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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 19 October 2009
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 8:58 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
1: Iraq: Talks Over Contested Northern Boundaries Terry Evans Talks on disputed internal Iraqi boundaries -- in the oil-rich, ethnically mixed north -- have made progress on measures to address concerns of local residents, the United Nations Assistance ... More >>
Top Scoop Stories October 19th 2009 News Summary
Monday, 19 October 2009, 12:38 pm | The Scoop Editor
Welfare: Q+A’s Guyon Espiner Interviews Tariana Turia NZ POLITICS Road Funding: "Mayors Are Right – Minister Is Wrong" Scoop Images: Climate Heats Up Outside Parliament ACC: Government Yet To Get Numbers 'Restraint': Public Service Chief Execs’ Pay ... More >>
Radio Adelaide: Manning - ACC & Crossing A Nat's T
Monday, 19 October 2009, 11:19 am | Scoop Audio
Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning discuss how the National-led Govt is moving to hike up ACC levies, instal claimant charges, and cut back entitlements. But first, will National remember to cross its political 'Ts' before its next announcement? More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 18 October 2009
Monday, 19 October 2009, 9:00 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
1: Burma: Junta's Online Warning To Buddhist Monks Terry Evans A military government website, “Kyaymon” [meaning “the mirror”], which operates as an online daily newspaper in Burmese has criticised two well-known Buddhist monks’ organisations ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 17 October 2009
Sunday, 18 October 2009, 11:12 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
1: Scoop's Meet The New MPs Project: Aaron Gilmore Jimmy Ellingham National’s Aaron Gilmore, 35, entered parliament last year as a list MP by just 39 votes. “In hindsight everyone thinks it’s hilarious.” Gilmore says he never expected to ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 16 October 2009
Saturday, 17 October 2009, 9:20 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
1: Scoop's Meet The New MPs Project: Simon Bridges Sarah Waters Simon Bridges says he is one of those “rare weirdos” who has been fascinated by politics since his teens. “No one in my family was a member of a political party, but I got involved ... More >>
Top Scoop Stories October 16th 2009 News Summary
Friday, 16 October 2009, 12:18 pm | The Scoop Editor
LEAD STORY 'Restraint': Public Service Chief Execs’ Pay Up, Workers Denied NZ POLITICS ACC: Government Yet To Get Numbers Rodney Hide says privatisation of ACC will give 'a better deal' Human Rights Commission: Bill Closes Poor And Vulnerable ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 15 October 2009
Friday, 16 October 2009, 9:38 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
1: Wake-up calls to secure our common future Right Livelihood Award The Honorary Award goes to DAVID SUZUKI (Canada) "for his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science, and for his massive contribution to raising awareness ... More >>
Top Scoop Stories October 15th 2009 News Summary
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 5:04 pm | The Scoop Editor
LEAD STORY Human Rights: Bill Allows Poor And Vulnerable To Be Closed Out Of Housing NZ POLITICS Rebiya Kadeer: Uighur Activist Discusses Her Cause Duck In Cover: Campbell On ACC Changes (& RWC Bids) New Maori TV Led Bid: Sharples Optimistic About Broadcasting ... More >>
Scoop Coverage: Free-To-Air Rugby World Cup Ruckus
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 11:26 am | Scoop Full Coverage
So the outcome of the Rugby World Cup fiasco is a reversion to sanity – one bid only, involving Maori Television, TVNZ and TV3. In order to preserve the mana of the Maori Party, Maori Television will reportedly ‘lead’ that bid. More >>
Full Coverage: ACC Levy Rises, Cover Cuts
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 11:12 am | Scoop Full Coverage
“The levy increases proposed by ACC’s Board under the current law are too much for New Zealanders to pay, Dr Smith said. “That is why the Government will be introducing law changes that more than halve the increases while securing ACC’s long-term future.” More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 14 October 2009
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 9:00 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
1: Abukar Arman: Shariah in Lawless Somalia Abukar Arman Nowhere in the world is Shariah more contested ( yet seldom debated) than in war-weary Somalia where each of the entities competing for power claims to have embraced it while condemning its ... More >>
Scoop Audio: Massive Changes To ACC
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 1:58 pm | Scoop Audio
Nick Smith and John Judge propose massive changes to the Accident Compensation Corporation. The Corporation has today provided two sets of figures; the levy increases needed if no changes are made to ACC, and the smaller increases needed if a range of entitlement ... More >>
Top Scoop Stories October 14th 2009, News Summary
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 12:51 pm | The Scoop Editor
Top Scoop Stories October 14th 2009 News Summary LEAD STORY Cover: "Law Changes Needed To Make ACC Affordable" NZ POLITICS Gordon Campbell: Taxpayer v Taxpayer In World Cup Rights Final Contaminated Sites: Greens Call For Clean-Up Funds World ... More >>
Scoop Link: Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 11:36 am | Scoop Link
Sibel Edmonds has a story to tell. She went to work as a Turkish and Farsi translator for the FBI five days after 9/11. Part of her job was to translate and transcribe recordings of conversations between suspected Turkish intelligence agents and their ... More >>
Top Scoop Stories October 13th 2009 News Summary
Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 2:13 pm | The Scoop Editor
LEAD STORY State Sector: Justice Staff Taking Industrial Action NZ POLITICS Connie Lawn: Dispatches From Washington, D.C Dukes Of Hazard: Authority Wants Changes To Police Pursuits More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 12 October 2009
Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 8:46 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
1: ARC: We Have Had Enough of NZ Bus Strike Auckland Regional Council ARC Chairman Mike Lee has delivered a simple and blunt message to NZ Bus, on day five of the NZ Bus lock-out of drivers. “We have had enough. Auckland will not be held to ransom. ... More >>
KiwiFM: Manning & Wallace On The PM's War On P
Monday, 12 October 2009, 5:51 pm | Scoop Audio
Wallace Chapman & Selwyn Manning discuss how the PM John Key has launched his war on 'P'. The move must be applauded but we must be mindful to hold the Govt to account on its plan & ensure the money is not at the expense of other essential services. More >>
Scoop Audio: PM's Presser - Cuts to ACC
Monday, 12 October 2009, 5:44 pm | Scoop Audio
Audio on Demand of NZ Prime Minister John Key's weekly press conference. Proposed legislative changes detailing 20 areas where ACC may be cut will be announced this Wednesday by ACC Minister Nick Smith. Today the PM singled physiotherapy co-payments ... More >>
Radio Adelaide: Ainsling Still Missing + War On P
Monday, 12 October 2009, 10:48 am | Scoop Audio
Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey discuss how the the disappearance of Ainsling Symes (2), from west Auckland has left Police & her mum & dad believing she has been abducted. Also, PM John Key's five point plan to crack down on 'P' (aka Ice and crystal meth). More >>
