Winston Peters…again in the headlines!

Selwyn has been updating us on the saga of New Zealand foreign minister, Winston Peters who’s just been given a rap over the knuckles by a parliamentary priveleges comittee.

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Jess’s final story – Life Changing moments

All good things must come to an end, and sadly Jessica’s ‘Ramble Across America’ is one of them. This morning she signed off by delving into the life changing moments that affected people she met, and found out a couple of things about herself along the way.

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24 Hour Sweep

I don’t know if it’s just me, but when searching or shopping online, I find myself being more suspicious of the advertising than I ever am when seeing advertisements on television, in the paper or on radio. It would seem that we still view advertising on traditional forms media as having stricter standards of regulation when, in fact, that is not the case.

Websites are held to the same standards and laws as television and radio commercials when it comes to substantiating the claims they make, and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is on a mission to quash the misleading messages that promise body enhancements or get rich quick schemes.

The ACCC joined several other Consumer Protection bodies across Australia as well as worldwide to identify what they say are “deceptive and potentially fraudulent websites” from 11am Monday the 22nd of September to 11am Tuesday and here Deputy Chair of the ACCC Peter Kell talks about the sweep.

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Strutting along the catwalk – NZ Fashion Week

The annual fashion week is in full swing in Auckland. Selwyn, always a man of style was there.

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Funny games… it’s not so funny!

For the squeemish like me, you may want to give this movie a miss. However if you like a movie that challenges your perceptions and doesn’t come to a logical and predictable conclusion, this might be for you.

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Aussie Aussie Aussie…at the Paralympics.

The Paralympics winds up today and Australia has been doing alright! Alina has an update on it for us, plus the second biggest festival has just taken place in China, The Moon Festival. And Alina found out you shouldn’t keep the moon cakes to yourself.

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Senate inquiry into problem gambling and pokies

The impact of poker machines on problem gamblers was examined at a recent Senate Committee inquiry. Also under the spotlight was the Poker Machine Harm Minimisation bill introduced to parliament by Family First Senator, Steve Fielding earlier this year.

We spoke to Jeremy Bath from Clubs Australia who believes the impact is not as great as being suggested…

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The issue of who’s figures are correct in regard to the numbers of people affected by problem gambling seems to be creating divisions. While Clubs Australia says numbers of people affected by problem gambling is decling, Mark Henley from Uniting Care Wesley says the figures are in fact much worse…

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The energy of new York

A big vibrant city like New York has a real buzz about it… it’s own energy. Jess sought to find out about that energy so she spoke to a tarot card reader!

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Williamsberg ladies

This week Jess chatted with some of the older residents of Williamsberg, a neighbourhood in Brooklyn that’s changing.

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Expat Aussies made to feel at home in China

For expat Aussies living in China, there’s plenty of Australiana on offer to remind them of home, and strangely most of it involves food or booze!

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