Checkpoint. 1994-06-01

TREASURY: Treasury's coming under fire over the quality of its forecasting, following the news that the Government's financial position in the current year's going to be about 2-point-8 billion dollars better than Treasury originally forecast. David Hargreaves
BILL BIRCH:
PSYCH: The Government is to pay out more than four million dollars withheld from psychiatric patients receiving care between 1979 and 1987. Anna Hughes
HEADS:
TODAY IN AUSTRALIA:
SOUTH AFRICA PENNING: In the latest step in its post-apartheid rehabilitation. South Africa's been re-admitted to the Commonwealth after an absence of 33 years. It's also been admitted to the Non-Aligned movement. Jonathan Schwass i/v Ralph Penning
SOUTH AFRICA - UN: Perhaps the most important step in South Africa's rehabilitation will be its full re-admission to the United Nations. Judy Lessing
SPORTS:
NEWS:
COOKS PAPERS: Today in Parliament, New Zealand First Party leader, Winston Peters was on the offensive once again over the issue of tax deals in the Cook Islands. Janice Aplin
GLOBAL MONEY: Credit cards, the plastic that's fantastic until the bills come in, are constantly evolving, both in use and design. David Jones i/v Bruce Mansfield
BUSINESS NEWS:
NEWS:
LABOUR MMP: The Labour Party has released details of new rules for the selection of its candidates in the first MMP election. Martin Gibson
WORLD UPDATE:
MANA NEWS:
TODAY IN PARLIAMENT:
FINAL HEADS: