1National Superannuation The Government is presently carrying out a major review of benefits and welfare services provided by the State. Two-thirds of all benefits being paid are superannuation payments. Therefore, fifteen percent of all Government expenditure is currently being paid out to half a million New Zealanders over the age of sixty. It is currently estimated that each superannuitant is being supported by three people in the workforce. By the year 2030, that number of people in paid employment is likely to halve, while the number of superannuitants increases. Is national superannuation too expensive to be retained in its current form? Should taxpayers be guaranteed a pension upon retirement at sixty as a reward for paying taxes all their working life? Discussion and viewer talkback with James O'Neil, author of a comprehensive report on superannuation in New Zealand.

2Petrol bombs and stones were hurled at Protestants in the Irish border town of Dundalk today, as Peter Robinson, a leading Northern irish Protestant politician, made a brief court appearance. Dublin police have displayed a cache of guns and ammunition, sent from Chicago, intercepted at Dublin Post Office, en route to the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

3Another huge car bomb has exploded in East Beirut. At least nineteen people were killed and dozens more injured.

4A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

5Evidence is mounting that proves the Tamil refugees found in two boats off the coast of Newfoundland came from West Germany, and not India as they claimed.

6National Superannuation The Government is presently carrying out a major review of benefits and welfare services provided by the State. Two-thirds of all benefits being paid are superannuation payments. Therefore, fifteen percent of all Government expenditure is currently being paid out to half a million New Zealanders over the age of sixty. It is currently estimated that each superannuitant is being supported by three people in the workforce. By the year 2030, that number of people in paid employment is likely to halve, while the number of superannuitants increases. Is national superannuation too expensive to be retained in its current form? Should taxpayers be guaranteed a pension upon retirement at sixty as a reward for paying taxes all their working life? Discussion and viewer talkback with James O'Neil, author of a comprehensive report on superannuation in New Zealand.

7A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

8National Superannuation The Government is presently carrying out a major review of benefits and welfare services provided by the State. Two-thirds of all benefits being paid are superannuation payments. Therefore, fifteen percent of all Government expenditure is currently being paid out to half a million New Zealanders over the age of sixty. It is currently estimated that each superannuitant is being supported by three people in the workforce. By the year 2030, that number of people in paid employment is likely to halve, while the number of superannuitants increases. Is national superannuation too expensive to be retained in its current form? Should taxpayers be guaranteed a pension upon retirement at sixty as a reward for paying taxes all their working life? Discussion and viewer talkback with James O'Neil, author of a comprehensive report on superannuation in New Zealand.

9A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

10The United States Senate approval of $100 million worth of aid to the Contra rebels has been described as "a declaration of war" by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega. He has called United States President Ronald Reagan "an international delinquent" and is promising to mobilise his people against the threat of an American invasion. A look at what may happen next in Nicaragua and the extent to which the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may be involved.

11Independence Day celebrations in Pakistan have been marred by riots in four cities, and the arrest of Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

12United States President Ronald Reagan has announced a multi-million dollar crackdown to try to stop narcotic trafficking across the Mexican border. However, the latest big drug bust by federal agents was made inside City Hall in New York City and involved the arrest of several high profile white collar professional city employees. Meanwhile, Deanna Young, a thirteen year old California teenager, has turned her drug-taking parents into the authorities.

13A four year old San Diego boy is being credited with saving his mother's life after she collapsed with diabetic shock due to an insulin overdose.