Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): The things that are unaffordable and the things that aren’t ODT Editorial: Build it once, build it right (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): Going off diary to deliver a kick in the guts for South (paywalled) Matthew Littlewood
Finally, in 2016, I took early retirement to get out of the system. In all my training, I had been told ‘midwifery is an autonomous profession’, but it seemed to have become completely controlled.
Perhaps if the Greens want to endorse a different kākāriki mayoral candidate next year, they should go for someone who isn’t from the lobbying beltway and instead choose someone with a better sense of what ordinary people want from local government.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Otago Daily Times Editorial: Give us the hospital that was promised RNZ: Nurses union warns people will die in downgrade of new Dunedin Hospital Tim Scott (ODT): Mayor calls on people to voice their outrage Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Retrofitting idea ‘unworkable’ Matthew Littlewood
It’s clear that McKee will carry on in her radical direction and will continue to work hand in glove with the gun lobby.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TAX Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): Here’s what’s at stake in the Labour tax debate Toby Manhire (Spinoff): A roll call of all the people championing a capital gains tax Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Inland Revenue raises capital gains tax questions Newstalk ZB: 'It
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, ENVIRONMENT Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Gas industry boasts about killing proposed ban with lobbying Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Greens vow to revoke new oil and gas permits, but Labour doesn’t appear on board Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Oil and gas exploration ban
We must embrace technology and capitalise on the coming advances as best we can, because if we are not growing we are dying.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PUBLIC SERVICE David Farrar: The role of the public service is not to create shoppers Luke Malpass (Post): The WFH public sector party is over (paywalled) RNZ: Government's anti-working from home move a 'total distraction' - union Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff)
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT Derek Cheng (Herald): In the pocket of the gun lobby? Firearms Minister's messages revealed (paywalled) Janet Wilson (Post): Ministers can claim the political win, but democracy is the loser (paywalled) Vernon Small (SST): Luxon’s venting over ‘frickin’ targets’ is a
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ECONOMY, TAX Matthew Hooton (Metro): Welcome to the next Argentina Matthew Hooton (Herald): Worst economic downturn in living memory (paywalled) Dan Brunskill (Interest): New Zealand facing a second Great Recession Dan Brunskill (Interest): NZ’s per capita recession has surpassed the Global Financial Crisis
The trust results for the institutions of government and the media are particularly negative. In line with other survey results, it reveals that New Zealanders are quickly losing faith in politics and journalism.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LABOUR, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Wealthy people pay lower tax in NZ than in similar states, study shows Peter Dunne: Hipkins' risky overseas trip Brent Edwards (NBR): Can Labour develop a coherent and credible tax and fiscal plan? (paywalled) Claire Trevett
At the very least, all of these financial arrangements need to be much more transparent in the public debate.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards JUSTICE, GANGS, CRIME Derek Cheng (Herald): Ministry of Justice warns NZ First-National coalition commitment risks doubling prison population (paywalled) Alice Neville (Spinoff): Inside the government’s beleaguered bid to reduce violent crime Tova O’Brien (Stuff): PM struggles to explain why he backs the
