1Legislation overhauling our liquor laws heads towards its final stages before Parliament, with a Select Committee now having reported back on the Alcohol Reform Bill but the critics say the government's Alcohol Reform Bill doesn't go far enough in trying to minimise the harm done by alcohol.

2The Stock Exchange proposal for public companies to declare how many female managers and directors they have, This is part of the NZX's two-yearly rule review , and will not just be limited to gender, it could be ethnicity as well.

3News from Asia, including: A hunger striker in India is protesting about corruption in the country and is in his 11th day of strike; the online reaction in China to the arrival of two senior US officials where a photo was taken of the new ambassador without security and paying for his own coffee!

4Sports news, including; the likelihood of Australian newspapers making good on their threat to can coverage of the Rugby World Cup who are considering NOT providing any accredited coverage due to the rules that the International Rugby Board want to put in place.

5The week that was, including: Hurricane Irena is working up the east coast; if the earthquake had been any bigger you may have seen the Big Apple crumble; John Key that anyone who enjoys socialising is a socialist.

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