Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
Politics: Key Not A 'Hardcore Hard Right Winger'
Questions of the Day
Scoop Satire: Calls For Calm As Parliamentary Ceasefire Falters
Entertainment: Popularity May End Up Deciding Audience Favourite!
Justice: Gov General To Open First Restorative Justice Centre At AUT
Arts/Oddspot: Beige Brigade Make Pilgrimage To Palmy For Underarm Play
Employment: Oz Union Calls Bosses $8.5 Million Pay Obscene and Pledges Support For Kiwi Workers
MORE HEADLINES

WORLD NEWS:
Afghanistan: UN Security Council Extends Force For Another Year
UN Audio News
Haaretz.com Reports On An Israeli War Crime
D. Michael Van De Veer In Nepal: Something's Up In Kathmandu
More World Headlines
Photo Essay: Education for Children in Congo Armed Conflict Zone

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Rosalea Barker & EVERYBODY Remembers September 11th
John Gideon - Voting Machine Train Wreck In Progress
Bush Is Found Guilty By The Bush Crimes Commission
Keith Olbermann’s Special 911 Comment on Bush
More Scoop Comment & Opinion

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics):
Electricity: Commissioner Not Reappointed - Political Interference?
Disarmament: NZ Wants Iran To Stop Its Nuclear Shenanigans
Family Violence: Nats Pull Out Of Multi-Party Group
Conservation: Govt Wants To Stop Some Bottom Trawling
More Politics Headlines
Tonga: King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Dies In Auckland
Employment: Entire NZ Union Movement Goes To War With Aussie Corporate Giant

Politics: Key Not A 'Hardcore Hard Right Winger'

In a clear bid for leadership of the National Party, MP John Key says in a radio interview he believes the minimum wage should keep rising and implied that Dr Brash is one of the 'hard right wingers' who believes in getting rid of the minimum wage altogether. "Is Mr Key ignorant of his party's hard right wing stance on the minimum wage, or is he attempting to rewrite it as part of his power play for leadership?" says Minister of Labour Ruth Dyson. See...Brash 'hardcore hard right-winger' says Key [1] ALSO:

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QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:

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Scoop Satire: Calls For Calm As Parliamentary Ceasefire Falters

- New Zealand's legislative assembly is about to enter the sixth full day of a Speaker-imposed ceasefire, but initial indications are that the hard-won peace will not last. Volleys of barracking, or as it has come to be known 'barraging', have already begun to fly and the Speaker has called for restraint. The lull in hostilities followed weeks of unprecedented rhetorical violence.See... Hood: Shaky Parliament Ceasefire Enters Sixth Day [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00182.htm

Entertainment: Popularity May End Up Deciding Audience Favourite! -

With one week to go until the 2006 Radio Active 89FM Handle the Jandal awards, the 15 finalists for the Golden Jandals have indulged in a vote-rigging frenzy through the competition’s txt-vote system. “It’s the measure of how many friends these bands, filmmakers and artists have. Nigel No-Mates doesn’t win anything,” said Radio Active station manager Dave Gibbons. “So, get txting.” See... Nigel No-Mates doesn't win anything [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0609/S00113.htm

Justice: Gov General To Open First Restorative Justice Centre At AUT

- New Zealand's first tertiary centre specialising in restorative justice matters will be launched at AUT University by the Governor-General, His Excellency Anand Satyanand, on Friday, September 15. The Restorative Justice Centre will be based at AUT's Institute of Public Policy. See... Restorative justice to be launched by G-G [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0609/S00049.htm

Arts/Oddspot: Beige Brigade Make Pilgrimage To Palmy For Underarm Play -

The Beige Brigade will be in attendance at tonight's global, world international premiere of the play, The Underarm, up at Centrepoint in sunny Palmerston North. We will be making a road trip up from Wellington with our driver hired from Student Job Search at the wheel. We are hoping for red carpet treatment and looking forward to the Australian characters getting some stick. See... Beige Brigade Travel To Underam Play's Premier [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0609/S00117.htm

Employment: Oz Union Calls Bosses $8.5 Million Pay Obscene and Pledges Support For Kiwi Workers -

The national secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia Paddy Crumlin has pledged financial, industrial and political support for 600 locked out NZCTU distribution workers. "We will do whatever it takes to get these workers justice. Its obscene company executives pocket multi-million dollar salaries, while working families have to struggle to keep their heads above water," he said. See... Australian Union Will Do Whatever it Takes For NZ [1] ALSO:

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Afghanistan: UN Security Council Extends Force For Another Year

- The Security Council today extended for another year the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, which has been beset by an increasing number of terrorist attacks in recent months. See... Extension Of Security Force’s Mandate: Afghanistan [1] ALSO:

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UN AUDIO NEWS:

Scoop Audio: [1] UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is to Focus on Lebanon and the Middle East as His Term Ends. Also, The Situation in Darfur is Desperate: Annan - Annan Urges Continued Efforts to Reform the Security Council - Experts Say Migration Now a Global Phenomenon - Annan Urges International Community to Offer Assistance to Lebanon - UN Envoy Urges End to Uncertainty in Kosovo Status Talks.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00236.htm

Haaretz.com Reports On An Israeli War Crime

- "What we did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs," the head of an IDF rocket unit in Lebanon said regarding the use of cluster bombs and phosphorous shells during the war. See... IDF Commander: 1Mn + Cluster Bombs Used In Lebanon [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00174.htm

D. Michael Van De Veer In Nepal: Something's Up In Kathmandu

- NEPAL - Sept.13, 2006 - Over 20 truck-loads of the mystery weapons that were intercepted in India aboard Russian-planes were stopped outside of Kathmandu early this morning and have now entered the city. See... D. M. Van De Veer: Trouble & Anarchy In Kathmandu [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00194.htm

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Photo Essay: Education for Children in Congo Armed Conflict Zone

- Over two years since the official end of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an estimated 30,000 people continue to perish every month in conflict-related deaths. Over 4 million people have been displaced. The physical abuse of civilians by the military continues largely unpunished, and children remain at high risk of use by armed groups, family separation and rape. See... Photo Essay: Education For Children In DR Congo [1] ALSO:

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Rosalea Barker & EVERYBODY Remembers September 11th

- Well, it’s P-CANDY day, when the 51st state of the Union is GZ. Sorry, just got carried away with the two-letter abbreviations for Pennsylvania, New York, District of Columbia, and Ground Zero. Small minds are amused by small things, but really what can you do in the face of such large issues? See... Stateside With Rosalea: 9/11 Remembrance, Part 2 [1] & Stateside With Rosalea: 9/11 Remembrance, Part 1 [2] MORE 911 ANNIVERSARY COMMENT & OPINION:

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John Gideon - Voting Machine Train Wreck In Progress

This morning voters in much of Maryland awoke with plans to go to the polls early and then head off to a normal day. Unfortunately when they got to their polling places they only found locked doors. See... John Gideon: Train Wreck In Maryland Primary [1] MORE:John Gideon - Daily Voting News For September 13, 2006 [2] , September 12, 2006 [3] & September 11, 2006 [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00169.htm
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Bush Is Found Guilty By The Bush Crimes Commission

- The testimony that I presented in January to the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration was related to the evidence found in the Downing Street Memos. This evidence is connected to Count 1 in the Wars of Aggression Indictment being delivered today, which reads: "The Bush Administration authorized a war of aggression against Iraq." See... Bush Crimes Commission Verdict: Bush Is Guilty [1] MORE RELATED COMMENT:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00192.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00193.htm

Keith Olbermann’s Special 911 Comment on Bush

- "History teaches us that nearly unanimous support of a government cannot be taken away from that government, by its critics. It can only be squandered by those who use it not to heal a nation’s wounds, but to take political advantage. Terrorists did not come and steal our newly-regained sense of being American first, and political, fiftieth. Nor did the Democrats. Nor did the media. Nor did the people. The President — and those around him — did that." See... Blogwatch: Keith Olbermann 9/11 Comment Transcript [1] MORE ON/FROM THE PEOPLE'S KEITH:

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Electricity: Commissioner Not Reappointed - Political Interference?

- The acrimonious sacking of Electricity Commissioner Roy Hemmingway confirms the failure of the Government’s electricity policies and its bullying style towards independent statutory officers, says National’s Energy spokesman, Nick Smith. “Labour set up the Electricity Commission, appointed Mr Hemmingway, and said it would resolve New Zealand’s electricity problems. The problems have got worse and now they are using Mr Hemmingway as a scapegoat. See... Sacking confirms Govt’s failure on electricity [1] ALSO:

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Disarmament: NZ Wants Iran To Stop Its Nuclear Shenanigans -

Disarmament Minister Phil Goff today met with Iran's ambassador to New Zealand, His Excellency Mr Kambiz Sheikh-Hassani and conveyed to him New Zealand's concerns on Iran's nuclear program. "I have made New Zealand's position to the Ambassador absolutely clear. Iran needs to suspend its programme for enriching and reprocessing uranium, and research and development related to it. See... Goff Conveys Concerns To Iran's Ambassador [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00283.htm

Family Violence: Nats Pull Out Of Multi-Party Group

- The government's work to eliminate family violence from all New Zealand communities was carrying on and would not be affected by National's decision not to contribute to the multi-party group... "Work to eliminate family violence is led by the Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families," Mr Benson-Pope said. "The Taskforce and the multi-party group are two quite separate entities. See... Family violence work continues [1] ALSO:

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Conservation: Govt Wants To Stop Some Bottom Trawling

- Foreign Minister Winston Peters, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton, and Conservation Minister Chris Carter said the government was seeking an immediate moratorium on the high seas outside areas where competent Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) existed or were under negotiation. See... NZ to take strong stance on bottom trawling [1] ALSO:

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Tonga: King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Dies In Auckland -

Prime Minister Helen Clark today extended her condolences and sympathies to the people of Tonga at the loss of their Head of State, His Majesty King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV. King Tupou IV died overnight in Auckland, aged 88 years, after a long period of poor health. Helen Clark also extended the New Zealand Government’s sincerest condolences to Her Majesty Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho on the death of her husband. See... King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV [1] ALSO:

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Employment: Entire NZ Union Movement Goes To War With Aussie Corporate Giant

- The crude use of the power of a corporate against vulnerable workers was how Ross Wilson, the Council of Trade Unions president described the battle between the locked out supermarket workers and their boss Progressive Enterprises – Progressive's parent company is the Australian corporate giant Woolworths. Progressive Enterprises owns Foodtown, Woolworths and Countdown. Union delegates today called for a nationwide boycott of these supermarkets. See... NZ Workers Band Together Against Aussie Corporate [1] ALSO:

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