At various times and places in human history, slavery was acceptable. At some point (late 1700s seems to be the big tipping point), slavery in general stopped being acceptable. Arguments then shifted to being about the inferiority of Africans compared to ...
Not to mention how much more common photos, selfies and videos are now with mobile phones, so even without CCTV cameras, people are giving it away on Facebook etc.
In theory, the Privacy Act does that now, in that holders of one's personal information aren't supposed to retain it beyond legal requirements to do so, although with government departments, working that out can be difficult in practice because of archive ...
OIA for all policy documents, ministerial correspondence and calculations regarding budget costs for the increases to the benefits in Budget 2021. CC Treasury as well. That's probably the easiest way to see if they included anything or not, albeit might ...
Particularly since inciting violence if the suggested violence rises to variations of criminal assault/injuring/wounding is illegal currently.
Yes, if for no other reason than to calculate the exact cost of it for the Budget.
Sure they are - the living wage from 1 September will be over $70,000 p.a. for a family, and it seems remarkably unlikely that any government or any policy tank will ever put forward a benefit that pays that much long term.
Because they aren't mutually exclusive and it's better than the alternative of crashing and burning when someone loses their job and can't find another one at the same income level for 6-12 months.
Many families have commitments based on household incomes of $80-$100,000 - even an increased benefit will not be nearly enough to keep those families afloat for any extended length of time. This is currently recognised through TAS, so it's already ...
I know people who work at MSD and the information is calculated somewhere at MSD, so it should have been provided to the Minister.
No, but supporting people's income while they look for work or retrain might.
Directing unemployed people into work and training has been a feature of the system for decades - it's hardly new.
This insurance scheme paid for by earners would actually help them. This is politically important - for any system to stick, it has to be popular enough that future governments can't discard it, particularly after the next election (after 5+ years, it ...
I don't know if you've noticed, but the current system is riddled with inconsistencies and inequities, not to mention the payments being at too low a level. Social insurance is one option for part of addressing that, but even it is implemented, the rest of...
It does seem like a hypothecated tax rather than a premium. What could be done is higher or lower employer levies (which are part of the design brief) if there are industries which use it more or less.
OIA for all policy documents and ministerial correspondence relating to the increases - it will be in there somewhere. Alternatively, since there real life examples of the issue, just refer to the examples as clear evidence that some beneficiaries are ...
That would also be the reasoning behind the oft-praised Scandinavian frameworks, particularly Danish flexicurity as at the end. They also have good minimum standards so that people are not left to starve if they don't qualify for the higher rates.
I think this comment sums up my enjoyment and use of TS perfectly.
I have a Vodafone mobile account which I use extensively when travelling, and I can use it OK to read here whether on phone itself (Samsung Note 9) or hotspotting other devices. The main issue I have found with my Samsung mobile phone and tablet is that if...
Most taxis are hybrids already, far cheaper to run than a standard ICE car, but hopefully the shift to electric can be managed to improve that further. Agree that the main source of new cars in NZ is fleets, so an initiative to heavily subsidise ex-fleet ...
If they can't afford it, can they afford not to have it? Maybe the design is to agree that the insurance only insures above the dole, so at least some of it is automatically covered. Currently some people can and do afford income protection (me included) ...
There is a significant increase in the total appropriation for hardship assistance which includes TAS, so maybe that has been heard ($495M in 2021 to $591M in 2022 and an additional $30M each year after that).
There are certainly a lot of jobs in the public sector that are not really replicated elsewhere in NZ, so comparisons can be difficult. That said, as someone who works for a union and sees pay data regularly as part of bargaining information, the data we ...
There have been a lot of pay equity settlements, adoption of the living wage (whether formally or informally) and the reintroduction of pay scales with guaranteed progression in the core public service as major sources of increases (education and health ...
If the Pay Guidance itself was clearer, maybe, but to quote it for earners between $60K and $100K, "The default position is that there are to be no increases to bands for lower to middle earners". Another quote (principle 4): "Universal across the board ...
If only the written guidance from the Public Service Commission had actually said that...
To make it easier to maintain social license for the changes and to minimise National's ability to rage about the ferry strikes in the school holidays etc. Hence the Employment Relations Authority can make a binding determination if the parties bargaining ...
The most commonly used drug in American executions by lethal injection is pentobarbital mixed by compound pharmacies (most common as in most executions, not necessarily the drug of choice in most states) because that's the Texan method and they are the ...
NZ banks vary as it is seen as a commercial decision around risk tolerance, but are usually in the range of 5-7%.
If the plan is to specifically target owners of second and subsequent houses, taxing the capital gain is one option among many - stamp tax/duty and land tax are both specific options.
Agree that CGT won't stop house price increases and I personally would prefer land or wealth tax. The principal reasons I've seen put forward amount to virtue-signalling since they amount to complaints about the inconsistent tax treatment of income from ...
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