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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 36]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics (Catchup Ed.)
Monday, 13 June 2005, 8:51 am | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: NZ Navy Peacefully Invades Vladivostok - A Week Of It: Agenda Snafu, Benson-Pope & Much More - The MeNZB(tm) Debate - Downing Street Memo Activists Smell Impeachment - Narconews.com Blogs A Revolution In Boliva - UQ Wire: An Underwriter ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 11:22 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Wealth Spread Around More Evenly Since 2001 - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Dunne Looks For Reds Under NZ Beds - Terence Arnold Could Be In Hot Seat Regarding Benson Pope - Bollard Keeps Close Eye On Inflation - Mobile Phone Termination Regulation ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 11:09 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Robsons' Liqour Amendment Bill Passes First Reading - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Coral Vandals Come Under Fire From Greenpeace - GPJA Liken Auckland Minister To Guillotined Queen - Bolivia's Latest Revolution - Blow By Blow - Enron Insider ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 5:12 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: David Benson-Pope Returns To Cabinet - Iraqis Reject Peters’ Claims As Incorrect - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Donald Attacks - First the Chinese Govt Now Winston Peters - High Court Overturns Lump Sum ACC Compensation For Asbestos - Scoop ... More >>
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Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 8:21 am | Alastair Thompson
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Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 3 June 2005, 6:54 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: NZ Chile Singapore Brunei Strike Zero Tariff P4 Deal - Lyndon Hood's Alternative National Party Billboards - C4 Set To Rile Worlds Largest Religion - Tests Offer Positive Outlook For Breast Cancer Treatments - United Nations Calls ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 2 June 2005, 5:40 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Nat's New Billboards – 2nd Edition - Massive Wind Farm Proposed For Makara Hills - Immunisation Advisory Centre Response To Meningococcal Gold Rush - Government Deploys 50 SAS Personnel To Afghanistan - European Union Heads Rocked ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 1 June 2005, 6:14 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Scoop Investigation: HIV/AIDS Poses Grave Threat To South Pacific SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Scoop Column: Lyndon Hood Considers Falsehoods And Retractions… Outside The House - Labour And Greens Agree On Prisoners and Victims Bill - Deep ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 5:55 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Cullen Apologises To TV3 Over False Pretence Allegation - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Meningococcal Gold Rush - 2nd Ed. - Police Consider Whether Double-Homicide Was Related To Pokey Win - New Approach Needed For Education Saving - First Round ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 30 May 2005, 6:17 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Meningococcal Gold Rush - 2nd Ed. - Scoop Column: Peters Challenges Kiwis To Consider A Darker Side Of God’s Own Country - Scoop Link: Zaoui Friends Targeted In SIS Operation - French Voters Say NON! To EU Constitution - Rosalea Barker ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 27 May 2005, 6:03 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Not Much Room In Winston's Orewa Immigration Inn - NEWSFLASH: Schapelle Corby Sentenced To 20 Years Jail/ - Goff Tells Security Council Current UN Peacekeeping Policy Not Working - Police 111 Failure Caused Deaths At Sea - Hide - PM Attends ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: Schapelle Corby Found Guilty
Friday, 27 May 2005, 3:44 pm | Alastair Thompson
Australian beauty therapist Schapelle Corby has been found guilty of drug trafficking by a court in Bali Indonesia of trafficking 4 kilograms of marijuana to Indonesia. More >>
Crucial Senate Vote On Bolton UN Nomination Fails
Friday, 27 May 2005, 11:02 am | Alastair Thompson
The US Senate vote for cloture on the John Bolton nomination to the United Nations Ambassadorship has failed to pass. 56 Senators voted for cloture and 42 against the motion. As a result the full vote on John Bolton's nomination will not be held. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 5:59 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Global Report: Amnesty International Condemns Governments For Human Rights Failures - Has Prime Moved Holmes To 6pm Due To Low Ratings? - China's Number 2 Avoids Greens' In Ya Face Message - Greenpeace Flagship Rainbow Warrior Back In ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 6:29 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Scoop Report: Lyndon Hood Considers Whether Peters Needs A Lesson In Speech Writing - Police Swoop On Newmarket Bank After Kidnap Tip-Off - Govt Challenges Blumsky To Stand Up For Public Servants - New Zealand Prisons Overflow Into Police ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 5:20 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Scoop Report: PM's Press Conference - John Key's 10,000 Surplus Bureaucrats - Swain Releases Immigration Act Review Terms Of Reference - Wayne Moves Time Slots - The Bird Stays Put - Ready To Take The Durex Global Sex Survey? - Ministry of Health ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 23 May 2005, 5:10 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: MFAT Scuttles NZ's WTO Ambassador After He Joins Nats' List - Police Replace Remington Rifle With SLR - GG Cartwright To Visit Chile - Steven Ching Stands Down From Labour List - Scoop Link: Gerhard Schroeder Calls Early German Election ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 20 May 2005, 5:04 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Scoop Analysis: Budget 2005 A Very Political Baby Indeed! - Scoop Budget 2005 Coverage Details - 2005 Meningococcal Deaths Would Not Have Been Prevented By Vaccine - Fewer Britons and Aussies Visiting New Zealand - Department Of Labour Urges ... More >>
Scoop Top Scoops Special – Budget 2005
Friday, 20 May 2005, 4:56 pm | Alastair Thompson
HEADLINES: Scoop Analysis: Budget 2005 A Very Political Baby Indeed! Cullen Details Key Points Of Budget 2005 Prime Minister Says Budget Builds Strong Foundation Scoop Photo-Essay: Budget Day In The Lock-Up More >>
Sludge Report #167 - A Very Political Budget
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 2:41 pm | C.D. Sludge
Asked if this was his best, worst or perhaps just a middling sort of budget in today's lock-up press conference Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen responded: “Like my children I love them all equally, but not always simultaneously.” More >>
