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"If an information technology project costing more than $10 million goes off the rails, the buck will now stop with Government chief information officer (GCIO) and Internal Affairs boss Colin MacDonald." One can't help but feel that Steven Joyce, Hekia Parata and Craig Foss (&…
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There's an issue for solar power about to hit: Standards NZ's new proposed standard requires the use of a particular, untested, inverter which is not expected to even exist until July 2014. The current 2005 standard on solar power production allows electricity lines companies to enforce…
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Back in 2008, a bright new thing called John Key said that, if he became Prime Minister, he would take the Tourism portfolio. He said "it's an industry that's particularly important in maintaining and boosting this country's employment levels and growth prospects" and "we can…
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The Law Society is not exactly a hotbed of leftie activism (more's the pity!). So the supporters of this appallingly arrogant government should sit up and take notice when they speak out as clearly as this: Law Society slams spy agency bill The Law Society…
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I expect to see Labour slam lying minister Simon Bridges in the House. His employment changes - a bad employers' charter - are built on lies like this. Knock 'em down.
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If one needs any more reason to worry about the government's GCSB bill, here is the latest news from the UK: police there seemed to spend more time investigating the murder of innocent school boy Stephen Lawrence's family to undermine their anti-racism campaign than they…
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An important legal case affecting thousands of low-paid women workers commenced on Monday morning in the Auckland Employment Court. The case, taken by the Service and Food Workers Union supported by the Nurses Organisation, focuses on long-term caregiver Kristine Bartlett and whether her pay rate…
employment equality health jobs poverty wages workers' rights
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So the Ministry of Health has relented to some caregivers and is paying them something... but not others. Margaret Spencer has given up her life to look after her adult son, but gets no compensation for it. If she gave her son over to strangers…
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Today's stuff Dilbert cartoon seems very apt:
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So it looks like Labour's Christchurch East candidate when Lianne Dalziel steps down will be either Clayton Cosgrove or James Caygill. The first question you ask is 'why wouldn't Clayton just stand in Waimakiriri again?'. He's won it four out of five attempts and Wilkinson…
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Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse was on Q+A yesterday, talking about immigrant labour exploitation (my opinion on that is its good the Nats are finally taking notice but creating a new law is always their answer when its usually enforcement of existing law that's the issue,…
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Despite the heroic efforts of National's spinsters (Hi Matthew!) the economic "recovery" remains anemic. Over the last few days we've had various reports. Let's start here: Economy grows just 0.3pc - half expected pace The New Zealand economy grew at half the pace analysts were…
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