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Big News: How ACC Breaks The Law
Tuesday, 29 October 2002, 10:19 am | Dave Crampton
Much has been made of ACC’s “stock” comments when referring to claimants, and Scoop revealed last week that ACC – related complaints to the Ombudsman doubled in two years. More >>
Big News: Overturning ACC Decisions
Thursday, 24 October 2002, 10:42 am | Dave Crampton
ACC may call their claimants stock, they may ask for biased medical reports, but they sometimes use medical reports to back up their biased decision at hearings set up to review decisions made. You may have thought that being exited from ACC was ... More >>
Big News: Docking The ACC Herd
Wednesday, 23 October 2002, 4:02 pm | Dave Crampton
It is now common knowledge that a recent ACC report referred to long term ACC claimants - on the scheme for more than a year – as stock. Yes, a bunch of claimants is now called a herd. More >>
Big News + Extra: The Right To Smack & ACC Failure
Monday, 14 October 2002, 11:23 am | Dave Crampton
Big News with Dave Crampton Why Should It Be A Crime To Smack Your Kid On The Hand? More >>
Big News: Blowing Jobs and Selling Sex
Monday, 7 October 2002, 10:24 am | Dave Crampton
Imagine it. You are looking for a job. A legal job with a good hourly rate. Although you can advertise in the paper for work, approaching prospective clients is illegal and so is earning a living from the work. It’s the life of a sex worker. More >>
Big News: Enforce The Drinking Age
Wednesday, 25 September 2002, 9:52 am | Dave Crampton
Many have said that lowering the drinking age to 18 in 1999 was a mistake. Everyone except the hospitality industry and some politicians appear to have concerns about the move. But raising the drinking age back to 20 won’t solve problems associated ... More >>
Big News: When Will The Killings End?
Thursday, 19 September 2002, 11:27 am | Dave Crampton
The recent sentencing of 17-year-old Daniel Luff for the murder of one police officer with a stolen gun and attempted murder of another while on bail on firearms charges is concerning enough without learning his self-indulgent mother was a drug addict, ... More >>
Big News: Maharey's Views Of The Nuclear Family
Friday, 13 September 2002, 10:47 am | Dave Crampton
Never before has the family received such media and political coverage. We have the beginnings of Commission for the Family and a debate on what constitutes a family unit. We also have a Social Services Minister who says the two-parent family is history, ... More >>
Big News: Taking The Piss
Wednesday, 4 September 2002, 10:47 am | Dave Crampton
Who was the “dickhead” that organised tomorrow’s National Penis Day? An AIDS Foundation gimmick, the point of it all is to provide a fun way to promote a serious issue, men’s health - particularly men’s sexual health according to AIDS Foundation Executive ... More >>
Big News: A Botched Campaign
Thursday, 22 August 2002, 9:53 am | Dave Crampton
Its not often that a party that has its highest profile in 13 years turns out the lowest election result in its history. No, I’m not talking about National, but another party further to the right. The Christian Heritage Party polled just 1.3 percent, ... More >>
Big News: Families Yes, Adams No, Cannabis Maybe
Monday, 12 August 2002, 9:47 am | Dave Crampton
Well, the United Future Party came in ahead of the Greens in coalition talks. Helen Clark says the government will not legislate to decriminalise dope, but Nandor Tanczos says he will introduce a members bill to decriminalise it. God’s little rally driver, ... More >>
Big News: Lets talk about coalition, baby
Monday, 5 August 2002, 3:56 pm | Dave Crampton
Big News with Dave Crampton Lets talk about coalition, baby, lets talk about you and me More >>
Big News: Now You've Dunne It
Wednesday, 31 July 2002, 2:13 pm | Dave Crampton
United Future may well have been the most irrelevant party in Parliament during the last term but it is currently the party everyone is talking about. One of the talking points will be how the eight new United Future MP’s – all of them Christians - perform ... More >>
Big News: Stdunned!
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 10:08 am | Dave Crampton
Peter Dunne must be happy. People are taking notice of him now that he may have power in the formation of the next coalition. United Future has stunned everyone by polling more than 6 percent. Peter Dunne’s reaction on Sunday night when rung to be told ... More >>
Big News: Making Your Vote Count
Sunday, 21 July 2002, 11:27 am | Dave Crampton
It’s the final week of the election campaign and things are getting interesting. Both National and Labour have lost a combined 13.3 percent of the vote since Helen Clark called the election, according to polls. The minor parties and the undecided ... More >>
Big News: Defining The Crucial Issues
Monday, 8 July 2002, 12:30 am | Dave Crampton
Phil Goff’s admission last week that the Government’s new sentencing laws are not all that hot has sent other justice ministers, and would-be justice ministers into a spin. All are stating that the laws are flawed – but none are commenting on what ... More >>
Big News: The List Vote - Power To The Parties
Monday, 1 July 2002, 11:03 am | Dave Crampton
Its not very often a deputy leader of a party is omitted from the list prior to an election. United Future is the first to do it – and on current polling their second ranked list candidate, Gordon Copeland, will make it into parliament on July 27 instead ... More >>
Big News: David Lane V Ant Timpson
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 12:55 am | Dave Crampton
The Becks Incredible Film Festival, formerly the Incredibly Strange Film Festival, used to be about bringing off-beat, niche market films into the country for limited screenings. These days the “strange” tag is missing but the festival now has a reputation ... More >>
Big News: Sentencing and Parole
Thursday, 2 May 2002, 10:47 am | Dave Crampton
Now that the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill has been passed, convicted and sentenced offenders will be more wary of the New Zealand Parole Board than any court judge. More >>
Big News: Race And Clergy “Relations”
Wednesday, 24 April 2002, 10:39 am | Dave Crampton
The way Greg Fortuin’s mediation with the Alliance ended up with his subsequent decision not to apply for the position of Race Relations Conciliator has more to do with Bill English and Margaret Wilson than political neutrality or the reputation of the Office ... More >>
