We already have private schools which are largely unregulated compared to state schools. I'm not a fan of private or charter schools, but it's not like all schools are currently bound by whatever curricular pronouncements the government make.
Effective marginal tax rates are rarely considered in government policy, or when they are, are just considered to be unavoidable impacts. For example, the abatement rates for working for families and the accommodation supplement are 27c and 25c/$1 ...
Par for the course in my experience at INZ - quality mattered until time frames blew out, and then quality was suddenly optional.
S225 of the Social Security Act provides for the 13 week stand-down in the case of dismissal due to misconduct or voluntary exit without good and sufficient reason. S67B of the Employment Relations Act provides that the employer is not required to give a ...
Had a family member whose 90 day trial as a farm worker was invoked and their service tenancy also terminated by end of week as the house was required for the replacement worker. Not only did they lose their job with limited notice, but they also had to ...
Originally because NZ First said so. I think Labour should have repealed it entirely in the last term, but they considered that they had more important things to deal with like Covid, health system reform etc.
If enough NZ First MPs conclude (as some of them did in 1998) that their future in a snap election is 0, they may end up staying put anyway.
All the Labour Immigration ministers have departed as have most of the Associate Ministers, so there's not a lot of experience available in the portfolio currently.
The case was made, but it was made in the negative (prices will go up less than if left to Councils). https://www.dia.govt.nz/Water-services-reform-archived-information has stacks of information including the presentations to various Councils. https://www....
Seems pretty clear in local discussions that the Labour caucus has worked out that it wasn't an accident.
Greens are only really selling Wealth Tax to the converted. Labour have to sell it to the unconverted swing voters at a high enough level not to lose elections which is a lot harder.
Personally, I think a lot of votes were to get rid of Labour, not because of anything particularly good about National's policy, so at least some of those will be upset about this.
Allowances are only non-taxable if they are reimbursing allowances e.g. mileage, working from home allowance (up to $20/wk). These are not reimbursing allowances, so they are taxable (and taxed).
Note that they aren't bonus payments in the sense of annual bonuses, they are allowances paid regularly with salaries based on competency level.
It's not compulsory - the clauses provide for an allowance for competency if the employee is in a role that does not have expectations of being fluent in Te Reo.
The tap was turned on a lot, but could have been turned on a lot more. One change signalled by the new government is the removal of the median wage minimum for work visas, which could significantly increase migration.
Those are yet to be elected but you are correct that it precludes spokesperson roles. Standard practice is to elect at least one assistant speaker each from Labour and National (Jacqui Dean was the National MP in the last Parliament) - will be interesting ...
https://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/meetings/committees/council/2023/10/19 That's the most recent meeting of the Wellington City Council and the Mayor is present (there is a link to the minutes on the page). Near the top of that page is a link to the ...
One of the biggest differences between Labour and National is their view of employment law. The Employment Relations Act was a major departure from the Employment Contracts Act. Fair Pay Agreements could have had that impact if Labour had remained in ...
The change in indexation will hurt as CPI drops.
National's principal aim in life at foundation was power for the sake of keeping Labour out of power. Nothing much has changed since then.
Agree, but it shouldn't be difficult to find a threshold that makes some money without wiping out estates.
As far as I can tell, the biggest problem legislating around free speech vs hate speech is where the line falls on something to the effect of "will nobody rid me of this priest". Directly requesting that someone specific assaults or murders "this priest" ...
English is an official language of New Zealand, just by way of common law from England rather than NZ Parliamentary statute (I say England because English replacing Norman French as the official language of government predates the existence of the UK). If ...
Was suggested in the 2020 political debates and had cross-party support then. My guess is that it will just be a referendum in 2026.
Agreed, mathematically possibly, statistically highly improbable.
True, but that was the old Parliament. The new Parliament has been summoned for 11:00am on 21 December so is set to meet this year. Obviously could be earlier if an agreement is reached or Parliament not summoned at all if no agreement can be reached by ...
The judge surmises it's the increase in numbers of voters with English not being their first language.
As long as they can pass a budget and any confidence votes that are proposed, realistic. Might not be a lot of legislation, but would also avoid unwanted legislation which is worth something.
NZ First could stymie that by going to Labour, Greens and TPM and forming a government with them instead.
The other parties in Parliament could form a government around National if that happened. Can't see ACT joining in, but if NZ First went to Labour, the Greens and TPM and agreement was reached, the GG could appoint one of them PM instead of dissolving ...
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