ABC Updates

10 October 2021

1/ Rocket Lab

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126187755/rocket-lab-debuts-on-nasdaq-worth-us52b

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126237328/rocket-lab-needs-to-wait-for-auckland-to-drop-to-level-3-to-resume-launches

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/rocket-lab-shares-jump-as-us-military-funding-confirmed/H7IBEHJ4HMNE734JKWVC74NJ6E/

 

2/ Will NZ Learn Lessons From Afghanistan War Loss?

 

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-09-2021/the-taliban-won-the-war-can-we-learn-the-lesson/

 

3/ ANZUS Turns 70. NZ Not Invited To Party

 

https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/anzus-at-70-how-does-new-zealand-view-the-treaty-today/

 

4/ Hawkish AUKUS Not For NZ

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/126447877/hawkish-aukus-not-for-us

 

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018813367/why-it-s-not-awkward-to-be-left-out-of-aukus

 

5/ New Counter-Terror Bill Becomes Law

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126530458/parliament-passes-counterterrorism-laws-criminalising-terror-planning-and-expanding-warrantless-search-powers

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/126341013/the-potential-dangers-of-preemptive-antiterrorist-legislation

 

ABC Submission on Counter-Terrorism Bill http://www.converge.org.nz/abc/SubmissionCTBill2021.pdf

 

6/ NZ Soldier With Far Right Links First Kiwi To Be Charged With Espionage

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/linton-based-soldier-charged-with-espionage-stashed-classified-documents-in-a-chiller-bag/QWQMUEQ4GSBJQQ34KY6V3M4ZVQ/

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/126500506/judge-suppresses-name-of-country-at-centre-of-soldier-spy-case

 

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nazi-soldier-trial-presents-national-security-complications

 

7/ Select Committee Review Of 2019 Local Body Elections Recommends More Resources For Spies To Counter "Foreign Interference"

 

https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/reports/document/SCR_112173/inquiry-into-the-2019-local-elections-and-liquor-licensing

 

Recommendation 4 and 5

We recommend that the Government align local authority elections with the legislation and regulations that apply to general elections regardingforeign donations and disclosures.

We recommend that the Government consider increasing the intelligence agencies’ resources so that they are able to provide greater support to the local government sector.

 


Murray Horton
Secretary/Organiser

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