Martin Kay, Ian Steward and Tracy Watkins report on a political scandal in New Zealand involving ACT MP David Garrett. Among the other concerns about his past, it turns out the MP is an identity thief, having used the identity of a dead baby to get a passport. He claims that he was inspired by…
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Ca: Garbage truck cameras give new meaning to trash TV
Laura Baziuk reports: Officials in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley plan to use camera-equipped garbage trucks to film what gets dumped in order to make sure people are recycling properly. Since the introduction last year of a three-bin system, providing garbage, recycling and yard waste bins, waste contamination has become a big problem, said Peter Rotheisler, manager…
Sunday World editor: Wright piper ‘forfeited privacy’
A man who played the pipes at Billy Wright’s funeral abandoned his right to privacy when he became involved in the murder of a Sunday World journalist, its editor has alleged in court. Drew King was charged with murdering Martin O’Hagan. The charges were later dropped. He is claiming damages against the Sunday World for…
In: National ID card project subject to court order
The High Court on Tuesday held that implementation of a multipurpose national identity card scheme will be subject to the final outcome of a writ petition challenging the same. Hearing the PIL filed by Sunil Sharma and others, who have sought the High Court’s directions to prevent the “sub-standard cards”, the division bench headed by…