Checkpoint. 1991-09-12

KIWI CARD: There's been an awful lot of smoke, but no fire, as allegations have been met with flat denials that the govt. intends to introduce an identity card for all NZers.
Report by Neil Billington
Michael Cullen, Soc. Welfare spokesperson
Jenny Shipley, Social Welfare Minister
Janice Rodenburg, political reporter
ASBESTOS: Two victims of asbestos related disease have won the right to sue the government for 2-million-dollars each.
Report by Peter Abernethy/Jonathan Schwass
Robin McKenzie, victim
AUSTRALIA LABOUR: The NZ experience with restructuring the economy will be an election issue in Australia according to the Pres of the Australian Labour Party, Stephen Loosely.
Report by Bronwen Evans
Stephen Loosely, ALP President
SAATCHI & SAATCHI: A report in the English Sunday Times this week that British advertising group Saatchi & Saatchi is working on a campaign to persuade Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong to return home, has been denied by that company.
Report by Martin Gibson
Lorna Roland, Saatchi & Saatchi
BRIBERY: If parliamentarians in NZ feel their constituents overload them with impossible demands...they will be able to get a sense of perspective from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Assn. conference taking place in Wellington this week.
Report by Bronwen Evans
Timothy Bonga, MP Papua New Guinea
A.H. Katoa, Tongan Political Secretary