1Telecom's chief executive Paul Reynolds is talking tough in a bid to salvage Telecom's reputation after repeated network failures. He's put technologies partner Alcatel-Lucent on notice and is trying to appease customers with another compensation package - this time worth $10-million.

2Prime Minister John Key has announced significant reforms to the social welfare systems in order to tackle the growing underclass in this country and break the cycle of dependency that many beneficiaries have fallen in to. Solo parents will be work tested once their youngest child reaches school age in a bid to address New Zealand's rapidly growing welfare roles. Rules governing unemployment benefits will be tightened. You might think that these are all from recent changes are from more contemporary media headlines, though as expected they are the same old, tried and failed National government policies.

3News from Australia, including: failures in Australia's home insulation scheme; attempts to reform private healthcare policies;

4Law issues, including: recent Supreme Court of Canada decision - the Torstar case which has opened up the law of defamation for media;