage of Don Brash’s email & fax leaks.) [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0509/S00002.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0509/S00002.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0509/S00001.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0509/S00001.htm

Clark Cites 'Leaked Memo' When Questioning Nats' ACC Policy

- Helen Clark today challenged the National Party to say how much of Dr Brash’s $3.5 million war chest target came from the insurance industry. “A leaked memo from the Insurance Council to its members makes it clear that details of National’s policy to privatise ACC have been deliberately withheld from the public after consultation with the Insurance Council. “National’s policy opens up to the insurance industry ACC’s levy business of more than $2 billion. That’s all the ACC’s levy business except the non-earner account," Helen Clark said. See... How much did National get for its ACC policy? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0509/S00007.htm

National's Pledge To Teachers: You Will Be $100 million Better Off

- Teachers will benefit by $100 million a year once National's lower taxes are in place. A trip to www.taxcut.co.nz compares the Labour and National packages. A small number of middle income families are better off with Labour's package, and every other working New Zealand is better off with National's package. National's package includes most of Labour's Working for Families payments as well as changes to rates and thresholds. See... $100 Million Tax Cut for Teachers [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0509/S00003.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00826.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00834.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00832.htm

InternetNZ ICT Election Forum To Be Webcast Live Thurs Evening

- This Thursday evening InternetNZ, in partnership with a number of related ICT organisations, is convening an Election Forum, for political parties to present and defend their policies relating to information and communications technology policy. See... ICT Leaders Online Election Forum 2005 (Thursday) [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0508/S00077.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0508/S00557.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0508/S00192.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0508/S00191.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0509/S00003.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0509/S00002.htm

POLL WATCH:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00282.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0508/S00365.htm

STATE OF IT: Brash Seeks Culture Change – Is Resistance Futile?

[1] Selwyn Manning writes that as is often the case introductions to concepts of culture-change arrive through fictitious means. Star Trek’s most creepy creation, The Borg, began: "This is the Borg Collective. Prepare to be assimilated. We will add your biological and technological distinctives to our own. You will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile." But should National’s plans to scrap the seven Maori electorates, render the Treaty Of Waitangi irrelevant, and attempt to assimilate all peoples unto the ‘mainstream’ be considered hypothetical? Definitely not. See… Is Resistance Futile? [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00264.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00264.htm

Lyndon Hood: Roger Kerr Seeks A Refund On A Faulty Tool

- (Satire)To: support@ national.org.nz / From: Roger Kerr / Subject: national party leadership - Some time ago I purchased a new National Party Leader(TM). At first it was barely rating as well as the one I upgraded from. Then I spoke to a friend about it and he suggested installing a race card - that worked a treat. See... Lyndon Hood: Not The Sharpest Tool In The Box [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00263.htm

United Nations Urges Israel To Pull Out Of West Bank

- A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights has called for Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza to be followed by similar steps in the whole of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, leading to a just and lasting solution of the Middle East conflict. See... Israel’s Gaza Pullout Must Lead To West Bank Exit [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0509/S00005.htm

MORE WORLD NEWS HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0509/S00009.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0509/S00008.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0509/S00006.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0509/S00003.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0509/S00001.htm

Jordan Carter Has A Closer Look At Dr Don's Race Speech

- I have now spent some time reading Don Brash's speech from Monday, and have reluctantly come to the conclusion that Don Brash doesn't actually understand what he is talking about. See... New Zealand? Or the new Australia? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0509/S00003.htm

Stateside: Broken Levees In New Orleans

- When I moved to this poor part of Oakland last year, one of the things I noticed first about it was the amount of subsidence and number of potholes in the streets. See... Stateside with Rosalea: When The Levee Breaks [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00276.htm

Sheila Samples: The Mothers Are Coming!

- It's an amazing thing. Doctors' offices in New York and Washington will likely be standing-room-only in a couple of months. I can see it now -- the look on a nurse's face when she asks the vacuous, target-eyed media twits when they are "due," and ... See... Sheila Samples: The Mothers Are Coming! [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00268.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00257.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00235.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00206.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00203.htm

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[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0508/S00267.htm
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Maori Party Announces Treaty Of Waitangi Policy

- The Tiriti/Treaty of Waitangi was entered into with our tupuna who were recognised as indigenous people with sovereign rights. This is the reason the Tiriti/Treaty has both the capacity and the mana to act as a constitutional document for all people ... See... Tiriti O Waitangi/Treaty Of Waitangi Policy [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00836.htm

John Key Challenges Peters To Come Clean On Tax-Cuts

- National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Winston Peters must make it clear to Kiwis whether he supports tax cuts or welfarism. “This is a simple question really. Either you support initiatives that will allow people to keep more of what they earn and get ahead through their own efforts, or you support the Labour model of redistribution and welfarism. “Unlike other political parties, our tax plan has been costed and given the green light by independent experts, yet Mr Peters continues to dither over whether he supports a fair tax structure that sees 85% of New Zealand taxpayers parting with no more than 19% tax on extra work. See... Winston Peters wrong on tax [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00813.htm

Turia Commits To Keeping National Out Of Government -

Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has stated that her party will not support National post election after its leader Don Brash said he would remove any legislative requirements to Tiriti o Waitangi from the statutes. See... Maori Party Commits To Keeping National Out [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00764.htm

Brash Releases Treaty Principles Policy

- National Party Leader Don Brash has today signaled changes to speed up the Treaty process and treat all New Zealanders on the basis of their need not their race. "There can be no basis for government funding based on race, no basis for separate Maori electorates, no basis for introducing Maori wards in local authority elections, and no obligation for local government to consult Maori in preference to other New Zealanders. I meant every word of the Orewa speech last year, and I stand by those conclusions today. We are one country with many peoples, not two peoples living in some form of partnership," Don Brash said. See... We Are All New Zealanders [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00742.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00745.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00744.htm
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[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00740.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0508/S00728.htm

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