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I feel a bit sorry for Aaron Gilmore. He's a dickhead, yes indeed, but there's a lot of that about, and not many dickheads get forced to stare into the mirror the way that Gilmore has. Be that as it may, Gilmore's position is now…
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The EPMU has won back millions of dollars of back-pay for workers at Tiwai point after taking a case at the employment authority. The authority concluded that the comapny was required to pay 12 hours of leave for leave days rather than the eight they…
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It has always been clear that the NZ economy would get back on its feet one day. Thanks to the previous Labour government's prudence (zero net government debt) we weathered the global financial crisis in good shape and were out of recession in the June…
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The Warehouse has adopted a policy of paying a living wage of $18.50-$20 an hour for longer-term employees. It's a really positive move and The Warehouse is to be congratulated. It'll cost about $2.5m a year, or 5% of profits. As we've seen in the…
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Breaking - The asset sales referendum petition has collected 292,000 valid signatures. It needs 16,500 more (about another 5%) to reach the threshold. The Keep Our Assets Coalition has 2 months to get the remainder - and says it will get them... Update - now…
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For the short version, as @lyndonhood commented: "Admittedly it will be easier for the GCSB to act within their legal boundaries if they don't have any". For the long version see the excellent I/S at No Right Turn... The spy bill Last year, we learned…
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John Key says that Wellington is dying and "we don't know how to turn it around". Coupled with Brownlee's slow suffocation of Christchurch and the Nats' refusal to unblock Auckland's transport arteries, its not good news for the major cities. But if Wellington is dying,…
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Following the Labour and Greens' rejection of their demand that the parties drop their NZ Power policy to lower power prices, the business elite has announced capital flight. 'If Origin Energy loses its rentier profits, who's next? said Phil O'Reilly,close to tears, 'The banks? The…
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US publicly funded universities struggle to get the funds they need to maintain their educational programmes (CNN 05/05/13). Many resort to endowment investments to raise some necessary funds. The "Ivy League" Harvard University stands out for it's aggressive endowment enterprises, some of which exploit the people,…
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Spying on Kiwis is ok if "the responsible Minister" says so - this was how the Herald described today's announcement from John Key regarding the GCSB clean-up Bill. Responsible Minister? Yeah right -that's an oxymoron when applied to John Key. Was he responsible when Dotcom…
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The chief executive of the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association supports the Labour / Green electricity proposals. Well worth clicking through to read the whole thing... A dissenting business view on the Greens/Labour NZ Power policy COMMENT Since the release of the NZ Power…
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So what's up with this? Family First Muzzled Because of Traditional Marriage Views Press Release: Family First New Zealand Family First NZ has received notification that the Charities Commission intends to deregister the charity, citing Family First’s traditional view of marriage being one man and…
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It's UN Global Road Safety Week, and they are launching a cross border campaign tomorrow. Requested by the UN General Assembly, the Week will draw attention to the urgent need to better protect pedestrians worldwide, generate action on the measures needed to do so, and…
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John Key's excuse for the planned veto of the extension of paid parental leave is that it would put the 2014/15 surplus at risk. There's four answers to that: 1) if you believe Treasury's numbers, there still would be a surplus, 2) Treasury's margin of…
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