Labour Party policy development has a lot of opportunities for involvement of the general membership, so we don't always get everything we want, but there's a chance to provide input and get more involved if we want to be.
Christchurch's after hours clinic currently closes at 10pm where it used to be 24 hours. Just another symptom of difficult times.
Not sure how covert it is - the elected part of government is always angling for re-election at least for their party members if not themselves in the case of those retiring.
If the contract or employment agreement doesn't provide for severance payments, then the employer doesn't have to pay anything as long as they terminate the contract/employment in line with its provisions and applicable legislation. It's common for fixed ...
I missed this at the time, but the way the Social Security Act is worded, MSD and IRD agree the tax figure and add it on to make a gross figure from which tax is deducted to arrive at the right net figure, rather than the usual way of there being a gross ...
Add "grandparenting" (originally "grandfathering") to that list.
I certainly look forward to the return of Fair Pay Agreements under urgency before Christmas among other items.
Benefits are set net of tax based on M tax code, so tax-free thresholds have to be explicitly passed onto benefits or they don't help.
It's a Labour bill.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/03/10/chloe-swarbrick-elected-new-green-party-co-leader/ Congratulations to the new Green Party co-leader, Chloe Swarbrick.
Highly in favour of returning to universalism and progressive taxation over our current model of flattish taxation (when GST etc are taken into account) and targeted assistance.
It's the same debate as any government support - targeted which means some level of administrative complexity to only support the targeted group, or general which means administrative simplicity and obviously supporting more broadly than is strictly ...
TVNZ and RNZ are Crown Entity Companies, not State-Owned Enterprises. The Maori Television Service is a body corporate of no particular type (same entity type as the Reserve Bank). Having said that, RNZ and Maori TV aren't expected to return dividends, ...
I read that and broadly agree with Bradbury, but it says nothing about PSA in it - it's all about the public service, not the PSA union.
Link? I couldn't find a post about Labour's relationship with the PSA even looking at posts by author.
LVT would be accompanied by income tax cuts or more services which is designed so that discretionary income doesn't drop.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/509775/green-party-candidate-geordie-rogers-wins-wellington-city-council-by-election Wasn't looking good on the weekend but the Greens hold their seat.
That's the rule now and has been since 2005.
I read the basic official website about it, it seemed really good to my untrained eye. Should have gone up earlier though.
Councils are obliged to consult on draft annual and long term plans and then implement them. If people want money to be moved from feel-good projects to Wellington Water, they should stop requesting feel-good projects and stop voting for councillors who ...
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence
Longer sentences don't reduce crime so don't improve public safety, just the perception of it.
I think a properly funded rehabilitative approach is essential as is proper support at release. The public don't like it because it goes against their sense of retribution as the most important aspect of criminal sentencing, but that's counterproductive to...
Surely the difference in effects between a 3 year sentence or a 5 year sentence is negligible in terms of reducing recividism and total amount of crime. One just costs more than the other. Criminals don't get released from prison and commit crime ...
Minimum Family Tax Credit and Family Tax Credit aren't the same - beneficiaries receive Family Tax Credit but not the Minimum Family Tax Credit.
While work visas are the main way to give temporary visas allowing people the ability to work in NZ, there are other visas granted with conditions allowing work. Student visas commonly allow 20 hours/week of work during term time and full time work during ...
I don't think anyone is suggesting work should be legal on a general visitor visa, sex work or otherwise, just that sex work shouldn't automatically be banned for those on temporary visas. The temporary visa categories would still have to have the issue ...
As someone who used to be an Immigration Officer, my particular concern would be student visa holders with work conditions (usually 20 hours/week). Migrants being brought here on work visas get a good range of information and there is a requirement for new...
Agree with you that likely would continue to be the case even if any changes came about. Generally visitors can't work while on a visitor visa for any number of hours per week (maybe you are thinking of students who often can work 20 hours/week on a ...
I'm sure many people could name multiple candidates for both major parties who would be better. However, the voters want the incumbents. Without removing democracy from the primaries, how would either party put forward better candidates?
National coalition agreement with NZ First commits the coalition to moderate increases in minimum wage (pg 4 under the 'Employment and Immigration' heading) so probably not a freeze.
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