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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 53]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 31 May 2004, 5:22 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Investigation Into Porirua Hospital Abuse Claims - Brash’s Off To Washington Without MFAT Assistance - Jack Straw Cites Israel Assassinations As Illegal - LINK: Scoop's Selwyn Manning Remembers Cassino In The Listener - Hard News Is There! - ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings
Saturday, 29 May 2004, 10:53 am | Alastair Thompson
Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics (BUDGET 2004)
Friday, 28 May 2004, 5:30 pm | Alastair Thompson
Budget 2004: Govt. Passes Centerpiece Families Package - A Budget For Kiwi Families - NZ Takes First Steps Towards Free Trade With China - US Democrats Launch Blistering Attack On Bush Foreign Policy - Israel Continues Invasion Of Palestine Territories More >>
Top Scoops: BUDGET 2004 SPECIAL
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 5:21 pm | Alastair Thompson
A Budget For Kiwi Familes - Hon. Michael Cullen's 5th Budget Speech - Parliamentary Political Reaction: - National - NZ First - ACT - Greens - United Future - Non Parliamentary Political Reaction: - Health Sector Reaction: - Education Sector Reaction: - Union ... More >>
Scoop Images: The Budget 2004 Lockup
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 2:48 pm | Alastair Thompson
Finance Minister Dr Cullen addresses the media in today's Budget lockup… Images by Alastair Thompson More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 11:40 am | Alastair Thompson
**** NOTE: Today we are posting an early Top Scoops Bulletin... later this afternoon we will post a SPECIAL BUDGET 2004 TOP SCOOPS BULLETIN with full coverage from this afternoon's festivities. - The Scoop Editor ***** More >>
FBI Abducts Artist, Seizes Art - Help Needed
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 9:41 am | Alastair Thompson
FBI ABDUCTS ARTIST, SEIZES ART - Feds Unable to Distinguish Art from Bioterrorism - Grieving Artist Denied Access to Deceased Wife's Body More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 10:06 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: NZer Detained And Interrogated In Iraq - Private Prisons About To Be Legislated Away - Bush Speech On Iraq And Terror - Draft UN Res. Tabled - Hard News Is There! - Letter From The Solomons - Toni Solo: Drugs Terror ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 24 May 2004, 4:32 pm | Alastair Thompson
PM Discusses UN Involvement In Iraq With Berlusconi - PM's Speeches In Malta & Cassino - Age Of Consent Will Not Be Changed - Phil Goff - Stateside: Where Rosalea Takes A Trip On A Liberty Ship - Hard News Is There! - Agenda Talks To Winston And The ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 21 May 2004, 8:54 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: A Clash Of Cultures In The Mists Of Cassino - UN Report Criticises NZ For Handline Of Zaoui Case - UN Official Expresses Horror At Israel's Operation Rainbow - Hard News & Two Other Guys Are There! - Simon Upton's Letter From Arcadia - Meditations: ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 5:53 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is The House - LEAD STORY: Australian Bullying Of East Timor Concerns Robson - Winston Suspects Donations Protect Telecom's Monopoly - Hard News Is There! - Israel Kills Civilians In Rafah Operation - Condemned By UNSC - STORY OF THE WEEK: Scoop ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 4:08 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is The House - LEAD STORY: Scoop Link: Whistleblower Alleges Prison Abuse Cover-up - Telecom Gets To Keep Its Local Loop Monopoly - Amnesty Condemns Israel's House Destruction In Gaza - Images: Jim-Jams Protest At The US Embassy In Wellington ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 6:02 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is The House - TVNZ Vs TV3 - The Charter Wars Begin - … Meanwhile The Minister At Least Seems Happy - Kevin List's Audience With Lianne Dalziel (Part 2) - Australia's Flotillas Of Hope Set Off For Nauru - Scoop Images: Peter & The Plane - Spin Meister ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 17 May 2004, 5:10 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: The Article Which Should Cost Rumsfeld His Job - The Avalanche Of Torture Opinion Continues - Scoop In Italy: NZAC Veterans Return To Cassino - Fidel Castro And 1 Million Cubans Respond To Bush Threats - Stateside: Where Rosalea Meets The ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 14 May 2004, 6:04 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Ex-Pat NZers Connected To Govt Eyed By Israeli Intelligence - Goff Releases Part Of The MFAT Briefing Notes - Interview: Dalziel Talks About Immigration - Fighting Talk Digest - Hard News & Much More Is There! - Eco-Economy: Wondering About The ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 4:02 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Public Service Pay Equity Gets A Government Green Light - Cullen Previews Budget 2004 In Canterbury - Firas Al-Atraqchi: Zarqawi Be Damned - STORY OF THE WEEK: Brash Plans To Leave Nukes Decision To Voters - Hard ... More >>
Ernest Partridge: How To Beat A Fixed Election
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 1:24 pm | Alastair Thompson
A win over the Bushevik regime is not impossible, but it will be difficult and it will require considerable persistence and initiative. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 4:15 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: GE Scare Douses NZ’s Clean-Green Image - Brash Shows He’s A Worthy Combater For Clark - IRAQ: UNICEF Reveals Likely Abuse Of Imprisoned Children - Zaoui Case Considered At Court Of Appeal - Guest Opinion: Water Wars - ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 5:09 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - LEAD STORY: Zaoui Case Considered At Court Of Appeal - Why Bush And Rummy Don’t Need Dithering Don - Arafat Cautions Bush Over Scuttling Roadmap - Scoop Link: What Was Up With Paul Holmes' Pay - Hard News & More Is There! More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 10 May 2004, 4:57 pm | Alastair Thompson
Budget 2004: Govt. To Bring Overseas Closer To Home - … & A Taskforce For Getting Closer To Asia - Heat On Brash 'The Peacenik' Over Nuke Remarks - … & Defence Spokesman Power Is Also Confusing Some - Arafat Cautions Bush Over Scuttling Roadmap - A Pakeha ... More >>
