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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Alastair Thompson - Latest News [Page 34]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 5:10 pm | Alastair Thompson
Brash Plans To Take Scythe To Local Govt, RMA, STV, Maori Seats... - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Time For Brash To Come Clean On Tax Policy: Labour - Dunne Offers Olive-Branch To Brash - Hopes Raised For Cross-Nation Consensus On Nuclear Non-Proliferation More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 10:24 am | Alastair Thompson
Students Uncharacteristically Happy At Election Year Debt Pledge - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Cullen Chases Delayed National Tax Policy - Horomia Attacks National's Plans To Abolish Maori Seats - - PM Defines Election Battleground More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 25 July 2005, 5:55 pm | Alastair Thompson
FLASH: Election Date September 17th - National Party Campaign Manager Doesn't Know If/How Much American Billionaire Has Donated - Poetry Day Inspires Outpouring of Purple Political Polemic - Egypt Bombing As Rice Visits Israel/Lebanon - No Right ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: Election Date September 17th
Monday, 25 July 2005, 4:04 pm | Alastair Thompson
The election date has been announced by the Prime Minister at her regular Post Cabinet press conference. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 22 July 2005, 5:50 pm | Alastair Thompson
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS: NZ Politicians Distance Themselves From US Foreign Policy - Poetry Day Inspires Outpouring of Purple Political Polemic - Clark Expresses Sadness At Second London Bomb Attack - George W Bush Loving 'Democrat' Visits New Zealand ... More >>
Scoop Has Experienced An Outage For Most Of Today
Thursday, 21 July 2005, 5:44 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop today suffered a hardware problem that caused us to be offline for most of the day. Normal service has now resumed. The Scoop team apologises for the interruption in service. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 20 July 2005, 9:10 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Goff Challenges Brash Regarding Sending Troops To Iraq - Greens Get legal Backing To Bolster Rushed Legislation Argument - Workers Likely To Suffer Following Judges Ruling - Bush Nominates John Roberts For U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 5:39 pm | Alastair Thompson
Brash's Foreign Affairs Indecisiveness To Become Election Issue - Transpower Confirms 320 Landowners Affected By Pylons - Labour Issues Third Term Pledge-Card - United Nations Voices Concerns Over Mugabe Abuses - Hurricane Emily Approaching Mexican ... More >>
Supercomputer Weather: Emily's Landfall Imminent
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 5:25 pm | Alastair Thompson
Hurricane Emily is 36 hours away from landfall on the Gulf Coast, most probably close to the Mexico/Texas border ( See supercomputer forecast of landfall below ). The following image shows the most recent National Hurricane Warning Center forecast ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 18 July 2005, 10:08 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Report: How Vulnerable Will Black Caps Be On Zimbabwe Tour? - Scoop Video: First Time In NZ Video Of Zimbabwe Regime's Victimization - Scoop Report: Goff Faces Thousands Over Zimbabwe Tour - CTU: Nat Tax Cuts A Trojan Horse War On Worker’s Wages ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 15 July 2005, 6:57 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: A Week Of It: If Tamihere Had Had An Opponent? & Winsome Winston - Operation Waikowhai: Police Call In Criminal Profiler Experts - Scoop Report: Zimbabwe's Olonga: "Shame On Us If We Don’t Try" - Otago University Research Shows Junk Food Adverts ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 6:24 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Scoop Report: Zimbabwe's Olonga: "Shame On Us If We Don’t Try" - Victim Katrina Jefferies Was At Home With Her Baby On Sunday - Scoop Report: Capill Gets Nine Years In Prison For Raping Children - SCOOP AUDIO: Alastair Thompson On 95bFM ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 4:43 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Report: Peters Lures Media Pack To Comedy Performance - ICC Says It Would Respect Govt Sanctions Against Zimbabwe - Govt Takes Over Auckland Remand From Private Jailers - Scoop Link: London Bomb Suspects Born And Bred Brits - Suicide Bomb Attack ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 12 July 2005, 5:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Easton Examines Where The Money Is Coming From For National’s Proposed Tax Cuts - Scoop Report: Woman's Body Sparks Public Appeal From Police - Quotable Value NZ Announces 14% Increase In Property Values - Scoop Report: Week’s Agenda ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 11 July 2005, 5:17 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Cross Party Condemnation Of Mosque Vandalism - PM Announces Wintringham To Oversee Vietnam Vets Working Group - Sir Garfield Todd's Daughter To Join Cricket Tour Protest - Kiwi Wins Australian Hair Expo Awards - SCOOP REPORT: Dalai Lama To ... More >>
Images: Hurricane Dennis Monstering Gulf Coast
Sunday, 10 July 2005, 11:47 pm | Alastair Thompson
Hurricane Dennis, a category four monster hurricane packing 230kmh winds, which may yet strengthen to a maximum category 5, is about to strike the Gulf Coast of the mainland United States, most probably close to the Alabama, Florida & Mississippi ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops+Just Politics (London Bombings)
Friday, 8 July 2005, 5:06 pm | Alastair Thompson
BREAKING NEWS: Explosions Strike London Rush Hour Commuters - 52 Deaths Confirmed, 700+ Injured - Kevin List's A Week Of It Is In - Sutton Off To China For Pre-DOHA Round Meetings - Metservice Predicts Fine Weather For Saturday's Rugby Test - UN ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 4:58 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Report: Govt Spells Out "NO" To Anti-Tour-Law - Peters Waves Bye Bye To Jim Peron - Brash Announces Childcare Tax Relief Policy - Judge Orders Doone's To Pay Fairfax $74,000 In Court Costs - Tsunami After Effects Cause Suspected Increase In ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 5 July 2005, 5:55 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: U.S. Ambassador To NZ Considers The Big Nuke Questions - Peters Details His Three Post-Election Options - Mallard Hints At Student Loan Tweaking - Scoop Full Coverage: Zimbabwe Cricket Tour - Scoop Link: Journalist In Iraq Killed For ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 4 July 2005, 5:38 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Report: Helen Clark Rules Out Green Zimbabwe Ban Plan - GE Test-Tube Cows To Graze In NZ - Mallard Tells Trustees Nats Lied Over Ed Ministry Funding Claim - Aust/NZ Bilateral: Goff And Downer Broker Progress On Aussie Apple Ban - Colombia ... More >>
