Gordon Campbell: The Ideology Behind State Spending Cuts (& The Bethune Aftermath)
Clearly, the cuts to government spending are being driven by ideology and not by the state of the economy. Yesterday’s figures revealed a government deficit of only $4.7 billion for the 11 months to May, which is an improvement of $1.1 billion on the position forecast in the May Budget, The main drivers of this improvement? The government’s take from GST was $240 million more than expected, while government spending was $558 million behind forecast.So having previously cited the deficit position as a prime reason for reductions in state sector jobs and services during a recession – when the mainstream economic thinking usually accepts the need for deficit spending at such times – the apologists for this belt-tightening now have to revise their rationale. More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/13/campbell-the-ideology-behind-state-spending-cuts/

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Today In Parliament 09.07.10 - Youth Parliament [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00078.htm [2]

Crime: Christchurch Mayor Appalled At Police Attack
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker today expressed extreme concern at this morning’s incident in which two police officers were shot at and injured and a police dog killed. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1007/S00153.htm

Fiji: NZ 'Very Disappointed' By Aussie Diplomat Expulsion
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has described Fiji's plans to expel the Australian head of mission from Suva today as "completely unjustified and very disappointing". More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00194.htm

East Timor: Gilliard/Key Refugee Plan Turns To Custard
Prime Minister John Key should withdraw his support for a regional processing centre for asylum seekers in the wake of its rejection by the Timor-Leste Parliament, the Green Party said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00193.htm

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Processing Centre Concept 32-Year Old Pipedream [2]

East Timor rejects asylum seekers centre [3]

Clarke and Dawe on asylum seekers [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00183.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/38411.html [3]

[4] - http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/07/08/2948672.htm" target="_blank [4]

Smoking: Even 40% Of Retailers Accept Tobacco Display Ban
The New Zealand Association of Convenience Stores (NZACS) today released the results of a Retailer Poll showing widespread opposition against a Ministry of Health proposal to ban tobacco products from display in shops. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00121.htm

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Frontline public health programmes slashed [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00192.htm [2]

Q+A Transcript: Farm Sales - Key Against Selling Off Family China
- Key opposed to foreign farm sales: 'I'm not anti-Chinese', selling farms to any foreigners doesn't deliver for New Zealand - Call for exporters to treble sales to China from $4 billion to $12 billion in five years - New Zealand's relationship with China is "a commercial relationship", different from traditional allies. Image: Q+A More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00318.htm

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New Zealand to double trade with China by 2015 [2]

Q+A's Guyon Espiner interviews David Mahon [3]

Q + A Panel Discussions [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00080.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00110.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00109.htm [4]

I See Orange People: Some Sort Of Elections Coming Up, Apparently
One week into the enrolment drive for the local elections and the Electoral Enrolment Centre has released research showing two out of three people don’t know when the elections are and one in three doesn’t know how to cast their vote. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00118.htm

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Treasury Cost-Benefit Analysis Primer [2]

[2] - http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/guidance/planning/costbenefitanalysis/primer/cba-primer-v12.pdf" target="_blank [2]

Financials: Perating Deficit Better Than Forescast
The Government remains committed to sound management of its finances and ongoing fiscal discipline, Finance Minister Bill English says. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00184.htm

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NZ posts smaller deficit, lifts provision [2]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/12/nz-posts-smaller-deficit-lifts-provision/ [2]

Health: Labour Calls Budget Elective Surgery Announcement A Farce
"Of the $50 million trumpeted on Budget Day for elective surgery, at least $40 million of that had been earmarked to provide surgery for people who would have normally been treated by ACC." More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00182.htm

10/7/85: Greenpeace NZ Commemorates 25th Anniversary Of Bombing Of Rainbow Warrior
Greenpeace New Zealand and its international counterparts are commemorating the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior at Marsden Wharf, Auckland Harbour. More »[1]

[1] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/greenpeace-nz-commemorates-25th-anniversary-of-bombing-of-rainbow-warrior/

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Hon Heather Roy: Down Under [2]

Museum Marks 25th Anniversary Of Rainbow Warrior [3]

Radio Adelaide: Rainbow Warrior + ABs Big Win [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00179.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00341.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00084.htm [4]

Rugby World Cup Ambassadoring: McCully Sad To See Haden Go
Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully today received the resignation of Andy Haden as a 2011 Ambassador. Mr McCully said he had accepted the resignation “with sadness”. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00177.htm

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Key must overrule McCully this time with Haden [2]

Bring Back Buck [3]

Rugby World Cup Ambassador’s Comments Disgusting [4]

Andy Haden—One Of The Few Honest Men In NZ [5]

Make Paul The Octopus Rugby Ambassador [6]

McCully statement on Andy Haden [7]

Campbell Live: Andy Haden - interview about race comments [8]

Hard News: The McCully Touch [9]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00168.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00189.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00105.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00107.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00116.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00511.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.3news.co.nz/Andy-Haden---interview-about-race-comments/tabid/817/articleID/158120/Default.aspx" target="_blank [8]

[9] - http://publicaddress.net/6742#post6742" target="_blank [9]

Andy Haden resigns as RWC ambassador
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/38336.html

Wellington: Shattered Glass At Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
A busy street in downtown Wellington has been partially cordoned off following a shattered window in a high-rise government building. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00074.htm

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Futurepruning: UC Robotics Research Set To Transform Horticulture
A vine-pruning robot that could save New Zealand’s horticulture industry $27.5 million a year is being developed by a University of Canterbury-led research team. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1007/S00021.htm

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Gap between reality and perception on food prices [2]

Obesity Activist’s Attack on Govt Won't Slim Us [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00372.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00127.htm [3]

Business.Scoop: Landcorp’s Crafar Farms Bid Falls Short
State-owned Landcorp Farming Ltd. is out of the running to purchase the 16 Crafar family dairy farms that are in receivership, after KordaMentha announced it was not one of the preferred tenders in bids that closed last Wednesday. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/13/landcorp%e2%80%99s-crafar-farms-bid-falls-short/

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Natural Dairy confident of winning bid for Crafar [2]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/13/natural-dairy-confident-of-winning-bid-for-crafar/ [2]

Taxation: Last Chance To Change Tax Policy
"If you’d rather deal with a tax system that’s fast, simple and makes it easy to do the right thing, get online and start talking. Making tax easier, the six-week Government consultation being managed by Inland Revenue, closes on 23 July." More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00120.htm

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Morning Prices July 13, 2010 [2]

Stocks to watch: AIA, APN, OGC, PPP, RBD, SPY, TEL [3]

NZ dollar holds above 71 US cts [4]

Australian Market Wrap July 12, 2010 [5]

MARKET CLOSE: NZ stocks rise; Telecom up on AAPT [6]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00359.htm [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/13/stocks-to-watch-aia-apn-ogc-ppp-rbd-spy-tel/" target="_blank [3]

[4] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/13/nz-dollar-holds-above-71-us-cts-3/" target="_blank [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00347.htm" target="_blank [5]

[6] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/12/market-close-nz-stocks-rise-telecom-up-on-aapt/" target="_blank [6]

Broadcasting Standards: Commission Supports Finding on Henry Comments
The Human Rights Commission strongly supports the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) decision that Television New Zealand (TVNZ) did not take sufficient action after “Breakfast” host Paul Henry called singer Susan Boyle a “retard”. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00112.htm

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BSA Upholds Complaint Against Paul Henry [2]

From Begging Bowl to Petri Dish [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00113.htm [2]

[3] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/06/from-begging-bowl-to-petri-dish/ [3]

Scoop Business: NZ Electronic Card Transactions Rise For 5th Month
New Zealand spending on debit and credit cards at retailers rose for a fifth month in June as looming tax cuts and the GST hike gave consumers more incentive to open their wallets in the second quarter. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/09/nz-electronic-card-transactions-rise-for-5th-month/

Separation: Telecom In $1.6 Mil Settlement Over Wholesale Loyalty Offer
The settlement follows a Commission investigation launched after receiving complaints from the telecommunications industry alleging that Telecom Wholesale’s ‘loyalty offers’ breached Telecom’s Separation Undertakings. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00273.htm

Foreign Affairs: Key In China
The Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce supports Prime Minister Key’s goal of increasing trade with China but thinks he has understated what is achievable especially when services sector exports are included. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00259.htm

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PM celebrates NZ National Day at Shanghai Expo [2]

NZ Day a chance to celebrate a different kiwi [3]

Film Auckland welcomes co-production agreement [4]

PM launches Rewi Alley documentary in Beijing [5]

Key must raise human rights with China [6]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00170.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00112.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00107.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00145.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00123.htm [6]

Key: NZ-China trade to double in five years
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/38266.html

Minerals: Scientists Deprive Sea Animals Of Santa Visit
Scientists have sliced up a rare 2.5m-tall seafloor chimney to find out its age and the concentrations of the metallic minerals it contains. It is thought to be one of the largest chimneys recovered from the seafloor. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1007/S00014.htm

Scoop Business: Treasury, IRD Were At Odds Over Budget Tax Cuts
Officials at the Treasury and Inland Revenue Department were at a loggerheads over whether the government should have cut the company tax rate to 28%. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/08/treasury-ird-were-at-odds-over-budget-tax-cuts/

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Walter Brasch: LeBron James, The Media, And The American Soul
Millions of Americans had pleaded with basketball superstar LeBron James to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and come to their city when he became a free agent. Bloggers, media pundits, and reporters of every kind seemed to devote much of their lives to ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00093.htm

Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Colorado
Colorado is one of only three states in the US whose boundaries are defined entirely by lines of latitude and longitude, rather than at least some of its shape being defined by geological features such as river valleys. Those boundaries remain unchanged ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00092.htm

Martin LeFevre: The Enlightenment Was a Misnomer
If the events of recent years have demonstrated anything, it is that the Enlightenment ideals of reason and human rationality cannot hold sway over the chaos of belief and irrationality. But that always was a Hobson’s choice. There is another factor ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00091.htm

Neve Gordon: BDS Campaign Wants Israel To Abide By International Law
There is a considerable amount of misunderstanding about the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions). As John Berger explained a while back, BDS is not a principle but a strategy; it is not against Israel but against Israeli policy; when the policy ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00094.htm

Vino and Vinyasa: An Orgasm of Life in San Francisco
Yoga stretched bodies, taunt and in various shades of exercise, in a mocking show of entertainment, seeing how far their litheness would take them. Then, bottles of tart California Sauvignon Blanc gazing at their projected derrieres, ready to be... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00081.htm

Michael Collins: Truth Unflinching and the Price of Integrity
(Washington, DC) Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and investigative journalist Robert Parry spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, DC last night. They were guests of The McClendon Group which holds periodic meetings at the press club featuring ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00070.htm

The Death of ‘Big Australia’: The Return of the Population Pessimists
‘Big Australia’ has shrunk as a motif for both its population and its politicians. At the start of this year, Australians were pondering projected figures that the country would grow to 35 million by 2050, from its current figure of 22 million. ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00075.htm

Gordon Campbell: John Key Getts Us Mixed Up In Australia’s Problems With Asylum Seekers
Asylum seekers? We’ve been here before under a National-led government. In 1999, the then-Immigration Minister Tuariki Delamere used the spectre of 120 Chinese boat people coming over the horizon to rush through Immigration Act changes that allowed for... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/07/campbell-key-and-australia%e2%80%99s-asylum-seekers/

Connie Lawn: Obama Meets With Israeli PM - Again
President Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu had long talks at the White House Wednesday. This time, they appeared to get along. President Obama made a surprising nuclear statement. Prime Minister Netanyahu invited the Obamas to Israel. Connie ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00057.htm

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NZ On Screen: NZ Short Film Collection Hits The Web
From the seminal Kitchen Sink to the sleazy charms of The Lounge Bar, from Cannes to Ngawi; this collection makes many films available online for the first time since they won festival acclaim and audiences. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00099.htm

The Insatiable Moon: Mental Health Foundation Supports New Kiwi Film
New Kiwi film The Insatiable Moon exposes the negative impact of discrimination and the need for inclusive communities, says the Mental Health Foundation. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1007/S00047.htm

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NZ on Screen - ScreenTalk » Blog Archive » Rawiri Paratene – on his acting career [2]

[2] - http://screentalk.nzonscreen.com/interviews/rawiri-paratene-on-his-acting-career" target="_blank [2]

Red Things: Unique Wine Label Backs Bid To Save The Regent
Unique Wine Label Marks Quartz Reef Winery’s Bid To Save The Regent Theatre Austrian by birth, but a true blue Kiwi at heart, Quartz Reef’s winemaker Rudi Bauer is throwing his weight (and his award winning wines) behind saving Dunedin’s Regent Theatre. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00123.htm

Film: Five NZ Short Films Selected For Melbourne
Australia’s largest and most critically acclaimed film festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, has selected five short films from some of New Zealand’s most promising filmmaking talent. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00123.htm

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Octopus oracle picks Spain over Germany [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sports/38226.html [2]

Open Days: A Day In The Life Of The Ballet
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s A Day in the Life event is a chance to find out the answers to everything you want to know about what it’s like to be a dancer in New Zealand’s national ballet company. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00089.htm

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Film Auckland welcomes co-production agreement [2]

NZ and China sign film co-production agreement [3]

NZ On Screen - Gung Ho - Rewi Alley of China [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00107.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/38265.html [3]

[4] - http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/gung-ho---rewi-alley-of-china-1979" target="_blank [4]

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Whale Warrior: "Captain Pete Bethune" Returns
On January 6, 2010, Captain Hiroyuki Komura of the illegal Japanese whaling vessel the Shonan Maru #2 deliberately rammed and destroyed Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel, the Ady Gil. Captain Komura almost killed six Sea Shepherd volunteer crewmembers ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00134.htm

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Welcome home Pete Bethune [2]

Pete Bethune's comment on his release back to NZ [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00147.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00085.htm [3]

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