Scoop Top Stories For May 19, 2010 News Summary

Wednesday, 19 May 2010, 6:12 pm
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LEAD STORY

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Budget 2010: How will the GST rise affect retailers?

NZ POLITICS

Conservation: Forest & Bird Calls For Action Over Dolphins

Welfare: Working Group Forum To 'Debate The Issues'

Gordon Campbell: On John Key's Shifting Rationales For Tax Cuts

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

Technology: GNS's New Accelerator Much Cheaper Than Large Hadron Collider

On The Interphone Study: Mobile Phones And Cancer Risk

Thinking Of The Children: PM Asks For The Science On Youth

Pre-Budget Taxonomy Announcement: NZ Sponge Is One Of The Top 10 Species Finalists

Scoop Business: NZ Economic Flux Spurs Upgrades, Downgrades

Electricity: Reforms Will Make Market "Increasingly Volatile"

The Internets: NZ Speaks - What Do We Want? We Want Fibre!

Part 1

People: Population Hits 4.36 Million

COMMENT

Satire from Lyndon Hood: Sweeping Taxonomy Changes Planned For Budget 2010

Gordon Campbell: Shifting Rationales For Tax Cuts

Martin LeFevre: The Dark Night of Man’s Soul

Richard S. Ehrlich: Reds' Weapon Of Choice - Burning Barricades

Martin LeFevre: Fifty Million Gallons And Counting

Besieged in Bangkok: The Continuing Red Shirt Revolt

Joan Brunwasser IV: Rabbi Michael Lerner on Upcoming National Interfaith Conference

LIFESTYLE

Film Review by Binoy Kampmark: The Punished Libertine - Carlos Saura’s Io, Don Giovanni

Whose House? Removal Of Sir Edmund Hillary’s House

Employment: Anglicization Of Names On CVs

WORLD

Signup To Scoop Budget 2010 Alerts
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[1] - https://newsagent.scoop.co.nz/register.html?class=budget2010" target="_blank

ALSO:

• Budget 2010: Combating Government Waste [2]


• ACT’s vision for of future is a nightmare for NZ [3]


• Budget comments re SME sector [4]


• Time To Take Action Against GST On Food [5]


• ITPs prepared for budget cuts [6]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00261.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00193.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00587.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00183.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1005/S00075.htm [6]

Budget 2010: How will the GST rise affect retailers?
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/36384.html

ALSO:

• Budget 2010: Transtasman Tips On Budget 2010 [2]


• Budget 2010 [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00275.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/budget2010.html [3]

ALSO:

• Questions and Answers - 18 May 2010 [2]


• Today In Parliament 18.05.10 [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00262.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00145.htm [3]

Conservation: Forest & Bird Calls For Action Over Dolphins
Forest & Bird calls on the Ministers of Fisheries and Conservation to better protect New Zealand’s endangered Hector’s dolphins following news of two dolphin deaths in fishing nets, kept quiet by the Government until today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00194.htm

ALSO:

• National Party Members Reject ETS [2]


• ETS will cost Kiwis $527 million in its first year [3]


• Emissions trading – world famous in New Zealand [4]


• Protest ETS Introduction [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00253.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00579.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00536.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00147.htm [5]

Welfare: Working Group Forum To 'Debate The Issues'
Ms Rebstock said the June Forum would bring together a diversity of opinions and experience to identify the practical issues around long-term benefit dependency… Ms Rebstock said those figures had worsened since the downturn: "Such high levels of benefit receipt are not what we should be expecting for New Zealand families or our communities." More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00184.htm

ALSO:

• A real commitment needed for rail to meet future [2]


• Much needed rail investment encouraging [3]


• KiwiRail tender may see some work done locally [4]


• $250m Lifeline for KiwiRail Provides Options [5]


• Rail investment welcome but more needed [6]


• KiwiRail to get $750m boost [7]


• Budget 2010 [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00254.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00171.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00161.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00173.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00538.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/36355.html [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/budget2010.html [8]

Gordon Campbell: On John Key's Shifting Rationales For Tax Cuts
When asked by Scoop at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference to name a couple of countries where tax cuts had resulted in economic growth, Prime Minister John Key cited the United States. Surprising ... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/18/gordon-campbell-shifting-rationales-for-tax-cuts/

ALSO:

• Top tax rate cut to help halt brain drain: Key [2]


• Government ignores systemic tax crime [3]


• John Key defends inequality [4]


• The poor, women, Maori, Pacific workers core too [5]


• Budget must try harder on high youth unemployment [6]


• Jamais vu [7]


• PM’s Presser – Leaky Home Loan Scheme [8]


• R2.co.nz Video PM's Presser 17/5/10 - Leaky Homes [9]


• Budget 2010: What's instore for landlords and tenants? [10]


• Budget 2010 [11]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/17/top-tax-rate-cut-to-help-halt-brain-drain-key/ [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00241.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00242.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00160.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00169.htm [6]

[7] - http://dimpost.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/jamais-vu-2/" target="_blank [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00139.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00141.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/36346.html [10]

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/budget2010.html [11]

Technology: GNS's New Accelerator Much Cheaper Than Large Hadron Collider
A new $3.4 million accelerator mass spectrometer, opened today at GNS Science by Research Science and Technology Minister Dr Wayne Mapp, represents a major step forward in helping New Zealand understand climate change and its possible impacts. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00046.htm

ALSO:

• NZ dollar drops below 69 cents after RBNZ report [2]


• Financial system outlook improved - Bollard [3]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/19/nz-dollar-drops-below-69-cents-after-rbnz-report/ [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/36382.html [3]

On The Interphone Study: Mobile Phones And Cancer Risk
Increasing mobile phone use has led to public concern about possible cancer risks. The long-anticipated Interphone study is the largest, most comprehensive study on the risks to date, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00043.htm

ALSO:

• Warnings on mobile phones needed [2]


• Heavy cellphone use linked to brain cancer [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00244.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/lifestyle/36349.html [3]

Thinking Of The Children: PM Asks For The Science On Youth
At the request of the Prime Minister, my office has a major project underway to assemble evidence, from both New Zealand and overseas, on what actions could be taken. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00040.htm

ALSO:

• Teenagers Get Brain Injuries Too [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00093.htm [2]

Pre-Budget Taxonomy Announcement: NZ Sponge Is One Of The Top 10 Species Finalists
New Zealand sponge is one of the Top 10 species finalists A New Zealand sponge has been selected for the prestigious international Top 10 species of the year. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00041.htm

Scoop Business: NZ Economic Flux Spurs Upgrades, Downgrades
New Zealand’s business environment is clearly in a state of flux, prompting credit reporting agency Dun & Bradstreet to downgrade the risk profile of 9,000 companies while upgrading 10,500 firms. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/18/nz-economic-flux-spurs-upgrades-downgrades-db/

Electricity: Reforms Will Make Market "Increasingly Volatile"
Trustpower has become the latest power company to confirm that Gerry Brownlee's proposed energy reforms will lead to higher power bills for Kiwi families, Labour’s energy spokesman Charles Chauvel said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00231.htm

The Internets: NZ Speaks - What Do We Want? We Want Fibre!
10 years too late, time someone got off their thumbs, I been in UK for the last 10 years and enjoyed cabled internet/tv services to door (10mbits), since I returned I can't believe the restrictions on speeds and data caps!!! More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00122.htm

Part 1
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[1] - http://scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00152.htm

ALSO:

• NZ radio astronomy goes global over KAREN [2]


• Christchurch Schools’ Fibre Network Leads NZ [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00039.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00484.htm [3]

People: Population Hits 4.36 Million
The main contributor to growth during the March 2010 year was natural increase (excess of births over deaths). More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00134.htm

Satire from Lyndon Hood: Sweeping Taxonomy Changes Planned For Budget 2010
What may have begun as a typographic error has been embraced by the Government, with the budget tipped to see a sweeping ''rebalancing'' of the taxonomy system. The biological classification system, which arranges all living organisms by ranks such as kingdom... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00152.htm

Gordon Campbell: Shifting Rationales For Tax Cuts
When asked by Scoop at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference to name a couple of countries where tax cuts had resulted in economic growth, Prime Minister John Key cited the United States. Surprising, given that
(a) over half of the benefits from the Bush tax cut programme... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/18/gordon-campbell-shifting-rationales-for-tax-cuts/

Martin LeFevre: The Dark Night of Man’s Soul
After some strong insights and strange events with a friend, I go to the parkland for a sitting and walk. The place is stupendous following another late-season storm this morning—redolent, lush, quiet, and mysterious. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00151.htm

Richard S. Ehrlich: Reds' Weapon Of Choice - Burning Barricades
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Black smoke billows from burning tires in the streets, creating small volcanoes fed by angry Red Shirt protesters armed with Molotov cocktails, slingshots and fireworks against trained snipers and inexperienced troops. Survival amid Bangkok's ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00146.htm

Martin LeFevre: Fifty Million Gallons And Counting
So far, fifty million gallons of oil have gushed forth from a mile down in the Gulf of Mexico. BP and its associates have opened a hole to hell, but the oil execs before Congress last week were only interested in media manipulation. Their testimony before ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00128.htm

Besieged in Bangkok: The Continuing Red Shirt Revolt
The situation in Bangkok is escalating after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva withdrew an earlier offer to hold elections later this year. The set date – November 14 – has now been abandoned. The plot thickens as the Red Shirt protesters are gathering ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00135.htm

Joan Brunwasser IV: Rabbi Michael Lerner on Upcoming National Interfaith Conference
My guest today is Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine and co-chair of The Network of Spiritual Progressives [NSP]. Welcome to OpEdNews, Michael. NSP is hosting a national interfaith conference in June. Can you tell our readers about... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00132.htm

Film Review by Binoy Kampmark: The Punished Libertine - Carlos Saura’s Io, Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is both a figure and theme. He is the figure who seems to bed every skirt he can find, but he is the man who loves all women but can possess none. It is not women he desires so much as Woman. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00154.htm

Whose House? Removal Of Sir Edmund Hillary’s House
The long awaited move of the house of Sir Edmund Hillary will take place tomorrow [Wednesday]. Students from Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, the future site for the house, will acknowledge Sir Edmund’s legacy as the building is removed at 10.30am. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00141.htm

Employment: Anglicization Of Names On CVs
Many migrant job seekers, more usually those from Asian backgrounds, still experience a level of discrimination when applying for jobs. This can be at the very early stages of the selection process, when they submit their CVs and applications to employers. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00304.htm

ALSO:

• Arts Festival Review: The Arrival [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00144.htm [2]

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