BusinessNZ chief executive Katherine Rich has come out saying how pleased businesses are with the list. Likewise, the Employers and Manufacturers Association credits the announcement as a potential major economic boost.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK Farah Hancock (RNZ): $500,000 in political donations associated with fast track projects Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): A Fast-Track Backwards Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Fast-track list: The favoured projects that could be pie in the sky Brent Edwards (NBR): The planning
The Herald’s “Mood of the Boardroom” report is invaluable reading for those that want to know where the current coalition government is headed.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, MINING, ENVIRONMENT Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The SFO will be kept busy monitoring the Fast Track Act list Jamie Ensor (Herald): Fast-track approvals projects raise conflict of interest questions, Govt maintains ‘robust’ process followed Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Will the 149 fast-track projects
New Zealand might continue to align itself more closely with the United States. But it would come at a cost.
The only surprise about the news from Auckland University is that it has taken them this long to create a compulsory Māori course.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, INFRASTRUCTURE Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Government won’t say how fast track conflicts of interest were managed RNZ: Shane Jones calls Fast Track Bill conflict fears politically motivated Gary Taylor and Shay Schlaepfer (Newsroom): The fast-track bill: the good, the bad and the
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, INFRASTRUCTURE Anneke Smith (RNZ): Critics express alarm at list of fast-track projects Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The details for each of the 149 projects on the ‘fast track’ list Richard Harman (Politik): Bishop answers the call (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): Why fast track
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Govt out of pan and into fire on health funding Phil Pennington (RNZ): Analysis: Dunedin Hospital rebuild held up by authorities as example of 'lessons learned' programme Haimona Gray: Dunedin Hospital - A Mislabelled Failure Jules Radich (Post)
The concentration of property ownership among MPs and the potential influence this might have on policy decisions, especially in a housing crisis, raises valid concerns about conflicts of interest and erodes public trust.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Jo Moir (RNZ): Casey Costello will release 'independent advice' about benefits of heated tobacco products ODT Editorial: Getting on the case of Costello (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘Resign’: Growing calls for Casey Costello to lose portfolios over heated tobacco products Adam
This idea that politicians should monetise their time in office is new. In the past, former prime ministers and senior politicians were expected to carry out public service after they finished their time in the Beehive.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS, PRIVATISATION 1News: Health NZ urges Govt to consider privately-run public hospitals Gordon Campbell: On the Dunedin hospital fiasco Ian Taylor (ODT): Dunedin Hospital: An open letter to Christopher Luxon Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Claim of efforts to cut costs — service chops ‘last
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS Chris Trotter (Interest): No government can survive the level of anger driving one quarter of a major city’s citizens onto the streets Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Dunedin Hospital's low place in infrastructure must-haves list Richard Harman (Politik)
