3 NATIONAL NEWS. 20/07/1994

3 National News headlines:

The government swallows a bitter pill that it might yet choke on: Senior government members today lost their battle over who will chair parliament’s powerful Finance select committee. Max Bradford will be heading the Cook Islands tax inquiry.

Rwanda slips over the brink into famine. The NZ government is considering an appeal, from the UN and Oxfam, to send a Hercules aircraft to help the refugees.

After a disastrous week, Labour party officials gather in Christchurch to select their candidate for the Selwyn by-election.

Followed by TONIGHT. The “top stories”:

Max Bradford to chair Finance Committee.

Planning Tribunal rules against logging Waiutu Forest.

Calls for tougher penalties and more spending on social services follows the convictions of five young offenders for murder.