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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
Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 4:38 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: A Candid Interview With Uber-Reporter Robert Fisk - NZ Defence Helicopter Damaged During Arabian Sea Operation - UN Peacekeepers Begin Work In Haiti - Iraq's New Government Receives Annan's Blessing - Hard News & More Is There! - Fighting ... More >>
All Black Squad Announced For First 2004 Test
Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 12:04 am | Alastair Thompson
The All Blacks squad to face England at Carisbrook in the first test on Saturday June 12 follows. The province the player usually plays for is listed in brackets. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 1 June 2004, 4:22 pm | Alastair Thompson
LEAD STORY: Kelsey Speaks In Geneva On NZ/WTO Dirty Little Secrets - April-May Road Toll Lowest On Record - President Bush Remembers The Fallen On US Memorial Day - PM's Presser: Helen Says - Hard News And More Is There! More >>
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 >>
