Daily review 07/05/2025

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Daily review is also your post.

This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.

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Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

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  2. 2

    When people leave prison they often have no bank account.

    Thus they cannot receive benefits or PAYE (only cash jobs). Thus where do they obtain housing – homeless shelters. Food – foodbanks (where do they cook it) and soup kitchens.

    The most likely outcome from all this is that they are dependent on others. Family, gangs or support groups.

    Society gets outcomes by either active deliberation or absence of interest.

      1. 2.1.1

        One part of that is new

        The basic bank account pilot is the latest initiative in Westpac’s programme of work to improve access to banking.

        The bank recently worked with the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) Youth Service to introduce a new process to support young people to open bank accounts without needing consent from a parent or guardian.

        But there is an older component

        The New Start programme provides prisoners with a debit card and a bank account at the time they are released. Nearly 500 accounts have now been opened through the programme.

        https://www.westpac.co.nz/rednews/new-basic-bank-account-improves-financial-inclusion/

        This began in 2022.

        https://www.westpac.co.nz/about-us/media/westpac-nz-and-corrections-helping-reintegrate-people-leaving-prison/

        The issue was discussed on RNZ this evening, which is why I mentioned it. I did not hear anything about basic bank accounts though.

  3. 3

    33 groups of women have had their pay claims cancelled and told to try again under new legislation.

    Delay.

    Legislation that explicitly says that the employer can delay meeting any obligation for a pay equity claim based on hardship.

    Delay.

    Pay equity changes 'positive news for women', minister says

    The minister for women says the pay equity law change is "positive news for women".

    Nicola Grigg told the House the law change provides a clear legal framework for raising and resolving pay equity claims.

    Grigg said this can only be a good thing for women.

    She added that they are making improvements to what she called a "failed system".

    https://www.tickaroo.com/e/FTWAv7iNNgS2EHB3

    Is this person out to lunch intellectually, or is she dissembling for her team?

    It is patently obvious continuing hardship to women is their means of affording their policy programme.

    As the PSA says here

    https://www.tickaroo.com/e/FTWCKe8of2luu4Ny

    Little wonder there are calls for Minister to resign.

    How many women of the National caucus have to line up to sell this betrayal, all to say the reputation of Willis as Finance Minister?

    Another day of the mother of all budgets betrayal of women (solo mothers back in 1991 etc).

    1. 4.1

      Man they need MMP. Liberal and One Nation votes removing a progressive Green is obscene. I would be ashamed …

      1. 4.1.1

        Labour and Liberal like it as now – they can get a majority with under 40% of the vote.

        I'd change their system in this way.

        150 to 200 seats.

        100 electorate seats – preferential voting as now.

        100 seats allocated by party vote share – SM style.

        10% of the votes 10 seats out of 200, minimum.

        It would be enough change to require coalitions most of the time.

        But a change government might have a majority for a first term.

  5. 5

    One of our journalists has taken something said by David Seymour and David P Farrar seriously.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360679372/paddy-gower-we-have-got-too-many-ministers-and-our-politicians-need-treat-each-other-they-treat-us

    So, the list of those of rank in the UK government

    22 in cabinet,

    5 others attending cabinet not members, including an AG not an MP.

    And then the rest, dozens of them.

    Some Ministers who do not attend cabinet and so many secretary’s in the same ministry area.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers

    The mother of parliaments has so many to find a place for.

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