Win for sanity in Hager vs Westpac
The Privacy Commission issues a ruling that should not have been unnecessary.
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“A creeping authoritarianism from the current government”
The reaction to Westpac handing over Nicky Hager’s data to police is still playing out. Rob Hosking observes “a creeping authoritarianism from the current government”.
Fifty year mortgages
Fifty year mortgages are here, and as usual the game is rigged against the ordinary buyer. Madness.
CANA: Bathurst hits its own “perfect storm”
Coal Action Network Aotearoa has this characteristic story of the problems with the cost structure of opportunistic mining in NZ. The current world price of the coal found on the Denniston Plateau has sunk considerably below Bathurst Resources’ stated break-even price and shows no signs of rising. What is the bet that NZ is going to wind up with another unwanted hole in the ground as a shell company gets folded up?
Westpac workers fed up with pushing debt
Bank profits are up again. A 10 per cent increase over the past three months it was announced yesterday. What we don’t often […]
Bake a cake for the LWR workers
A great initiative from the National Distribution Union: With the bank (Westpac) leaving Lane Walker Rudkin workers out in the cold without their […]