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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 37]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 5:58 pm | Alastair Thompson
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS LEAD STORY: Every Child Counts Org Identifies Key Budget Expectations SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: Scoop Pedantry: Lyndon Hood Considers The Semantics Of Benson-Pope's 'Refutations'... Alleged Teenage Voice-Mail Hackers Arrested CYF Faces Two Personal ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 5:31 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Mallard Gets Monstered - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Benson-Pope Stands Down From All Portfolios - Scoop Report: Kevin List Reports On The PM's Presser - Wananga Tells Mallard Risks Not Sufficient To Warrant Dissolution Of Council - Prince ... More >>
David Benson-Pope Steps Aside From Portfolio
Monday, 16 May 2005, 7:06 pm | Alastair Thompson
Minister of Education David Benson-Pope has stepped aside from his portfolio - by his own request - while an investigation is conducted into allegations concerning his use of discipline while serving as a teacher at Bayfield High School. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 16 May 2005, 5:22 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Two Kiwi Nurses Evacuated Due To Afghanistan Riots - Govt To Send Two Defence Personnel On Peacekeeping Mission To Darfur - Peters Rejects NZ Herald Article As "Silly" - Govt Encouraged By Wind Energy Report - John Howard Announces Tasmania ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 13 May 2005, 4:55 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Scoop Column: Kevin List's A Week Of It Is In… - Wellington City Report Says V8 Race Should Not Go Ahead - Will Security Woes Erode Labour's Confidence - Scoop Satire: How Come Iraqis Haven't Heard Of Amer Mahdi Saleh Khashaly - UN Deploys ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 6:15 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Police Commissioner Sets Up Advisory Board To Oversee 111 Centre Performance - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Scoop Report: Thursday Afternoon Question Time Weirdness - Scoop Photo-Essay: Blumsky Kicks Off Campaign With Shot Of Caffeine - Goff Appears ... More >>
David Benson-Pope Denies Tennis Ball Sadism
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 3:30 pm | Alastair Thompson
In an exchange during question time today Associate Minister of Education David Benson-Pope denied opposition allegations that he used tennis balls to discipline students during his time teaching at Bayfield High School. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 5:49 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Police Commissioner Sets Up Advisory Board To Oversee 111 Centre Performance - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry Investigating Foot And Mouth Threat - Scoop Report: Rodney Hide Refuses To Release Letter Supportive ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 5:49 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Scoop Report: Newspaper's Battle Draws PM To Centre-Stage - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Ministry Of Agriculture And Forestry Investigating Foot And Mouth Threat - Chief Censor Bans Peron Publication As "Objectionable" - Peters - Goff Considers ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 9 May 2005, 5:08 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Cabinet Approves $20 million Loan To Meet Insolvent Wananga's Needs - But Winston , Weren’t You Warned This Would Happen? - Tainui Distributes Profit To Its People - Prime Minister's Address At State Lunch For Vietnamese PM - Film ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 6 May 2005, 7:17 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Are You Undesirable? Take Our Quiz! - Governance Or Admin? Benson-Pope Hauls Fishermen Back To Port - New Zealand Qualifications Authority Chairperson Resigns - British PM Tony Blair Wins Third-Term Victory - Kevin List: Nazis & Winston Peters ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 5:09 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Scoop Report: "Undesirables" And "Countries Of Concern" Explained - Scoop Feature: Australia Assumes Supremacy Despite ANZAC Spirit - NZ Immigration To Blitz Arab Communities From 10pm Wednesday SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Israel Kills ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 4:28 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Editorial: Rule Of Law Loses As Swain Buckles Under Peters Pressure - The Polluter Pays - Carbon Tax Announced - NZ Post Plane Crashes Near Stratford SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Amnesty Issues Report On Europe/Central Asia Abuses - Pacific ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 8:58 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Scoop Report: Two Former Saddam Hussein Officials In NZ? - Prime Minister's Press Conference Monday 2nd May 2005 - PM Backs Decision To Revoke Saddam Official’s Visa - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Govt. Allocates $$$ To Boost Defence Personel - Scholastic ... More >>
Former Iraqi Ag. Minister May Have Visited in 1984
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 5:35 pm | Alastair Thompson
Further research into the former Iraqi Cabinet Minister named in Parliament today by Winston Peters as having arrived in New Zealand a month ago on a UN passport has revealed that he may have visited New Zealand in 1984 as a guest of the Government. More >>
Googling Amer Mahdi Saleh Khashaly
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 4:08 pm | Alastair Thompson
Some cursory research into the Saddam Hussein Cabinet Minister who allegedly arrived in NZ on a UN Passport a month ago reveals skant, albeit interesting, information. More >>
Two Former Saddam Hussein Officials In NZ?
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 2:44 pm | Alastair Thompson
In Parliament's Question Time this afternoon New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has alleged that a former Iraqi Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Minister, and representative to the FAO has been living in New Zealand for a month. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 2 May 2005, 5:10 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: PM Backs Decision To Revoke Saddam Official’s Visa - Paul Buchanan Discusses NZ's Defence Needs - Scholastic Expectations Not Matched By Savings - - Stony Broke Students Get Greens Support - Dangers Of Mining Re-inforced By Memorial Service - ... More >>
Conference Of Occupational & Environmental Health
Monday, 2 May 2005, 1:31 pm | Alastair Thompson
For the first time in 50 years, New Zealand is hosting the triennial forum for occupational health professionals from Asia Pacific region. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 29 April 2005, 5:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Medical Study Re-ignites Cannabis Debate - Winston Wants Answers On Saddam's Minister Refugee Rumours - Wellington Hospital Neonatal Unit Experiences Staph. Outbreak - Paul G. Buchanan Talks NZ's Defence - ... As Does Defence Minister ... More >>
