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0616 NEWS STORY: AUSTRALIA - BUDGET a cautious mid-term document, disappointing financial markets with modest spending cuts and offering voters only minor tax break. (Zandra Sharpe)
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0626 SPORTS STORY: AUSTRALIA - SPORTS - i/v with correspondent Tim Gable. (Susie Moroney, swimmer who made first successful swim from Cuba to Florida) to Florida. Live i/v with
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0636 NEWS STORY: GISBORNE - economy struck further blow with announcement that Heinz Wattie will relocate most of its local operations to Hastings, with loss of up to 172 job Live i/v with mayor John Clark.
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0651 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS: AUSTRALIA - BUDGET makes modest spending cuts and offers tax break to voters that will start just before next election. Budget criticised for lack of illegible on unemployment, and its forgetability. (Zandra Sharpe) APPLE FIELDS - former investor and accountant Alan Galbraith accuses company not providing enough information to shareholders about risks involved in chang of business direction from orcharding to property development. (Leigh-Anne Wiig); Applefields says it doesn't understand why Mr Galbraith commissioned illegible report by Arthur Andersons and that Mr Galbraith appears never to have been a shareholder. FINANCE/MARKETS TELECOM - annual result due today, forecasters expecting substantial reduction in profits. Comment from Guy Hallwright, First NZ Capital.
0700 NEWS SUPERANNUATION - Treasurer Winston Peters facing battle on 2 fronts. Experts now questioning affordability of promised top-ups under proposed scheme, say would be $3 billion more than current cost of superannuation. (Browen Evans) Labour's Michael Cullen says men will be stunned to hear women could get high top-up and equity issue can't be resolved without creating further problems - i/ved live. GOSBORNE - closure of most of Henz Wattie operations will cost over 170 jobs. Heniz chief exec David Irving says company relocating the manufacture of petfood, sasuce, and prepared frozen dinners to Tomoana plant at Hastings. (Heugh Chappell); live i/v with David Irving. AUSTRALIA - BUDGET makes mild spending cuts to attack deficit and boost economy, deemed dull and unlikely to inspire public interest in embattled Howard govt. Live i/v with Michelle Grattan, "Australian Financial Review" ZAIRE - KINSHASA - rebels reported to be within 100 kms. Local radio reports rebel forces will attack city if talks with President Mobutu fail. Western govts reinforce calls to nationals to leave. I/v with correspondent Richard Downes.
0730 NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS FINANCE update with Gyles Beckford. SUPERANNUATION - Treasurer Winston Peters releases more details about proposed scheme but opponents insist it's unaffordable. Live i/v with Winston Peters. CHILD HEALTH - Health minister Bill English and Associate minister Neil Kirton say they're confident of achieving free visits for small children from nearly all GPs for children under 6 from July 1st. (q) Free visits will depend on doctors keeping fees within new subsidy level set at $32.50 per visit. Opposition parties critical. Comment from Labour leader Helen Clark, Alliance MP Phillida Bunkle, Anton Wiles, Medical Assn, and Tom Marshall, chair of largest independent practitioner group in the country, Procare. (Clare Pasley) live i/v with Nettie Knesch, group manager for child health services in Sth AK BASEBALL - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in talks to buy Los Angeles Dodgers for more than $350 million. Live i/v with correspondent Richard Arnold.
0800 NEWS/WEATHER SUPERANNUATION - concerns raised about affordability of proposed compulsory scheme. Live i/v with Stuart Fish, managing director of Tower Retirement Fund. GISBORNE - live i/v with reporter Heugh Chappell about impact on region of closure of Heinz Wattie operations in area. SPECIAL EDUCATION - Education minister Wyatt Creech announces new schems for pupils with severe behaviour problems and support for teachers trying to deal with disruption, also for pupils with severe speech and language problems, preschooler with special needs and guarantee that students with permanent physical and intellectual disabilities will get funding throughout school life (Al Morrison) APPLE FIELDS - Oamaru accountant Alan Galbraith commissions report which says company providing insufficient information to shareholders about risks involve in switch to property development. Mr Galbraith was one of original investors in Apple Fields, says he commissioned report for "ethical reasons"; Apple Fields managing director Tom Kane disputes report and questions Mr Galbraith's motives - i/ved live. INTERNATIONAL PAPERS AUSTRALIA - BUDGET - live i/v with ANZ Bank chief economist Paul Stewart.
0830 NEWS/SPORTS SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE revamp rekindles debate over future of unit. Acting director David Bradshaw announces changed structure that will mean next director will have less control over office and more responsibility for other senior officers. Comment also from John Pratt, VUW Inst of Criminology, and Gary Gotlieb, Criminal Law Assn. (Mark Henderson) MISSING FISHERMEN - 2 men lost at sea for over 5 months in tiny boat turn up alive in Marshall Islands. They went missing during fishing trip off coast of Kiribati. Live i/v with correspondent Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands. KAIMANAWA HORSES - DoC to spend 8 weeks mustering horses, to reduce population from 1700 to 500 roaming free. More than 1,000 appear destined for abattoir, with people show in offering them homes. (Kiri Coughlan) METHADONE - police investigation alleged misappropriation of methadone at AK Reginal Drug and Alcohol Service. Meanwhile, report in latest "NZ Medical Journal" reveals multiple nature of drug use by those going into methadone programmes in Otago. Live i/v with David Parker, director of Community Alcohol and Drug Services in Dunedin. EARTHQUAKE - scientists say new study of WN fault line backs theory that big quakes trigger other large quakes. Scepticism about results of study and use predicting earthquakes. (Karen Gregory-Hunt) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - year since Scott report into running of NZSO released - how are things now? Live i/v with Arts correspondent Paul Bushnell.